The role
2024 is your time for change, be part of Southwark’s first Children’s home as one of our Team Leaders!
Join our team as a Team Leader and become an integral part of a unique project with opportunities to potentially evolve into a Deputy Manager as the initiative unfolds.
About the Role:
As Team Leader for our first 5-bedded home for children aged 10 – 16 years old, you'll lead, develop, and motivate Residential Practitioners, driving continuous high standards of care. Reporting to the Deputy Manager, you'll assist the Leadership team in fostering a nurturing and supportive environment for the young people whilst developing a culture where your team will excel.
The Opportunity:
Southwark’s Children &; Families Services consistently earn Ofsted's Good rating in all areas. Join us on an exciting journey to establish a new Children's Residential Service and a family of homes in Southwark, ensuring more children in care are supported to live locally and connected to their communities. Our first home caters to a maximum of 5 children and young people aged 10 to 16 years.
Your Responsibilities:
- Directly lead the support teams of Residential Practitioners, ensuring a child centred home environment with an emphasis on motivation, development, and nurturing.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, including psychologists, teachers, social workers and health.
- Maintain high standards of care and develop a culture where your team excel and children thrive.
- To ensure that a child-centred approach is adopted to meet the identified needs of individual children and young people in accordance with individual care plans
- To work with the Manager/Deputy Manager to monitor individual staff performance and work-plans, setting targets, appraisals
- Foster a positive, outcome focused and empowering environment for young people and your team.
Requirements:
- Previous experience in a similar role within a residential setting.
- QCF Level 4 Children, Young People and Family Practitioner Diploma or equivalent (or willingness to quickly work towards this)
- Knowledge of childcare, child development, and the impact of trauma.
- Sound knowledge of OFSTED legislation.
- Proven track record supporting young people.
- Effective communicator.
- Flexibility to work in shift patterns.
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About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
Additional details
Contractual hours: 36 per week in accordance with the needs of the service which operates on a rota basis. Shifts can include weekend and overnight work. The post holder may be required to work outside of normal working hours in accordance with service needs.
Please note this role requires a Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
What’s on Offer:
- Competitive salary of up to £46,000
- Opportunities to advance up the pay scale along with promotional prospects (Deputy Manager)
- Join a supportive team, with access to training and development and professional supervision
- Enjoy the rewards of working for a Local Authority with fantastic benefits.
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: 03/03/2024 at 23:59
Interview date: tbc
SWCHTF
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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