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Job Title:Team Leader - Residential Care
Location:Meldreth - Cambridgeshire / Hertfordshire
Salary:£14.45 - £15.77(£30,056 - £32,802 per year for a 40 hour week) Linked to competency and qualifications
Hours:Full-time 40 hours per week Shifts
We are currently seeking aTeam Leaderto join aspecialist residential servicewhich provides care and therapeutic support for children and young people age 6-19 years with severe and profound communication difficulties associated with conditions such as cerebral palsy, autism, and degenerative disorders based in Meldreth.
The role:
AsTeam Leaderyou will hold your Level 3 qualification in care or Residential Care / Childcare and have Shift / Team leadership experience.
- To have a passion to make a difference, to enable service users to succeed and feel valued.
- To actively promote and maintain a stable, happy homely and caring environment that puts the health, safety and welfare of our young people first.
- Provide support to the Care Managers through the management, motivation and coaching of a team of support workers and Senior Support workers.
- Be responsible for a team that provide appropriate physical and emotional support to the children and young people through the work of the care team within a residential environment and with off-site activities. This will include: GP other health related appointments, visits to families and trips out.
- Help with the induction of new team members and their continued mentoring and development towards QCF and other mandatory training.
- Carry out supervisions along with dealing with Performance Management issues within your team.
- Take an active role in ensuring that activities are completed, and effectively delegated and day-to-day implementation of young peoples individual program plans are carried out efficiently with adequate cover available at all times.
- Ensure that all documentation is kept up to date.
- Undertake on a regular basis sleeping-in duties for which an allowance is paid and waking night duties and undertake duty manager/on call responsibilities
- Please note that the role may require participation in physical intervention and personal care.
- QCF Level 3 in Childcare / Care or a NVQ Level 3 in Residential Childcare / Care (or equivalent)
- Shift / team leading experience
- Superb communication skills
- Highly organised
- Full training and continued support
- DBS is paid for by us
- 33 days holiday including bank holidays
- Life assurance and pension
- Health cash back plan
- Car lease scheme
- Bike to work scheme
- Perk box
- Free parking
