Team Leader – Children’s Residential Care – Starting from £32,120
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31st January 2025 | |
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starting from £32,120 | |
As a Team Leader at our 6 bedded Children’s residential service in the heart of a residential community, you will be caring for children and young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities and/or physical disabilities, and may also have diagnosis of EBD, Autism, ADHD, sensory impairment, and associated behavioural challenges and/or complex care needs
Children accommodated may also be experiencing mental health, self-harming and are socially and emotionally delayed, through neglect and harm.
As a Team Leader, you will assist the management team in maintaining a safe and enabling environment that provides positive experiences to children and young people. This is a hands’ on, shift based role. You will be leading the shift and supervising staff whilst still providing direct support to the young people in your care.
This is a full time, shift based role working 40 hrs per week and will include working at weekends and doing aprox 1 Sleep in shift per week.
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