30/07/2014
Lifeline Area Manager: Scotland
Dear Applicant
Thank you for your interest in this important post with Lifeline. The Area Manager: Scotland will play a critical role in the delivery of Lifeline’s existing services in Scotland and the future development of our work in this country. This letter gives some background on Lifeline and this role, and provides details of how to apply.
Lifeline Project
Established in 1971, Lifeline is a national charity supporting adults, young people, families and communities affected by drugs and alcohol. We provide a full range of services incorporating recovery and peer mentoring, harm minimisation, recovery-orientated drug and alcohol treatment, shared care and criminal justice, including work in 22 prisons. Our service footprint covers London, Oxfordshire, the Midlands, North West, North East, Yorkshire and Humberside, and Scotland.
We are committed to our mission of reducing harm, promoting recovery and challenging the inequalities linked to alcohol and drug misuse. To achieve this we combine high standards for performance, quality and value for money with local flexibility, innovation and the ability to work with service users, communities, providers and Commissioners to design and deliver services that make a difference.
To find out more please visit: www.lifeline.org.uk
Lifeline Scotland
Lifeline has had strong success in developing new delivery models and in winning business opportunities to bring innovative ways of working to new localities.
We have designed Edinburgh and Midlothian a radical new recovery and reducing re-offending service for work across community, court and prison, in response to a strong local desire for improvements in effectiveness and integration and reductions in crime and drug use.
This new Edinburgh and Midlothian Offender Recovery Service went live on 1st April 2014 and is contracted for three years in the first instance.
The service brings recovery and desistance support to offenders at all points of the criminal justice systems and in all stages of change. Structured work in HMP Edinburgh strengthens individual’s recovery capital, with a safety net of high intensity community support on liberation and at points of change or crisis to support resettlement and reintegration. The model is underpinned by active case coordination, assertive engagement and re-engagement and early access to peer support and mutual aid.
Area Manager: Scotland
Our first priority is to ensure that this new service is delivered to the high standards expected by Lifeline, our service users, our Commissioners and the people of Edinburgh and Midlothian.
Working within Lifeline’s well-established Prison Directorate, the Area Manager: Scotland will be responsible for the success of this new service and will then play a lead role in the development of Lifeline’s future work in Scotland.
The requirements of the post are set out in the job description and person specification. In summary, the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate:
· Strong management experience regards staff, services and contracts
· Exceptional performance management skills with a practical, hands on approach to delivering improvements to service culture, quality and outcomes
· A developed understanding of the delivery and strategic context of Scotland’s public services
· The ability to contribute to Lifeline’s development in Scotland regards quality, innovation, reputation and growth
Application Process
This letter accompanies an application pack containing the following:
1. Application Form
2. Job Description and Person Specification
3. Statement about Relevant Convictions
4. Equal Opportunities Statement
5. Monitoring Form
Please complete the application form as fully as possible, paying particular attention to Reasons for Application and Suitability (Parts One and Two) as this is the information that we use for shortlisting. Your response to this section should clearly demonstrate your ability to meet the requirements of this post, with reference to specific relevant examples and experience.
Please note that CVs and covering letters are not accepted and will be discarded on receipt of applications.
If you would like to discuss your application prior to submission, please contact me on 0161 200 5486.
The closing date for applications is: 9am on Monday 18th August
The interviews will take place on: Thursday 21st August
Please send completed applications to:
Due to the volume of applications received we will only contact applicants who have been shortlisted to progress to the next stage of the recruitment process. If you do not hear from us please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.
If you are not short listed, please note that we actively encourage people to telephone us for feedback on their application.
Thank you for your interest in Lifeline.
Yours sincerely
Sophie Johnson
Head of Directorate: Prisons
Lifeline Project