Young Persons Safeguarding Team Leader

# Young Persons Safeguarding Team Leader### Job Introduction At Turning Point, we support people across the UK with substance use and related health and wellbeing needs. Our Herefordshire Recovery Service delivers targeted, age-appropriate support to young people aged 11–17, young adults aged 18–24, as well as specialist support for families and carers.

Thanks to additional funding, we have an exciting opportunity for a new Safeguarding & young persons Team Leader to join our team. This role is a dedicated Young Person and Young Adults leadership position, responsible for overseeing the YP/YA and Families & Carers team and be the YP/YA safeguarding lead. The service focuses not only on treatment and recovery, but also on early intervention, prevention, and community engagement, working proactively with schools, colleges, youth services, and local partners across Herefordshire.

As Team Leader, you will support the Operations Manager to help lead a team that is ambitious for young people’s outcomes, committed to safeguarding and trauma-informed practice, and passionate about building community connections that reduce harm and increase opportunity.
** Role Responsibility
** As the Young People & Young Adults Team Leader, you will:
* Provide day-to-day leadership and line management to a team of YP/YA Workers and Families & Carers practitioners.
* Work alongside the Operations Manager to develop, deliver, and continually improve the YP/YA service, ensuring outcomes, safeguarding standards, and quality requirements are met and exceeded.
* Leadon community engagement and outreach activity, including:  + Engagement with schools, colleges, and alternative education settings  + Attendance at community forums, youth events, and partnership meeting  + Promoting the service to increase early help, awareness, and access
* Build and maintain strong multi-agency partnerships with education providers, children’s services, youth justice, health, voluntary sector organisations, and community groups to enhance support for young people and young adults.
* Ensure effective safeguarding, risk management, and information sharing, with a clear understanding of thresholds and statutory responsibilities when working with children and young adults.
* Support staff development through regular supervision, appraisals, coaching, and reflective practice, creating a confident and skilled workforce
** Essential Requirements
*** Experience of safeguarding children and young people within a health, social care or community setting.
* Experience of line management, supervision, coaching and staff development.
* Strong knowledge of safeguarding legislation, policies and best practice.
* Experience of working effectively with multi-agency partners and representing services at professional meetings.
* Experience of monitoring performance, analysing data and producing reports.
* Excellent communication, organisational and time management skills.
* Ability to manage competing priorities and work to tight deadlines.
* Experience of leading service improvement initiatives and driving positive outcomes.
* Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle, as travel across the county will be required.

Our central hub is in Hereford, with satellite provision in Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, Bromyard, Kington, and Ledbury. A flexible approach and willingness to travel across the county is essential.

Starting salary £33,416 rising in line with our pay progression salary bands, to £39,093 per year.
** About us
** As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and…