Team Leader - Residential Children's Home

Team Leader - Residential Children's Home

Team Leader - Residential Children's Home

Location : Wigton

Contract Type : Full-time, Permanent

Salary : Entry level Salary : £,. with a potential to earn up to £,. in sleep in shifts.

Experienced Salary : £,. with the potential to earn up to £,. in sleep in shifts

Specific Hours : hours per week- shift pattern on rotation

We are currently seeking an experienced Residential Team Leader to join our services based in Carlisle.

North Lakes Children’s Services is a well-established local provider of therapeutic residential care and education for boys aged -. We improve the resilience, self-esteem and abilities of all the young people we work with.

The role of a Team Leader is to share in creating a purposeful, caring, therapeutic, learning environment for our young people, by the application of high professional standards of care and support for the young person’s social, emotional and / or behavioural needs, and mental health and learning difficulties.

Your Attributes :

As a Therapeutic Residential Team Leader, your qualities of being decisive, highly attuned and consistent will positively benefit the vulnerable children we care for. We welcome applications from experienced individuals who seek to deepen their therapeutic care knowledge and help develop the practice of others in utilising the PACE model and Therapeutic Parenting approaches.

Can you inspire your team? Will you use curiosity and empathy to help validate a child’s life story? Have you an approachable leadership style?

Your ability to make key therapeutic interventions throughout the day will guide your team in adopting best practice. Recognising trauma and how it can manifest within a child and using your knowledge of child development will help the recovery, progression and ability for a child to live a full life and gain an independent, healthy future.

Are you…

• Ready to supervise and support the continued professional development of a small team of staff?
• Willing and competent to lead a shift, making well-judged decisions in line with care plans?
• Knowledgeable in therapeutic interventions and an experienced key worker?
• Able to deputise for the Registered Manager in holiday periods?

Main duties :

All Applicants must have :

Benefits :

“Staff follow a research-based therapeutic approach to parenting. Staff use their sensitivity and empathy to successfully help children validate their feelings, feel accepted and well cared for.” – Ofsted Outstanding

North Lakes is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.

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