Deputy Team Leader (Education)

Witherslack Group Ltd.; Grange-Over-Sands, Preston; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading independent school as a Deputy Team Leader, ensuring high-quality care for young people. You'll supervise staff, manage casework, and maintain childcare standards. The role offers competitive benefits, including a pension and health plan.

Benefits

Contributory Pension

Life Insurance

Medicash Health Plan

Employee Assistance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in residential childcare required.
• Full UK driving license needed.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Key Workers and maintain casework records.
• Manage residential admin and childcare functions in the Team Leader's absence.

Skills

Relationship Building

Resilience

Education

Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare

Job description

As a Deputy Team Leader, you’ll ensure our young people receive the best care. This rewarding role involves working directly with young people and supporting the Care Manager in promoting excellent childcare practices within the school.

Key Responsibilities

1. Supervising Key Workers, encouraging effective evaluation, monitoring, planning, and assessment for each young person.
2. Maintaining comprehensive casework records and making sound decisions during case conferences, reviews, and planning meetings.
3. In the absence of the Team Leader, managing all residential admin and childcare functions and taking responsibility for the school during specific evenings and weekends, including sleep-in duties when required.

Candidate Requirements

• Experience in residential childcare.
• Ideally, a Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England) or equivalent.
• Ability to build strong relationships with children and parents.
• Resilience and understanding of children’s needs.
• Full UK driving license.

About Oversands School

Oversands School is an independent, specialist residential and day school in rural Cumbria, providing high-quality education for pupils aged 8 to 19 with diverse needs, including challenging behaviours. Our high staff-to-child ratio and in-house clinical teams enable us to deliver care and education that go above and beyond, achieving excellent outcomes and enhancing life opportunities for our students.

What We Offer

Our salary and benefits package includes a competitive salary, contributory pension, Life Insurance (twice your annual salary), comprehensive induction and ongoing training, full school holidays, and extensive staff benefits such as Medicash Health Plan, Employee Assistance, and Cycle to Work Scheme. We cover DBS checks for all new employees.

Join Our Team

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

For an informal discussion, please contact Helen Park at 015395 52604.

For a full job description and person specification, please see the provided link.