Team Leader Residential

**Role: Team Leader Residential **

**Salary: £30,700.00 per annum (inclusive of on-call allowance) **

**Location High Wycombe, Bucks **

Contract/Hours: Permanent - Full Time – 37 hours a week

**Benefits: **

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Free Parking
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

Why Action for Children?

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.

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The difference is what you do. You can learn more about why we do it, by checking out our 'Driven by Love' video.

A bit about the role:

Merryfields is a 14 bed Short Break Residential Service providing 24-hour care for 5 to 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.

You will help our Young People by:

• Building and maintaining positive relationships by providing emotional/social support to 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 your skills and what we need:

• 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.

Application Process for Team Leader Residential:

**Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. **

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Contact: Sarah Manderfield or email us at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 13291

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.

Job Description

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