Team Leader - My Best Life Barnsley
South Yorkshire Housing Association (SYHA) is an award winning not-for-profit organisation passionate about housing and supporting people to live well, settle at home and realise their potential. A Sunday Times Best 100 Not-for-Profit organisations to work for, we are a forward thinking, innovative and ambitious organisation. We currently own and manage over 6000 properties, support over 1600 vulnerable customers in care and supported housing projects and employ nearly 500 people. We are the biggest provider of Social Prescribing Services in the Sheffield City region
Are you passionate about seeing people thrive and achieve? Do you have the skills to implement and manage a new and exciting service?
My Best Life Barnsley is a brand new social prescribing service going live on 1st April 2017 and is currently funded for three years. The service will work with customers in Barnsley who are isolated or lonely, have long term medical conditions, or are frequent users of health services. We are looking for a skilled leader to drive the implementation and ongoing management of this project.
You will work closely with GPs, neighbourhood nurses, local area councils and health and social care professionals to promote the service. Using your extensive knowledge of the community and voluntary sector, and your expertise in working with health and social care professionals, you will empower the team to source and facilitate access to non-medical social solutions.
You will have proven experience of implementing and managing front line care and support services. You will have experience and an in-depth understanding of staff management in relation to recruitment, supervision, appraisal and personal development.
You will have knowledge of the pressures on the health and social care system and the role that non-medical support services can play in reducing those pressures. You will be able to demonstrate an understanding of how community and voluntary services can improve the health and wellbeing of customers experiencing low level mental health issues, loneliness, and isolation.
A skilled communicator and influencer, you will be able to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders from all areas and will have a proven track record of overcoming barriers to service delivery.
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Excellent communication skills and relationship development expertise.
- Ability to establish and manage a new and innovative service.
- A track record of working with statutory, community and voluntary sector organisations.
- Proven strong staff management and development skills.
- Experience of working with vulnerable customer groups and an understanding of the needs and risks associated with working with these groups.
- Ability to track data relating to customer outcomes and to identify trends.
- An understanding of the importance of marketing and promotion of services and the different methods to do this.
Some of SYHA’s benefits
- Generous holiday entitlement – 27 days annual leave, statutory bank holidays, plus an additional 4 SYHA days
- Flexible working options including Flexi Time & Condensed Hours.
- Excellent training including free annual training and ongoing professional development including a leadership academy
- Excellent benefits including SYHA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts
- Westfield Health (employer paid)
For the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders this role is an excluded job (LiveWell roles).
Starting Salary: Starting salary of £28,102 plus generous holiday entitlement and benefits.
Working Hours: 37 per week
For an informal discussion contact: Zoe Oldfield , Enterprise Programmes Manager on 0114 290 0200 or
Closing Date: 13th January 2017
Speed Interviews : 17th / 18th January 2017
Formal Interviews Date: 24th January 2017