Community Wellbeing Team Manager (Children and Young People)

Our client is a vibrant Surrey-based charity, committed to building futures for local people by providing services that support and assist disadvantaged and vulnerable people; their wide range of projects and activities aim to create happy, healthy and connected communities. They are now looking to recruit a dedicated Manager to oversee their Community Wellbeing Team, providing services for children, young people and families experiencing emotional wellbeing challenges.

As the Community Wellbeing Team Manager, you will oversee a small team of frontline practitioners as well as an office administrator, ensuring the smooth running of community-based support services for children, young people and families. You will act as first point of operational contact for the Community Wellbeing Team and will support your team with risk management, monitoring and reporting. You will develop, oversee and expand existing service provision to meet contractual requirements, and will work collaboratively and effectively with a range of community-based partners. You will keep up to date on and will respond to local and emerging needs, taking referrals or signposting on to relevant agencies. You will also jointly oversee our client’s Youth Centre (based in Tadworth), ensuring that it is staffed and appropriately maintained in order to deliver services.

To apply for this role, you will have significant experience of working with vulnerable children, young people and families, and will have demonstrable experience of supporting frontline staff. You will be a skilled communicator, with extensive experience of working alongside a range of partners, as well as working to meet contractual requirements. Overall, you will be a dedicated, supportive manager, passionate about delivering impactful wellbeing services for a range of vulnerable people.

If you are interested in finding out more about this exciting opportunity, please register your interest and submit your CV by clicking 'apply now' below.

At Prospectus, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application. If you are enthusiastic about working with a fantastic charity that makes a real difference in people's lives, we would love to hear from you!

Please note, this role will be based from Tadworth (with some home-based working).

Interviews to take place – Monday 16th December.