Team Leader Residential (11913)

Team Leader Residential

Salary: £28,500 per annum + £1200 on call allowance 

Location: Ayr, Ayrshire

Contract/Hours: Permanent / Full Time – 37 hours per week

Closing date: Friday 3rd May 2024

Interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place on 7th and 8th May 2024 

Benefits:  

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 29 days PLUS bank holidays 
• Up to 5 more days leave for continuous service plus the option to buy and sell leave. 
• Gain professional qualifications with excellent training, and development opportunities. 
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages. 
• A pension with a up to a 7% employer contribution rate. Plus, if you pay in to the pension you will receive life assurance cover.
• Staff discount portal with your favourite brands. 
• Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers. 

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

A bit about the role

Our Intensive Supervised Structured Care service in Ayrshire work with vulnerable and high-risk young people aged 13 to 20 with significant social, emotional, and behavioural needs. Our aim is to provide a safe and nurturing environment which enables our young people to understand their behaviour, make positive choices and thrive. We support them to develop confidence, self-esteem, and life skills, engage in education/training/employment and to feel included in the wider community.

As a Team Leader Residential, your role involves coordinating robust case management for our young people. You'll take the lead in delivering key outcomes through a multi-agency approach under the GIRFEC framework. Your focus on risk management aims to empower young individuals and build their resilience while ensuring their safety. Demonstrating a high standard of person-centered practice, you'll serve as a strong role model for the staff team, emphasising leadership skills and a strong belief in reflective supervision.

We want our young people to feel loved and cared for and everyday is an adventure so you'll  get to have fun whilst shaping the futures of our young people.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

Some key responsibilities for the Team Leader Residential role are;

• Having a good understanding of the challenges faces by vulnerable, care experienced young people.
• Having a good understanding of the challenges of working within the management team in a residential childcare setting.
• Having the confidence and ability to engage with other professionals and contribute meaningfully to multi-agency meetings.
• Preparing care plans and risk management reports.
• Having good leadership skills and the ability to provide support and guidance to the staff team.
• Being a creative thinker and having a solution focused approach.

Let's talk about you

• An SVQ Level 4 in social care is desirable but we are very open to relevant experience, rather than a qualification.
• The ability to motivate and lead a team, supporting and making decisions under pressure.
• Working with children, young people, their families and carers to promote and to ensure the safeguarding and the welfare of the child / young person.
• The ability to evidence a high standard of written and verbal communication.
• Experience of leading a team/supervising staff in a similar role
• A robust knowledge of GIRFEC and outcomes based models of practice and service delivery.
• SSSC registration.

Good to know

Application Process: There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Talent Pool: We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't.

Contact: If, for any reason, you need support with your application, please contact Laura McCarthy at Laura.McCarthy2@actionforchildren.org.uk. We'll be happy to give you any support you require.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Don't meet every single requirement?

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

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