Blackstone Recruitment are working with a provider of education, care and support services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities who are recruiting for a Team Leader – Young Adult Residential Care for one of their sites in Hertfordshire.
Please see details below for the full job advert:
Job Post: Team Leader- Children & Young Adults
Location: Hertfordshire
Hours: Full-time – 40 hours per week - Shifts
Annual Salary: £31,720.00 - £34,611.20 per year for a 40-hour week (linked to competency and qualifications)
The role:
They are currently looking for a Team Leader for one of their sites in Hertfordshire. The care home offers a supportive living and learning environment for young adults with severe and profound learning difficulties and complex health needs. With specialist facilities and a focus on promoting independence, we support each of the young people through the transition from education into adulthood with a focus on person-centred programmes to promote independence.
Experience:
Key Duties:
- To have a passion to make a difference, to enable children and young people to succeed and feel valued.
- To actively promote and maintain a stable, happy homely and caring environment that puts the health, safety and welfare of our young people first.
- Provide support to the Care Managers through the management, motivation and coaching of a team of support workers and Senior Support workers to maintain a stable, happy, and caring environment that puts the health, safety and welfare of young people first.
- Be responsible for a team that provide appropriate physical and emotional support to the young people through the work of the care team within a residential environment and with off-site activities. This will include:
- Help with the induction of new team members and their continued mentoring and development towards QCF and other mandatory training.
- Carry out supervisions along with dealing with Performance Management issues within the team.
- Take an active role in ensuring that activities are completed, and effectively delegated and day-to-day implementation of young people’s individual program plans are always carried out efficiently with adequate cover available.
- Ensure that all documentation is kept up to date.
- Undertake on a regular basis sleeping-in duties for which an allowance is paid and waking night duties and undertake duty manager/on call responsibilities.
- Please note that the role may require participation in physical intervention and personal care.
Successful candidate is likely to demonstrate the following:
- QCF Level 3 in Adult Social Care
- Shift / team leading experience.
- Superb communication skills
- Highly organised
- Ability to lead and motivate.
Be part of their successful team and benefit from a generous package that includes:
- 33 days’ holiday including bank holidays.
- Life assurance and pension
- Perk box - access to shopping discounts
- Car lease scheme
- Bike to work scheme.
- Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.
- Free parking
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✅Unlimited referral bonus
For further information on this role, please contact Biren Daiya at Blackstone Recruitment on the details provided or APPLY now.