Job Ref: 214424854

Date: 2021-08-12 15:58:02

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Team Leader Residential

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Circa £25,700 per annum pro rata

Permanent, Full-Time

We're Action for Children and we're proud to do things differently. We couldn't be here for children and families without you. That's why it's so important to reward and recognise your hard work. Joining us will not only give you an enormous level of job satisfaction but will also unleash a pretty attractive benefits package to boot! If you'd like 29 annual leave days as standard, pension contribution up to 7%, discounted healthcare treatments and much, much more, then read on – we'd love to hear from you!

About Us

The Vines is situated in High Wycombe, just minutes off the M40, 20 minutes off the M25 and well served by the local public transport network. In this warm and welcoming house, we provide residential short breaks that support children and young people with learning disabilities aged 11 to 18 who have complex behavioural needs. We are looking for a Team Leader to join our fun and supportive team at The Vines who can bring their experience, can-do attitude and passion with them and help maintain the high standards already set by our wonderful team! Working hours are on a shift basis, with every other weekend off and at least one admin day a week although some flexibility is required, as is the nature of our work.

About the Role

Managing and leading a team of staff to deliver our service
Helping staff meet their potential sharing responsibility for a delegated part of the service and allocated resources.
Being responsible for ensuring a safe and positive work and service environment is achieved through compliance with all safeguarding, safer recruitment, health and safety, behaviour support policies and procedures within the defined area of responsibility
Delivering services and leading by example to ensure that staff are supporting children and young people to achieve their full potential
Delivering mandatory training and identifying areas of need, for staff and the service as a whole, for further development
Directing and direct responsibility for case/care (including complex cases), in planning management for individual children or young people, undertaking assessment of need, developing a care plan and identifying agreed outcomes and carrying out regular review in conjunction with children, young people and their families and other professionals.

You will need:

Minimum of 1 years' experience in a supervisory role working with children with disabilities in a residential setting.
A minimum Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent is Essential
Experience of leading and managing a team
Experience of Performance Management
Driver's Licence and access to car would be preferable
Experience of working with people with disabilities and challenging behaviour
Excellent communication skills with the ability to adapt when required
Intermediate IT skills, particularly within Microsoft Office
Time management and organisational skills

We want this to be the right role for you so if you'd like to find out any more, why not give Stuart Plimsaul a ring on (phone number removed)? As our Registered Manager, he will be able to answer all your questions.

Perhaps you're not quite ready for a Team Leader role just yet, in which case, drop Stuart an email with your CV to register your interest for future staff member residential vacancies –

The way we work

We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team.

For safe and happy childhoods

At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce

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