Senior Residential Care worker – Team Leader

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Full time
Location: Cradley Heath
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Job offered by: Corus Consultancy
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MUST HAVE DRIVING LICENSE KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Managing Service Delivery

To Shift lead and role model professional practice in directing a team of Residential Care Workers. To promote a team that achieves the ongoing outcomes for young people to live in a safe environment free from harm. To promote and develop children and young people's health, welfare and development, at home and in the community. To provide a home environment that is homely, well maintained and allows young people to flourish. To plan and lead shifts in a well-structured manner which facilitates the voice of the child and meets their individual needs. To participate in the recording, reviewing development, and ongoing monitoring of individual children's care plans. To develop and maintain good working relationships with professionals, parents, and other family and significant others involved in the care of young people. To ensure that the individual needs of young people and others are met such as dietary requirements, religious observance, and culturally significant activities. To support young people to develop independent skills, be able to learn and develop skills to complete tasks for themselves which would enhance their life skills and support their transition into independence. To support the transition of young people moving to maintain safe relationships which have been professionally agreed.

Managing People

To provide leadership, guidance and management to the staff team to ensure the home is managed within robust safeguarding procedures. To be responsible for rota management and staff resources in line with children and young people's needs and ensure sufficient staffing on shift. To be involved in the supervision and appraisal, monitoring and recruitment of the staff team.

Managing Finance

To professionally role model and monitor the spending of money on each shift in line with the organisations guidelines.

Managing Resources

To partake in obtaining the views of children and young people to create a homely environment which children can enjoy a good quality experience. To comply with health and safety requirements. To maintain the appearance of the home including young people's bedrooms, communal and internal/external parts of the home.

Keeping Professional Standards

To take responsibility, with the manager, for maintaining high standards of childcare practice in compliance with the National Minimum Standards and other regulatory frameworks. To report to the manager, or other appropriate person, any malpractice or evidence which may suggest it. To attend supervision as arranged with your line manager in line with the Children's homes regulations.

General Responsibilities

To be aware of and adhere to Health and Safety policy at all times. To adhere to and promote the Equality and Diversity policy and to actively challenge discriminatory practice.

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