As a Team Leader in a children's residential care setting, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care. You will lead shifts, support staff, and ensure the physical, emotional, educational, and social needs of young people are met in line with their care plans and company policies. This role involves both hands-on care and active leadership, ensuring the home remains a safe, nurturing, and empowering environment. Pay Rate: £13.65 per hour Sleep-In Rate: £81 per sleep (10 sleeps per month) Shift Pattern: 2 days off, 4 days on (rolling rota) Team Leader Roles and Responsibilities Quality of Care Standard · Support the team to ensure that the high standards expected in the delivery of care are upheld, and that the standing of the Company is maintained whilst you are on shift. ` · Support the team in ensuring the home is clean, tidy and well maintained, reporting any issues to senior management. · Support the team to deliver high quality care and ensure this is monitored throughout the day. · Support the team in ensuring young people’s bedrooms and communal area’s are clean, tidy and well-maintained. · Contributing to the young person’s care plans and risk assessments, their review and implementation. · Update the young person’s care plans and risk assessments on a regular basis. · To ensure that good quality records are maintained as required with supervision and advice from shift Managers. · To maintain and promote residential care work to high levels of professionalism expected by Phoenix care and Ofsted. · Attending planning meetings, reviews or any other meetings as directed by the line manager. Childrens Views, Wishes & Feelings Standard · Have input in creating an open culture, one in which children feel that they can complain and that they are listened to. Refer to advocacy or relevant agencies where necessary. · Contribute to the home functions in such a manner that staff, children understand, recognise and celebrate the diversity of cultures and beliefs within the local and wider community. · Form effective relationships with young people, their families (if appropriate) and external agencies. · To meet the emotional and physical needs of our young people and maximize opportunities for their development. · Establishing positive relationships with children and young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard. · Be a positive role model, to be able to offer advice, guidance and assistance where appropriate. · Provide advice, assistance and support on a 1:1 basis to enable young people to address past and present difficulties. · Empower young people and facilitating their active involvement in the decision making about their lives and future. · Acting as an advocate at meetings where the young person is the subject of discussion. Enjoyment & Achievement Standard · Support the team to ensure outcomes for children are met, in relation to their social, educational, leisure, emotional, physical and cultural needs. · Support the team to complete weekly/daily paperwork and ensure weekly planners and activity planners are completed and being used during your shift. · Support the team to complete weekly reports and ensure they are completed, populated and sent to social workers with key achievements. · Support and encourage the team to ensure children to access to a range of activities that suit their emotional, social, cultural, physical, intellectual and creative needs during your shift. · Encourage young person to develop links with the community attend off-site activities and expand their personal social network. · Establish positive relationships with children and young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard. · Ensure your shift is efficiently planned in order for the young people to have access to and enjoy their hobbies. · Empower young people and facilitating their active involvement in the decision making about their lives and future. Education Standard · Contribute to educational planning and ensure this is in place with updated EHCP if applicable. · Ensure all plans in place are followed in relation to children’s education. · Ensure communication is regular between school and the home during your shift. Escalate concerns when required with support of registered manager. · Efficient planning of your shift to ensure young people are well presented, are clean and have the necessary uniform and equipment to attend their educational provision and that they attend and are on time. · Efficient planning of your shift to ensure all young peoples educational needs are met and that children are well supported throughout their day. · To contribute to the educational and social development of each young person and assist in the implementation of Individual Education Programs. · To meet the emotional and physical needs of our young people and maximize opportunities for their development. The Health & Wellbeing Standard · Efficient planning of your shift, to ensure that all health appointments are attended. · Ultilise diary and organisational tools to ensure health appointments are kept on top of, booked and attended. · Accurately update health plans and record details of all appointments. · Safeguard and protect the health and wellbeing of children. · Support the team to ensure that all children are registered with health and wellbeing professionals in line with relevant plans and appointments are recorded and feedback obtained. · Ensure young people are included in weekly meal planners and that they are offered choices, and balanced diets whilst on your shift. · Attend meetings in relation to children’s health and ensure all