Team Leader for Residential Care

7 months ago

Kettering, United Kingdom enferm. Full time

We are looking for a Team Leader for a 6-bedroom residential home based in a quiet residential area in Kettering, supporting young people aged 5-17. This home pride themselves on creating a home from home environment to allow young people to flourish and thrive To deliver high standards of care, protection and support to young people with learning disabilities and related complex needs by facilitating their physical, psychological, emotional and recreational development**.**

**Purpose of Job**:
To deliver high standards of care, protection and support to children and young people with learning disabilities and related complex needs by facilitating their physical, psychological, emotional and recreational development**.**

**Tasks/Duties & Responsibilities**
- To be responsible to the team, senior staff and the Registered Manager for the direct care of the children and young people and support of the staff team when on duty.
- To actively promote the homes philosophy of creating a family style home and maintain the home’s Statement of Purpose.

**Professional Care Worker Practice**
- To assist the Registered Manager in managing a staffed residential home for children and young people with Autism and related learning difficulties.
- To help promote a stimulating, caring and culturally appropriate environment for the children and young people.
- To provide practical and emotional support to enable children and young people under the guidance of the Registered Manager.
- To work closely with the children, young people and their families according to programmes and plans that have been put in place.
- To deputise in the absence of Deputy Manager.
- To lead shifts when on duty.
- To key work at least one child or young person.
- To manage the key child’s or young person’s finances.
- To administer medication and ensure all records are up-to-date.
- Being responsible for meeting children and young people’s needs and communicating these needs to other staff and professionals involved.
- Writing review reports and other reports as necessary.
- Being involved in review meetings concerning children and young people.
- Being involved in setting up and implementing personal care plans for children and young people.
- To be involved in the selection, assessment, and admission of new children or young people with the Registered Manager.
- To help new children and young people settle into the home.
- To ensure that all children and young people’s personal records are up-to-date and on file as is required by Regulation.

**To participate in the full range of caring duties including**:

- Helping children and young people with leisure interests and skill development inside and outside the home.
- Domestic duties (washing, cleaning, cooking etc.)
- Participation in the house shopping with the children and young people where possible.
- Listen to children and young people, regarding their feelings or about any difficulties they may be experiencing.
- Providing personal care to children and young people enabling them to look clean and presentable.
- Helping children and young people to keep their possessions and living areas clean, tidy and safe.
- Helping children and young people to make informed choices.
- Accompanying children and young people on holidays.
- Implementing personal care plans set out for children and young people.
- Assisting with day care activities.
- Communicating with other staff about children and young people’s needs/activities.
- Recording children and young people’s needs/activities/behaviours in the home’s diary system.
- Facilitating regular house meetings with the children and young people.
- To help ensure that each child and young person’s health needs are met including:

- Liaising with medical services (e.g. GP, Dentist)
- Ensuring the implementation of appropriate medication procedures.
- Monitoring children and young people’s sleep patterns.
- Monitoring children and young people’s bowel movements.
- Monitoring children and young people’s fluid intake.
- Carrying out key working sessions.
- Developing the co-key worker.
- Monitoring the general state of the home and its grounds.
- Carrying out risk assessments and reviews.
- Shift planning and delegation of tasks.
- Conflict resolution and debriefs at the end of each shift.

**Hours and Annual Leave**
- A flexible 24-hour rota system is worked including evenings and weekends.
- Holiday entitlement: 28 days holiday per year including statutory Bank Holidays.

**Job Type**: Temp to perm

**Salary**: £25,000.00-£27,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Kettering, Northamptonshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Residential Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
- Support Environment: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

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