Children's Residential Team Leader

Childrens Residential Team Leader - Childrens Residential Home

Salary : £12.60 per hour plus 60 sleep in rate (2 on 4 off shift pattern)

Locations available : Tarleton, Southport, Rainford, Garstang, Aughton

Do you want to make a difference to a young person's life?

Do you have a natural caring and supportive nature?

Are you resilient and able to remain calm when faced with challenging behaviours?

Exceptional Care is seeking a Senior Residential Child Care Worker to support young people on a 1 : 1 or 2 : 1 staffing ratio in a residential setting. We look for experience with children and young people, e.g. youth work, residential sports coaching, mentoring, etc.

During your duties you will be expected to lead and plan your team whilst on shift and take responsibility for supervision of staff.

Who are Exceptional Care

Exceptional Care is a therapeutic children's service providing care and support to children and young people aged 8-17 from complex backgrounds who display challenging behaviour and emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD). The service is an independent social care organisation with multiple residential units across the whole of the North West.

Exceptional Care believes that consistency in care is paramount to children / young people with complex needs; to this end we are committed to developing and maintaining good communicative relationships with the child / young person.

Exceptional Care uses a systemic therapeutic approach to support the nurture and care of our children. The systemic approach is rooted in attachment theory and uses trauma‑informed approaches. We are currently introducing a comprehensive framework of assessment and outcome monitoring using the Secure Base Model.

Tasks

Your role as a Senior Residential Child Care Worker

• You will be the lead practitioner on shift, mentoring and supporting new team members, reporting to higher management, conducting supervisions and updating on progress or difficulties in relation to staff or young people, and advising if management intervention is required.
• You will act as a key worker where necessary to a specified individual young person, taking responsibility for specified areas of care and support, ensuring all medical needs are met and supporting the young person to advocate his / her own needs and wishes.
• You will provide advice, assistance and support to young people from complex backgrounds with high‑risk challenging behaviour, EBD and learning / behavioural difficulties, attending to their practical, physical and emotional needs.
• You will provide a high standard of care and support in a professional manner to vulnerable young people with challenging behaviour and emotional behavioural difficulties.

Responsibilities

Requirements

Benefits and Incentives

If you are interested please apply for one of our vacancies via our website. These adverts will remain live until the positions have been filled.

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