Team Leader Residential

Salary:30500 per annum

Location:Aberdeen

Contract/Hours:Full time 37 hours permanent

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
• 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 15000 national retailers discounts.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family youll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year we helped more than 687000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. Its the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that when we work together we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable childrens lives.

A bit about the role

Clifton Roadcare service supportsyoung people 16- 21 years of age who have been previously looked after in care i.e. local authority children homes foster care secured residential homes. We provide accommodation and support in a residential setting with a range of services to meet individual needs in partnership with other agencies to improve the life chances of young people and help support independent living.

As the Team Leader you will spend time supporting the staff team through supervision team meetings and running a live rota. You will also spend time working directly with the young people within the service following detailed care plans.

How youll help to create brighter futures

• Managing and leading a team of residential professionals and other staff as directed in the delivery of a 24 hour rota (including management of shifts) of care utilising Action for Children policies and procedures to enable staff to provide a responsive high quality person centered service.
• Building and maintaining positiverelationships by providing emotional/social support to young people in a therapeutic way who can display challenging emotional and social difficulties
• Taking the leadwith case/care 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.
• Supervise guide or direct staff and volunteers where required and provide mentoring to newly appointed staff
• Attendingprofessional meetings including reviews court work etc. referring appropriate cases and issues that require the involvement of a specialist other management support or to directly provide the specialist support.

Lets talk about you

• SVQ4 Leadership &Management and HNC social care qualification.
• The ability to work shifts on a rota basis and participate in the on call rota.
• SSSC registration.
• Experience of planning prioritising and evaluating activities and own workeffectively
• The ability to demonstrate informed decision making and judgement utilising these skills to anticipate and identify problems and find solutions.

Good to know

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for thisrole.

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

Contact:Jessica Jarvis email us atquoting reference 13065

Diversity equality and inclusion

At Action for Children were dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace.

Weactivelyencourageapplications 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.

For Children Service roles only:Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

Dont meet every single requirement

If youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt align perfectly with the job description wed love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role or another role within the Action for Children family.

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Job Description

See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement