Company

The Aurora GroupSee more

addressAddressHertfordshire, England
type Form of workPermanent, full-time
salary Salary£30,056 - £32,802 per annum
CategoryCustomer Service

Job description

Overview and Responsibilities

Job Title:  Team Leader – Meldreth Manor Children’s Home

Essential Criteria: Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare

Location: Meldreth, Nr. Royston - Cambridgeshire / Hertfordshire

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time – 40 hours per week - Shifts

Salary: £14.45 - £15.77(£30,056 - £32,802 per annum)  Linked to competency and qualifications 

Aurora Meldreth Manor

We are currently looking for a Team Leaderin Meldreth (Nr. Royston), where our Aurora Meldreth Manor Children’s home 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. 

  • To have a passion to make a difference, to enable children and young people 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 people’s 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. 

Skills and Qualifications

Experience: 

  • QCF Level 3 in Childcare or a QCF Level 3 in Residential Childcare (or equivalent)
  • Shift / team leading experience
  • Superb communication skills
  • Highly organised
  • Ability to lead and motivate  

Benefits and Additional Information

  • 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

You will have a chance to work with a supportive team whose common goal is to empower and support wherever is required.  Our Meldreth Manor site is empowering, caring and truly transformative to our pupils and residents.

You can apply online by completing our online application form. For more information on this position please contact Kirsty on or email

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search. 

#Reed FTE: £30,056 - £32,802

Refer code: 2424413. The Aurora Group - The previous day - 2024-01-05 19:38

The Aurora Group

Hertfordshire, England

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