plans are updated following these meetings. The Positive Relationship Standard · Contribute & update positive behaviour support plans and ensure these are regularly reviewed. · Contribute to and regularly review and monitor instances of behaviours that present with challenge and review associated strategies during your shift. · Develop and coach staff a variety of intervention strategies regarding behaviour management. In order that children can develop coping mechanisms and changes in patterns of behaviour. · Contribute, develop and regularly update risk management plans, ensuring there are clear step by step guides for staff on how to manage risk · Ensure rewards and consequences are recorded appropriately. · Ensure any sanctions given to young people whilst on your shift are proportionate and justified. · Ensure you practice within the legal framework for MCA & DOLs where applicable. · To provide a caring, supportive and nurturing environment in which children/young people can feel secure and free from harm. · Establishing positive relationships with children and young people and always offering them unconditional and positive regard. · Helping young people gain self-control by challenging unacceptable behaviour and rewarding acceptable, pro-social conduct. · To provide a positive role model, to be able to offer advice, guidance and assistance where appropriate. · Providing emotional support at times of difficulty or stress · Ensure you and your team adhere to all young people’s individual behaviour management plans. The Protection of Children Standard · Have an understanding of Safeguarding and Child Protection legislation under Children`s Regulations. · At all times promote and ensure anti discriminatory practice. · Promote and actively encourage the delivery of a safe, structured and nurturing environment. · Follow and adhere to missing from home protocols and take the lead on this whilst you are on shift. · Support the team to complete Health & Safety checks at the home and any risks are removed or escalated to senior management. · Support the team to comply with fire prevention measures and ensure drills are undertaken regularly and often in line with the policy and children’s guidance. · Ensure your team on shift are familiar with the child’s missing from home plan and that they are appropriately followed, missing from home interviews must be conducted and this should be followed up with the placing authority. · To provide a caring, supportive and nurturing environment in which children/young people can feel secure and free from harm. · Ensure all safety control measures documented in individual risk assessments are adhered too whilst you are on shift. · Ensure you and your team adhere to all health and safety protocols and checks are completed during each of your shifts. · Ensure you are your team adhere to all young peoples risk assessments and behaviour management plans. · Ensure you and your team drive safely when transporting young people in the car. The Care Planning Standard · Attend care planning meetings and update plans accordingly. · Proactively encourage a person-centred approach in the home. · Support the team and ensure effective delivery of individual care planning requirements for children against the statutory requirements and ensure all copies of relevant plans are up to date and held on file. · Support your team to ensure key work sessions are planned in advance and should support independence and age appropriate. · Organise shifts to ensure your team members have sufficient time to complete care planning and key work paperwork. Offer support where needed. · Direct work sessions following issues, incidents or significant conversations should be reviewed and relevant plans amended accordingly. Support team members to do this, if they’re unsure. · Ensure you and your team understand each young persons individual care plan and support young person accordingly to meet their needs. · Advocate on young person’s behalf and record conversations. Leadership & Management Standard · Contribute to responsibility for all staff, delegating effectively and appropriately whilst you are on shift. · Ensure your team adhere to and work within the policies and procedures established in the organisation and the home. Escalate concerns if needed. · Have overall responsibility of finances during your shift and ensure all monies are accounted for. · Actively participate in a handover to ensure effective have over of medication and money is completed. · Work within the code of confidentiality and ensure that records in the home are stored a · Promote and actively encourage the professional development of staff. Support where appropriate and share knowledge. · Directly deliver supervision to identified members of staff, in relation to Supervision and Personal Development Plans (PDP). · Support Reg 44 Visits · Have knowledge and · Attend compulsory Team Meetings to share information and home updates. · Being aware of the aims and objectives of the home and working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve them. · Receiving and storing information to improve communication. · Provide informal practical and emotional support to colleagues experiencing difficulties. · Attending and contributing to regular supervision sessions in line with the National Minimum Standards. · Monitoring the conduct of colleagues and referring to any causes for concern (Whistleblowing). · Being familiar with all policies and procedures and adhering to them Additional Duties · Be flexible when needed to provide cover or support to other homes. · Full clean driving licence