Team Leader – Residential Children’s Home

We are looking for a Team Leader to join the team at a Residential Children’s Home in Leighton Buzzard, the salary s between £26,000-£28,000 depending on qualifications and experience, this is a highly rewarding role with many benefits, call Completely Care for more information.

You will lead a team of 15 staff that support 2 boys and 2 girls who share a house. You’ll provide coaching, mentoring and encouragement to your team, working with them to find creative ways of interacting with children who have learning disabilities and/ or autism. You’ll also provide direct support to the children, and liaise with families, social workers and other members of each child’s support circle.

These young people have complex needs and each one has their own independent support plan. They may show challenging behaviour at times but the specialist teams and Registered Manager will support you to learn ways of helping them to manage their behaviour.

This is a full time role working 38 hours per week. Shift patterns are 07:00-14:30, 14:30-22:00 and sleep ins.
You will be someone who can see the bigger picture and have the visionary skill to be able to help develop the service further. You must have supervisory experience within the social care sector, understanding the intricacies and challenges involved. You will need to be flexible and organised, with a positive approach. Attention to detail, and good Microsoft Word and Excel skills would also be beneficial.

You must be a driver with a manual licence, as you will be driving service vehicles.

Benefits

Six weeks’ annual leave including statutory public holidays
Workplace Pension scheme
Staff Savings Scheme
Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
Sick Pay (qualifying period)
Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.

Call Charlotte at Completely Care for more information and to apply on 01865 727751

Email your Cv to Charlotte@completelycare.co.uk

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