Residential team leader - united kingdom, waltham abbey, essex

residential team leader

accountable to: senior management team. registered manager and deputy manager.

responsible for: young person's support workers.

hours: shift pattern:15-hour shifts (5 shifts per fortnight) over a monday to sunday period.

days in week: monday to sunday

lunch: inclusive within working hours.

total paid hours: 37.5 hours per week

annual leave: 14 shifts per annum with bank and public holidays to be included in the calculation of the employee's paid annual leave. please note that a key requirement of your role is to work on a bank holiday.

salary range: gbp22,560 - gbp 24,960

location: waltham abbey

lavender grove cares are looking for someone who knows how to make a house, a home. we are offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and determined individual to work with children and young people 5-18 years old with social, emotional and complex needs. the team will ensure that the children living within the home have the very best care, great role models and a place to call home.

purpose of the role:

to provide high quality, person-centred care to our children and young people often involving an understanding of a broad range of often complex social, emotional and recreational needs.

to recognise the potential of each child and young person and to promote through actions and words the achievement of that potential.

to meet the individual care and support needs of the child and young person using the service in a way that promotes, dignity, privacy, safety and independence.

to safeguard our children and young people by way of risk assessing, protecting their holistic welfare and ensure appropriate information sharing occurs in line with lavender grove's safeguarding policy.

to ensure our residential home is a safe, welcoming environment where children can enjoy, achieve and thrive in to reach their full potential.

for the full job description please download the document attached at the bottom of this advert.

special conditions

this post requires the holder to do shifts over a day period which include early morning and evening work, (with potential sleep-in and waking night to cover staff absence for which an additional payment is made). the post holder also is required to work weekends as part of a rota and bank holidays.

on occasions you may be requested to change your rota at a given notice as per your contract, to ensure the contingencies of the service are covered. this may also include covering an additional sleep-in / waking night duty as an emergency measure.

in accordance with the guidelines on health and safety, to accept responsibility for working within these guidelines and reporting any concerns to the registered manager.

to undertake such other duties appropriate to the grade of the post and the needs of the home such as decorating, gardening in order to develop and maintain service delivery.

this job description is not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities but indicates some of the main areas attached to the post of residential team leader.

checks

this job description may be amended from time to time, to take account of changing trends in social care relevant legislation, together with employment law, feedback from our stakeholders including our children and young people and regulatory bodies.

the recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. the successful applicants will be appointed subject to references, enhanced dbs (which should also on the dbs update service). and screening. changes to personal circumstances which may affect this must be notified to a senior manager immediately.

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