Team Leader Residential chez Action for Children

Job title: Team Leader Residential 

Salary: £29,000 per annum

Location: High Wycombe

Contract/Hours: Permanent, Full-time – 37 hours per 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 are a Real Living Wage accredited employer 

We are one of the largest children’s charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK’s vulnerable children for over 150 years. 

Find out more about Action for Children here: Action for Children and on X, LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better.

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 tiered person–centered care. We also hold various activities on a day-to-day basis to encourage social experiences and promote equality and diversity throughout 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. 

How you’ll create brighter futures

• 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 managers absence, liaising with stakeholders and a range of other professionals and by taking the lead in specific areas of the service such as compliance, health and safety and service monitoring.

Let’s talk about you

• 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'

Good to know

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

For more information about our Team Leader Residential role, please review our full job description by clicking here.

If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact Sarah Manderfield at [email protected] quoting reference 11880 and we'll be happy to give you any support you require.

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.

Useful Documents:

• Action for Children employee benefits
• AfC Commitment Statement
• Make a Difference - A Career in Residential Services