Team Leader- Children & Young Adults (Part time)

Location Hertfordshire
Discipline: Education
Job type: Permanent
Contact email: biren.daiya@blackstone-recruitment.co.uk
Job ref: J6406
Startdate: 01/02/2025

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.