Residential Team Leader – Children’s Homes

Proud to Care Devon; Exeter; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A children's care provider in Exeter is seeking dedicated individuals for a rewarding role in caring for children and young people with complex needs. Responsibilities include supervising shifts, supporting personal goals, and facilitating daily life skills. The role offers a competitive hourly wage with enhancements, emphasizing a nurturing and positive environment. Applicants must have a full driving license and flexibility for shift patterns.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Enhancements for weekend and night shifts

Qualifications

• Ability to engage and build positive relationships with children and young people.
• Remain calm in challenging situations.
• Able to implement boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Supervise shifts within the Home.
• Support children and young people to achieve their goals.
• Assist with daily tasks and life skills.
• Create a fun and positive atmosphere.

Skills

Ability to engage with children

Calm under pressure

Adaptability

Job description

Do you want a challenging and rewarding career with real opportunities to positively impact the lives of the children and young people who access our Homes? If you are dynamic, resilient, and dedicated, our children would really benefit from your support.

Working within the Children’s Homes is one of the most rewarding career choices you will make. If you have the drive and dedication, then you will enjoy an exciting and rewarding career with us.

Our Children’s Homes are registered with Ofsted and provide support for children and young people with complex needs, ensuring their line individual care plans and needs are met.

The ethos of the service is to provide children with a home-from-home experience and enhance and promote their life experiences and independence. You’ll also be helping them to prepare for the next stage of their life.

The role includes:

• Supervising the running of shifts within the Home.
• Provide supervision for staff.
• Supporting children and young people achieve their personal wishes and goals.
• Assisting with daily tasks and life skills.
• Striving for aspirational outcomes for the children.
• Creating fun and positive atmosphere.
• Organising and taking part in activities.
• Being proactive and innovative to seek new methods to engage.

Personal qualities:

• Ability to engage and build positive relationships with children and young people.
• Remaining calm in challenging situations
• Able to implement boundaries.
• Able to adapt and respond quickly.

If you have the above qualities but may not have all the practical skills yet, we will support you through training and development in line with your personal development plan and actively promote succession planning.

This is an enjoyable and rewarding position for someone who is caring and dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children and their families.

Pay and enhancements:
37 hours per week plus enhancements (up to £4,000 per year)

• Starting rate is £15.82 per hour, rising to £17.47 per hour.
• Overnight rate is £21.09 per hour, rising to £23.29 per hour.
• Saturday rate is £23.73 per hour, rising to £26.20 per hour.
• Sunday and bank holiday rate is £31.64 per hour, rising to £34.94 per hour.

We work on a 3 shift per 24 hours basis (AM/PM/Nights or sleep ins) and our homes are open up to 365 days a year.

Please ensure when completing your application form that you provide a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the essential and desirable criteria as described in the job description. Applications may not be taken forwards if the supporting statement is not adequately completed.

We reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date if a sufficient amount of applications have been received, so we recommend applying early.

Please note:

• The ability to drive with access to your own vehicle, a valid UK driving licence and business insurance is essential to the role.
• We cannot offer Visa sponsorship for this post or consider applications from individuals with less than two years left on existing visas as we require consistency to meet the needs of the service.

If you are successful at interview and decide to join our service, it is important to remember that we are more than just a job.

In our roles we have the privilege of supporting children with complex needs, and with this comes huge celebration but also at times a considerable challenge.

To become a successful member of our service we ask that people are resilient, reflective and understand that sometimes the responsibilities in the role can be challenging.

Very often our busiest times are during school holidays therefore we ask that staff do not take more than 2 weeks annual leave during this time, we also have strict number on how many staff can have time off at any one time.

It is important to understand that you will need to work shift patterns, this will include late nights, early mornings and staying overnight to support the needs of individual children.

As a service we encourage all our staff to take part in frequent training, this will include courses at different levels as well as additional training courses as and when required. All our staff must hold a full driving licence.

We are excited to opening a new children’s home in Exeter and keen to build a new team with your support.

Please see the job description for full info about this position or contact Glenn Lobb for an informal discussion via email: [e-mail]

Interviews for these roles will take place on the 16/10/2025

If you do not hear back within 7 days of the closing date, then you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

How to apply
Please ensure when completing your application form that you provide a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the essential and desirable criteria as described in the person specification of the job description. Applications may not be taken forwards if the supporting statement is not adequately completed.

Internal Applicants, please note:If you are an existing DCC employee, please use your iTrent Employee Self Service (ESS) details to log in and apply.

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• DCC embraces the positive benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to providing an environment that is inclusive and safe. We welcome applications from people who share our commitment to stop discrimination, challenge inequality and promote diversity across Devon. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity webpages.
• Happy to Talk Flexible Working – The Council offers flexible working arrangements in terms of when and where people work e.g. hybrid working, part-time, condensed hours etc.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
• Personal data we collect from you will be processed in accordance with the Applicant privacy notice.
• For more information about Working for Devon please visit our Working for Devon page.
• We cannot consider visa sponsorship at this time. UK Right to Work is required. For further guidance on right to work in the UK, please visit: Work in the UK – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
• This role requires a DBS disclosure.

Does the job role include personal care?: No

Working Patterns:

37 hours per week