TEAM LEADER - CHILDRENS RESIDENTIAL CARE - FROM £33,325 - £35,613

• Do you have experience as a shift lead or Team Leader within Childrens residential, or SEN setting?
• Are you a happy and positive person who can lead a team but also have fun and bring joy to our children!
• Are you passionate about giving the BEST quality of care and want to make a positive difference to children’s lives?

YOU WILL IDEALLY BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE YOU HAVE:

Level 3 or Level 4 in Children’s Residential Care OR NVQ 3 Diploma in Children and Young Peoples Workforce, and at least 2 years’ experience within a residential setting and ideally working towards your NVQ Level 5 Diploma.
We are looking for a dynamic individual with strong values, self motivated, good people skills, experience of supervising staff and competent in IT.
You may be a shift leader or senior support worker currently looking for your next step, working in children’s residential care or children’s hospital, or as a youth worker.
You will need to have good working knowledge on the children’s homes regulations and working with children with complex learning difficulties
You will also have experience of working with children and young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities and/or physical disabilities, Autism, ADHD, sensory impairment, and associated behavioural challenges and/or complex care needs

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £33,325.00-£35,613.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discount

Application question(s):

• Do you have Level 3 or Level 4 in Children’s Residential Care or equivalent?

Experience:

• Learning Disablities: 2 years (preferred)
• Senior support worker or Team Leader: 2 years (preferred)
• complex care: 1 year (preferred)
• Childrens Residential Care: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person
Reference ID: OAK/T

THEN THIS COULD BE THE ROLE FOR YOU! PLEASE READ ON!

You may have Team Leader or Shift Leader experience or you may be an experienced Residential Support worker ready to dip their toes into management?
We will offer full support to your development in this role.
This Team Leader role offers a basic salary up to £34,112 (salary based on competency criteria) + Sleep In payment of £62.55 (approx. 1 per week) and the opportunity to further increase earnings through overtime paid at premium rate.

In addition, there is a superb Benefits package including:

• Funded DBS and renewals
• Private health cashback plan
• Online GP, scans, physio, counselling and more
• Death in service, 2x salary
• Contributory pension
• Blue light retail discount card
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Broad training and development
• Emergency days scheme
• Performance management programme and annual review to support progression
• Refer a friend reward scheme
• Annual superstar awards
• Additional annual leave days after 2 and 5 years of service
• Utilities comparison service
• Counselling line through the Care Workers Charity

THE ROLE

As a Team Leader at our 9 bedded Children’s residential service in the heart of a residential community, you will be caring for children and young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities and/or physical disabilities, and may also have Acquired brain injury, sensory impairment, and associated behavioural challenges and/or complex care needs. Children accommodated may also be socially and emotionally delayed, through neglect and harm.
As a Team Leader, you will assist the management team in maintaining a safe and enabling environment that provides positive experiences to children and young people. Managing the health needs of the children forms a significant part of the service that we provide. Our home provides a safe and nurturing environment where preconceptions are challenged and young people are encouraged to be the best that they can be and to live life to its fullest.
This is a hands’ on, shift based role. You will be leading the shift and supervising staff whilst still providing direct support to the young people in your care. You will be contracted to working 40 hrs per week and will include working at weekends and doing approx. 1 Sleep in shift per week.