Residential Children's Services Team Leader

Residential Children's Services Team Leader

Location
:
Badgworth

Contract Type
:
Full-time, permanent

Specific Hours
: 38 hours per week

Salary
:

• Unqualified:
  Up to £33,008.21 with sleep in shifts
• Qualified:
  Up to £34,687.81 with sleep in shifts

Headway Adolescent Resources, established 1999, is a reputable residential adolescent childcare provider that focuses on holistic, individualized care for young people.

Purpose of role
:
To ensure that the needs of young people in Headway's care are met and to provide a positive and safe living experience, and to manage and lead Residential Support Workers to deliver high quality childcare.

• Work on shift to ensure the Home runs efficiently and safely.
• Manage Residential Support Workers, providing supervision.
• Comply with safeguarding policies, legislation, and Home's procedures.
• Promote best practice, maintain confidentiality.
• Support effective multi‑agency working and maintain relationships.
• Deliver training and support QCF learners.
• Assist in development and delivery of young people's plans.
• Play an active part in promoting participation of young people in decision-making.
• Promote anti‑discriminatory and equal opportunity practices.
• Comply with health & safety, fire and data protection policies.
• Attend all required training.

• Good overall standard of education.
• Working towards or hold Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce or equivalent.
• Up-to-date knowledge of child care legislation, children's home regulations and quality standards.
• Previous experience working directly with young people with challenging behaviour.
• Good report writing, numeracy, organisational and administrative skills, IT literacy.
• Empathy and commitment to high standard of care.
• Strong motivational, management and leadership potential; able to supervise and develop staff.
• Knowledge of relevant children's home legislation and local & national child protection procedures and protocols.

• Holiday allowance.
• Pension scheme (3% Employer contribution).
• Ofsted bonus for good or outstanding reports.
• Employee discount scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Sleeping allowance of £46 per night as required.

Headway Adolescent Children's Services is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. All candidates will undergo reference checks including an enhanced DBS.