About the Position

The night team leader will be responsible for effectively leading, supporting and monitoring the care team, senior support workers within the home, the school and whilst undertaking offsite activities to ensure that they carry out their duties in an effective manner in order to safeguard that a stable, happy and caring environment that puts the health, safety and welfare of our children and young people first is maintained. The job also involves supporting and overseeing that our children physical, cultural, social and emotional development, using a person-centred approach in order that they can achieve their full potential is maintained at all times.

Employee Benefits

• Full funded DBS Checks.
• Flexible working patterns.
• Death in Service Insurance Scheme.
• Private HealthCare Insurance Scheme.
• Time and a Quarter from Monday -Friday and Time and Half for Weekend and Bank Holiday Overtime
• Enhanced rates of pay for relevant RQF/NVQ/QCF qualifications.
• Meals provided for staff on Day Shifts if they are working with children and the young people.
• A fully paid two weeks induction prior to working with children and young people.
• Refer a Friend Scheme Bonus (payment of £500 on successful completion of 6 months).
• 24 Hours access to our Employee Counselling Support through our Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured).
• Extensive training aimed at developing and enhancing skills further through the completion of fully Paid training day as part of your rota.
• Fully Funded a minimum of RQF level 3 or Equivalent diploma award in Health and Social Care – Residential Childcare (if not already achieved).
• Loyalty Bonus (£500 annual salary length of service award upon completion of each 5 years).
• Fully paid day off on staff Birthday (subject to satisfactory attendance in the preceding 12 months).
• Professional Health Services for Injuries sustained at work (subject to satisfying criteria as set out in the staff absence policy).

Essential Criteria

• Must already hold at least level 3 NVQ or QCF for Children’s and Young People’s workforce in Health & Social Care.
• Previous experience as a team leader.
• Excellent knowledge of Ofsted requirement.
• Must have an excellent understanding and experience working with children and young people with learning disability, autism and other complex care needs.
• Excellent working knowledge of safeguarding procedures and how to follow it.
• Able to act in a professional manner at all times ensuring professional boundaries are maintained.
• Medication administration trained and experience.
• Effective communication and motivation skills.
• Excellent leadership and supervising skills.
• A real desire and the capability to achieve the highest standards of care.
• Ability to work as directed and complete tasks to high standards.
• Must be enthusiastic, confident and resilient also be able to manage challenging behaviour.

Other Factors

• Have a good understanding of the role and the flexibility and commitment that is required within the role.
• Ready to commit to the role in its entirety.
• Committed to valuing diversity and promoting equality for all.
• Driver essential with Full UK Drivers Licence.
• All applicate must be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure Checks (DBS).

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an independent specialist residential care and education organisation that provides exceptional residential care and education to meet the needs of children and young people aged between 11 and 19 years who have severe and profound learning disabilities and who may also be on the autism spectrum, have complex care needs and behavioural concerns. We are situated on the outskirts of Norton Disney in Lincolnshire. Our ethos is to provide warm, safe and nurturing environments where children and young people entrusted to us are supported and enabled to achieve their full potential in all areas of their social, emotional, physical and academic development.

Important Note

Please kindly note that [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] has frozen the Skilled Worker Sponsorship Scheme, as such the organisation will not be able to sponsor any candidate who is requiring to be sponsored.

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