Young Persons Team Leader

**Young Persons Team Leader**

**Salary - Circa £25000 - £28500 depending on experience**

**Full time - Permanent**

**Location - Godstone**

**Hours - 40 hours will be inclusive of shifts including some weekends**

**Closing Date: First suitable applicant will be recruited**

**Caridon is a young person’s 24 hour supported housing provider in London. Many of the young people living with us are looked after children under social care. The purpose of the role is **to manage a service which has between 4 - 7 young people who reside there. As a Team Leader you will offer support and assistance to the staff and young people as directed by your line manager. You will be responsible **for leading the service, key-working young people and ensuring the highest standards of service delivery. In keeping with the Company ethos, the Team Leader will support the operational management of the service on a day to day basis. You will also be required to partake in an on-call rota.**

**Can you**:

- Demonstrate passion and commitment to excellent care and quality, both in terms of service delivery and in terms of outcomes for young people.
- As the Team Leader, ensure compliance with Company policies and procedures and all regulations and standards at all time.
- Ensure key paperwork is up to date, relevant and accurate regarding all young people.
- Comply with Safeguarding and child protection procedures at all times and promote an honest and open culture
- Actively promote a culture of high performance.
- Demonstrate strong and effective management and supervise a team of staff.
- Inspire, motivate and build a highly skilled and engaged workforce with a strong commitment to nurturing staff potential and developing skills
- Ensure that resources, including staff, are effectively deployed to optimise service delivery
- Demonstrate and build excellent communication with all internal and external stakeholders
- Devise rotas any ensure effective cover for your services.
- Ensure young people are engaging in activities in line with their placement plan.
- Be accountable for effectively managing petty cash.
- Produce monthly petty cash returns to the Operations Manager.
- Lead a culture of continuous improvement and development with a strong focus on best practice
- Attend social care meetings prepared and with professionalism to ensure the company is promoted positively.
- Promote a learning organisation culture and commit to personal and workforce skills’ development
- Engage colleagues to own and deliver on Caridon’s vision and goals, setting a strong example for others to follow
- Acknowledge, celebrate and share success
- Complete monthly supervision with all support workers.
- Complete staff inductions and probationary periods in line with HR guidelines.
- Ensure you are able to meet targets set by your line manager
- Be able to write reports to a high standard within time scales set by your line manager.
- Be able to provide a nurturing environment for the young people which is consistent, fair and uplifting.
- Attend key partner meetings and be able to represent Caridon by being prepared and show an understanding of the issues presenting.
- Manage incidents with the agreed time frame through following the incident policy.
- Manage services to prevent placement breakdowns.
- Meet KPI targets on your house performances as directed by your line manager.
- Keywork young people, including complying support plans and risk assessments.

**Do You**:

- Have a minimum Level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care with young people or equivalent
- Be willing to work towards your NVQ Level 5 in Management within 8 months of starting in the post.
- Have a thorough understanding and knowledge of relevant legislation of the Care Act.
- Have experience in working within the relevant health and social care setting
- Minimum 5 years' experience working in children's residential setting.
- Understanding and knowledge of Safeguarding.
- Commitment to enhancing knowledge in current legislation around child protection and safeguarding.
- Detailed knowledge of outcomes‐based practice as referred to in Children's Home Quality regulations 2015
- Knowledge of Children's Rights e.g. advocacy and internal complaints procedure.
- The Children Act, Human rights Act, Care leaving guidance, Ofsted benchmarking
- Have experience working with vulnerable children, including Autism, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health Conditions and Challenging Behaviour
- Hold a full driving licence - you will be required to drive between services. (expenses can be reimbursed).

**We can offer**:

- Competitive salary
- An employee focused training and development program
- Employee benefits scheme
- Opportunities for career progression

**General Responsibilities**
- Responding to the service needs. Including being on a on-call rota.
- Provide support to emergency services - including attending hospitals and police stations for the young people when needed.
- Compl