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SalaryContract- Full Time/Permanent - 42 hours per week
Salary: Entry level Salary: GBP27,583.92 with a potential to earn up to GBP30,841.20 in sleep in shifts.
Experienced Salary: GBP28,129.92 with the potential to earn up to GBP31,387.20 in sleep in shifts
We are currently seeking an experienced Residential Team Leader to join our services based in Carlisle.
North Lakes Children's Services is a well-established local provider of therapeutic residential care and education for boys aged 6-18. We improve the resilience, self-esteem and abilities of all the young people we work with.
The role of a Team Leader is to share in creating a purposeful, caring, therapeutic, learning environment for our young people, by the application of high professional standards of care and support for the young person's social, emotional and/or behavioural needs, and mental health and learning difficulties.
Your Attributes:
As a Therapeutic Residential Team Leader, your qualities of being decisive, highly attuned and consistent will positively benefit the vulnerable children we care for. We welcome applications from experienced individuals who seek to deepen their therapeutic care knowledge and help develop the practice of others in utilising the PACE model and Therapeutic Parenting approaches.
Can you inspire your team? Will you use curiosity and empathy to help validate a child's life story? Have you an approachable leadership style?
Your ability to make key therapeutic interventions throughout the day will guide your team in adopting best practice. Recognising trauma and how it can manifest within a child and using your knowledge of child development will help the recovery, progression and ability for a child to live a full life and gain an independent, healthy future.
Are you
- Ready to supervise and support the continued professional development of a small team of staff?
- Willing and competent to lead a shift, making well-judged decisions in line with care plans?
- Knowledgeable in therapeutic interventions and an experienced key worker?
- Able to deputise for the Registered Manager in holiday periods?
Main duties:
To provide support/advice for staff as required and manage the daily running of the team.
To support and deputise for deputy manager as and when required.
To carry out supervisions of individuals and support for key workers.
To manage monies for activities.
To manage the daily needs of the children.
To monitor and check staff they carry out their duties.
To take part in rostered sleep-in duties, as required.
To develop programmes that will improve children's progress and interaction.
To link programmes of study with national recognised vocational qualifications.
To work with the young people in a caring and nurturing manner developing relationships based on trust, confidence and understanding.
To assist in sustaining peer relationships within the home as well as promoting aspects of a young person's individual programme through growing personal resilience and empathy.
To plan with, join in with and encourage all young people in educational, recreational, occupational and social activities.
To work as "part of a team" and provide support and encouragement for colleagues as well as the young people and help build a strong child-focused team.
To work from your own initiative, in line with all: risk assessments, care plans and emotional and behavioural plans to progress the therapeutic goals of a child.
To help young people to develop their independent Living/Life Skills.
To view the full list of duties, click apply and visit our career portal
Benefits:
- A sleep-in allowance of GBP62.64 per night
- Shift Rotation: 2 days on, 2 days off, with staggered start times ranging from 8am, 12noon or 2pm (i.e. 8am-10pm, 12pm-10pm or 2pm-10pm).
- 6 weeks annual leave entitlement.
- Company pension
- Progression in professional development opportunity, through an HABC level 5 diploma in leadership and management residential care.
- Access to our Employee Discount Scheme, including discounts at various well-known retail companies
- Access to wellbeing supports via our Employee Assistance Programme
- Monthly clinical and professional supervisions, access to therapeutic support
- Overtime and additional holiday pay at Christmas day and New Year's Day.
- Career progression opportunities
- Comprehensive annual training including: Child Development, Attachment Theory, PACE Model, Therapeutic Parenting, The Whole Brain Child Model.
"Staff follow a research-based therapeutic approach to parenting. Staff use their sensitivity and empathy to successfully help children validate their feelings, feel accepted and well cared for." - Ofsted Outstanding 2018
North Lakes is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.
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