Children's Team Leader
Duration: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: 34,834 - 38,223 per annum dependent on experience
Our client is looking for a Children's Home Team Leader to join their team on a permanent basis. All of their homes offer a service to children and young people for whom residential care is a placement of choice and assessed to be the most appropriate resource to enable them to fulfil their potential.
As a Team Leader you will:
- Work alongside the Registered Manager to shape the development of the first two children's homes, through registration with Ofsted and beyond
- Lead on shifts, as part of a rota system
- Provide support and guidance to the front-line practitioners on a day-to-day basis and through formal line management responsibilities.
- Carry out sleeping-in duties, for which an additional allowance will be paid
- Work alongside senior managers to ensure risk assessments and related management plans are implemented
Requirements
- Experience as a Residential Practitioner in a children's home
- Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent)
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Full UK driving license and willingness to drive