Team Leader - Residential Children's Home (Derby)
Job Location
Derby, UK
Type of Job
Team Leader
Published Date
28/04/21
About the job
We are currently seeking a Team Leader or an experienced Support Worker for an established OFSTED registered Residential Children's Home in Burton-On-Trent,
The children's home is part of a successful and reputable children's services care group, which offers the highest quality service provision for children and young people in their Residential Children's Homes nationwide.
If you are interested in a new and exciting opportunity working as Residential Children's Home - Team Leader for an ambitious and growing organisation which can provide you with the right environment to enhance your skills and experience, then this could be the right role for you.
You must have a minimum 1 years’ experience as a Team Leader in a Children's Residential Home setting or are an experienced Support Worker with NVQ Level 3 - Children and Young Peoples Workforce.
Requirements
- NVQ 3 In Children and Young People or equivalent.
- Full driving license with access to own transport.
- Ability to work shifts and Sleep-ins.
- Successful applicant must be over the age of 21.
- 1+ Years of crisis support experience.
Benefits
- Extra holiday for every year in service
- High Street Discount Card
- Free food
- Employee of the Month
- Pension Scheme
- On-site parking
Responsibilities
Team leader’s responsibilities:
• Ability to plan for & lead shift
• The appropriate planning of shifts
• The completion/delegation of tasks and duties
• Ensure plans for young people is implemented and achieved
• Represent the company
• Demonstrate good communication skills to outside agencies and represent the company in a positive
manner in respective meetings etc. Administration
• To develop a comprehensive knowledge of regulatory inspection, standards and requirements
• Work within the homes daily processes of administration
• Develop good knowledge of the paperwork and requirements
• Undertake management of and distribution of petty cash
• Ensure reports etc. is appropriately compiled and documented
• Ensure young people’s daily records are completed
• Undertake and deliver detailed handovers
• Working with young people
• To plan for and understand face to face interventions with young people
• To implement strategies by which to engage young people in activities
• To supervise and monitor young people whereabouts
• Support young people to achieve agreed plans and outcomes of individual care plans and risk
assessments etc.
• Ensure medication is appropriately administered, audited and recorded
• Ensure young people’s daily needs is communicated
• Devise/update risk assessments
• Know how to write/update/evaluate risk assessments
• Know how to write/update/evaluate care plans
• Key discussions /direct work
• Understand when a discussion becomes a key discussion - instead of just information for daily
records
• Young people’s meetings
• Ensuring these take place weekly and are recorded in detail
• Ensure that meetings achieve regulatory aims and objectives
• Menus/shopping/food logs
• Ensure that weekly menus are in place
• Check that the menus are followed, and food logs are completed
• Daily Health and Safety checks / Incidents
• Ensure daily checks are carried out and are accurately recorded
• Report Health and Safety issues/concerns/incidents
• Ensure all incidents are recorded/reported
• Have a full understanding of all safeguarding procedures
• Knowledge of what action to take in any given scenario
Location
Derby, UK