Team Leader Residential

Job Description

Salary: £30,500 per annum Location: Aberdeen Contract/Hours: Full time 37 hours, permanent Benefits

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts

About the role

Clifton Road care service supports young people aged who have been previously looked after in care. We provide accommodation and support in a residential setting with a range of services to meet individual needs in partnership with other agencies to improve life chances and support independent living.

As the Team Leader you will spend time supporting the staff team through supervision, team meetings and running a live rota, and you will also work directly with the young people following detailed care plans.

Responsibilities

• Managing and leading a team of residential professionals and other staff as directed in the delivery of a 24 hour rota, including shifts, utilizing policies and procedures to enable staff to provide a responsive, high quality person centred service.
• Building and maintaining positive relationships by providing emotional/social support to young people in a therapeutic way.
• Leading case/care planning for individual children or young people: assessment of need, developing a care plan, identifying agreed outcomes, and carrying out regular reviews with children, young people, families, and other professionals.
• Supervising, guiding or directing staff and volunteers where required and mentoring newly appointed staff.
• Attending professional meetings including reviews, court work, etc., referring appropriate cases to specialists or higher management.

Qualifications

• SVQ4 Leadership & Management and HNC social care qualification.
• Ability to work on a rota basis and participate in on call rota.
• SSSC registration.
• Experience in planning, prioritising, and evaluating activities and own work effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to make informed decisions and judgement, anticipating and identifying problems and finding solutions.

Contact

Jessica Jarvis reference 13065

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

At Action for Children, we welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates. We also encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.