Team Leader / Children Residential

Team Leader - Residential Children''s Home

Location: Waltham Abbey

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Specific Hours: 42 hours per week- shift pattern on rotation

We are currently seeking an experienced Residential Team Leader to join our services based in Waltham Abbey.

The role of a Team Leader is to share in creating a purposeful, caring, therapeutic, learning environment for our young people, by the application of high professional standards of care and support for the young person''s social, emotional and/or behavioural needs, and mental health and learning difficulties.

Main duties:

• To provide support/advice for staff as required and manage the daily running of the team.
• To support and deputise for deputy manager as and when required.
• To carry out supervisions of individuals and support for key workers.
• To manage monies for activities.
• To manage the daily needs of the children.
• To monitor and check staff they carry out their duties.
• To take part in rostered sleep-in duties, as required.
• To develop programmes that will improve children''s progress and interaction.
• To link programmes of study with national recognised vocational qualifications.
• To work with the young people in a caring and nurturing manner developing relationships based on trust, confidence and understanding.
• To assist in sustaining peer relationships within the home as well as promoting aspects of a young person''s individual programme through growing personal resilience and empathy.
• To plan with, join in with and encourage all young people in educational, recreational, occupational and social activities.
• To work as "part of a team" and provide support and encouragement for colleagues as well as the young people and help build a strong child-focused team.
• To work from your own initiative, in line with all: risk assessments, care plans and emotional and behavioural plans to progress the therapeutic goals of a child.
• To help young people to develop their independent Living/Life Skills.
• To prepare, implement and review programmes designed to aid a child''s development and personalise their care plans.
• To induct newly admitted young people, making them feel welcome and validated as important members of their new home.
• To help plan and prepare young people when moving on from the home, for their future including balancing risk with opportunity.

All Applicants must have:

• Have an understanding of the issues that face young people in care
• Hold Residential Childcare/Families Practitioner Diploma/Children and Young People''s Workforce/NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent
• Excellent communication and listening skills
• Be willing to learn
• Be able to work well as part of a small team
• Be willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. Your DBS check shall be paid for by ourselves
• Experience with Emotional Behavioural Disorder, Social/Residential Work or Youth Work would be advantageous.
• Have a full, clean UK driving licence and be able to cover at other Residential Homes as and when needed.

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