Team Leader Residential

Team Leader Residential
Salary: 30000 - 34500 per annum on call allowances
Location: Penicuik Midlothian
Contract/Hours: Permanent /Full Time 37 hours per week;

• Early shifts: 7:00am 2:30pm

• Late shifts: 2:00pm 9:30pm

• Double shifts

Closing date for applications is midnight of Sunday 2nd August

Benefits:

• Over 7 weeks inclusive paid leave and the option to buy or sell leave
• Excellent training and the opportunity to undertake professional training for some roles
• Flexible maternity paternity and adoption packages
• Up to 5% employer contribution and life assurance cover
• Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts at 15000 national retailers

Action for Children isnt just about fostering and employment were a leading provider of specialist residential care for young people with complex needs including intellectual disabilities.

Our teams work in highly tailored environments where every young person receives individualised support that meets their social emotional behavioural and cognitive needs.

A bit about the role

As a Team Leader youll play a key part in shaping their day to day experiences. Youll lead by example offering guidance encouragement and support to your team as they deliver high quality person centred care. Your leadership will help create a safe nurturing environment where children and young people can grow in confidence build independence and develop resilience. Day to day youll be supporting with the activities they enjoy encouraging their independence assisting with personal care and helping to maintain a calm consistent atmosphere that helps them feel secure. The role can be fast paced and challenging at times but its incredibly rewarding and we make sure to celebrate every achievement big or small.

Youll also take responsibility for the smooth running of the service ensuring staff feel supported valued and motivated to deliver the best possible care. Working closely with families colleagues and external partners youll help create joined up support tailored to each young persons needs. By fostering a culture of teamwork learning and continuous improvement youll help your team grow while maintaining the highest standards of care and safeguarding.

About the Service

Pentland Way is a well-established specialist residential service in Penicuik Midlothian currently operating on behalf of Midlothian Council. From October 2026 the service will become part of Action for Children marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter for both the young people we support and our dedicated team.

Providing a warm and welcoming home for up to three young people aged 1621 with learning disabilities and autism Pentland Way focuses on supporting young people through the important transition from childrens services into adulthood. Our aim is to ensure every young person experiences a meaningful positive and empowering journey towards greater independence.

With a small highly personalised setting were able to build strong trusting relationships and deliver tailored support that reflects each young persons unique needs and goals. By working closely with families and professional partners we create individualised support plans that promote stability routine personal growth and life opportunities.

Joining Pentland Way at this exciting time means becoming part of a team that is committed to maintaining continuity providing exceptional care and helping shape the future of a service where young people can feel safe supported and optimistic about what lies ahead.

What you do could make a difference

Some key responsibilities for the Team Leader Residential role are;

• Providing direct line management to a team of residential staff to deliver high standards of care.
• Support staff team development through training opportunities staff supervision and multidisciplinary working.
• Leading shifts and working with the Registered Manager to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and organisational policy and procedure.
• Working to achieve positive outcomes for individual children and young people and contributing to the achievement of an outstanding good or equivalent rating in external inspection including deputising in the absence of the Registered Manager.
• Taking part in on-call support for a cluster of services in accordance with a rolling rota

Lets talk about you

• Must possess SVQ4 Leadership & Management or willing to work towards within 2 years of taking up post.

• Experience of managing staff also providing visible and effective leadership and management by example.

• SSSC registered.

• Significant experience of working with children and young people with Learning Disabilities.

• Demonstrate informed decision making and judgement utilising these skills to anticipate and identify problems and find solutions

• Good knowledge of Safeguarding and keeping young people safe.

Why Action for Children

Every child should have a loving home food warmth the chance to grow and learn - the support to cope with lifes challenges. But too many children dont. By bringing your passion and unique skills and experience youll help us change that where it really matters.

Weve been driven by love to take action for children for over 150 years giving them the protection and practical help they need. A lots changed since 1869. But what children really need hasnt. So as long as children need us well be here.

Will you join us

Contact:Please submit an application via our careers page. If you have any further questions you can contact Laura McCarthy at quoting reference 13420.

Diversity equality and inclusion

We work hard to create an inclusive environment. One where individuality is celebrated and where everyone feels valued and supported. Because when we come together with skills like yours were capable of amazing things.

Weactivelyencourageapplications from people with Black Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and people with a disability as these groups are under-represented within Action for Children.

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