Team Leader Residential

at  Action for Children

HOW YOU’LL HELP TO CREATE BRIGHTER FUTURES:

We are seeking a deputy manager who is a passionate and experienced individual to support our team of residential staff and contribute to our mission of bringing lasting improvements to the lives of children and young people. You will support by:

• Deputising in the managers absence.
• Leading on case/care planning management for children and young people with team members
• Carrying out regular auditing and reviews of young people’s paperwork and packages of support, in conjunction with the children, young people, their families and professionals from their wider support network
• Supervising, guiding, inducting, and training the staff team and volunteers where required.
• Attending professional meetings including reviews, safeguarding conferences / court work, EHC planning meetings etc.
• Carrying out the homes monitoring and auditing processes.
• Liaising with stakeholders and a range of other professionals and by taking the lead in specific areas of the service such as compliance, health and safety and service monitoring.
• Managing and leading a team of residential professionals and other staff as directed in the delivery of a 24-hour rota (including management of shifts).

What are we looking for from you:

• Having a minimum of Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent (If you do not have this, we will put you through the qualification. It is a regulatory requirement to achieve this).
• Having previous experience in a supervisory / management role so you can manage and lead a team of residential professionals and other staff alongside the Registered Manager and in the managers absence. (This is essential)
• Experience of working with children with challenging behavioural/emotional and other complex needs.
• Having experience of managing safeguarding concerns.
• Having experience in managing and prioritising work tasks and a commitment to going that extra mile.

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DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, AND INCLUSION

At Action for Children, we’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.
Don’t meet every single requirement?
If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we’d love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.
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