Role
Team Leader Residential
Salary
Up to £30,000 per annum, depending on experience PLUS £700 on call allowance (£30,700)
Location
High Wycombe, Bucks.
Contract / Hours
Permanent, Full- working 37 hours a week.
Benefits
* 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave
* Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
* Pension with up to 7% matched employer contribution with included life assurance cover
* Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts
* We’re offering a highly competitive rewards package, plus a comprehensive supervision, training and guidance.
Development and Career Progression
* Work towards gaining your Level 5 Diploma, fully funded and supported by us!
* Clear pathways for progression into roles such as Service Co‑ordinator, Home Manager or Area Manager.
A bit about the role
Merryfields is a 14 bed Short Break Residential Service providing 24-hour care for 5–18 year olds with moderate to severe learning disabilities. We strive and work towards providing top tier person‑centered care. We also hold various activities on a day‑to‑day basis to encourage social experiences and promote equality and diversity through the service.
We are looking for a Team Leader to manage and lead a team of residential professionals and other staff as directed in the delivery of a 24 hour rota (including management of shifts).
You will be passionate, committed, and resilient and yes, this role can at sometimes be emotionally and physically challenging but it's also fun, diverse and you will feel huge sense of reward by being able to help, in the best way possible. If this all sounds ideal, then, you are exactly who we are looking for.
Responsibilities
* Building and maintaining positive relationships by providing emotional/social support to young people, who can display challenging emotional and social difficulties, this includes supporting with personal care.
* Taking the lead with case/care planning management for children or young people.
* Carrying out regular reviews of young people’s paperwork and package of support, in conjunction with the children, young people, their families and professionals from their wider support.
* Supervising, guiding, directing and training the staff team and volunteers where required and provide induction.
* Attending professional meetings including reviews, safeguarding conferences / court work, EHC planning meetings etc.
* Deputising in the manager’s absence, liaising with stakeholders and a range of other professionals and by taking the lead in specific area of the services such as compliance, health and safety and service monitoring.
Qualifications
* A minimum of Level 3 Diploma in Children and Young People’s Workforce Social Care Pathway/Residential Care or equivalent.
* Previous experience in a supervisory/management role.
* Experience in managing and prioritising work.
* A commitment to going that extra mile.
* Experience of working with children with challenging behavioural/emotional and complex needs.
* Sound knowledge and understanding of safeguarding.
* A driving licence is desirable as we work closely as a cluster of services across Aylesbury and High Wycombe and travel may be required for this purpose and for attending training and meetings.
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.
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