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 Part Time Team Leader – Children & Young Adults.
Please see details below for the full job advert:
Location: Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border
Salary: £25,376.00 - £27,688.96
Hours: Part-time – 32 hours per week - Shifts
Essential Criteria: Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare
The role:
They are looking currently looking for a Part Time Team Leader Children & Young Adults
Experience:
Successful candidate is likely to demonstrate the following:
- 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.
- Be responsible for a team that provide appropriate physical and emotional support to the children and young people through the work of the care team within a residential environment and with off-site activities. This will include GP other health related appointments, visits to families and trips out.
- 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 your 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.
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.
Skills & Qualifications:
Successful candidate qualities:
- QCF Level 3 in Childcare or a QCF Level 3 in Residential Childcare (or equivalent)
- Shift / team leading experience
- Superb communication skills
- Highly organised
- Ability to lead and motivate
What’s in it for you? / Why Should You Apply?
- Opportunities for meaningful career development
- Fully funded training and qualifications
- Life assurance
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Perk Box- offering high street discounts
- Employee assistance programme
- Bike to work scheme
- Car lease scheme
Blackstone Benefits:
Permanent jobs:
✅Assigned specialised recruitment consultant
✅Access to exclusive and flexible UK locum and permanent jobs
✅Complete onboarding support
✅Informed tailored career advice
✅Personalised job alerts
✅Unlimited referral bonus
For further information on this role, please contact Biren Daiya at Blackstone Recruitment on the details provided or APPLY now.