Team Leader

Active Care Group; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Tees Valley is seeking a Team Leader for a children's home. You will oversee operations, ensure quality standards, and lead a dedicated team. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience in a children's care setting, possess an NVQ in Residential Childcare, and demonstrate strong leadership skills. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

25 days plus bank holidays

Birthday off

Free 24-hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme

Access to a Medicash Health Plan

Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of experience working within a children's home setting, ideally in a Learning Disabilities/PMLD environment.
• Flexibility in working hours, including weekends and bank holidays.
• Ability to ensure quality standards are maintained.

Responsibilities

• Support the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager in running the home.
• Lead the team in delivering outcomes for children and young people.
• Promote strong morale amongst the team.

Skills

Relevant experience in a children's home setting

Understanding of Children's Homes Quality Standards

Ability to lead, coach, and mentor a team

Competent IT skills, mainly MS Office

Education

Level 3 NVQ in Residential Childcare or Children's Workforce (or equivalent)

Job description

Overview

Come and join one of the UK's largest independent providers in neuro and mental healthcare. We proudly employ over 4000+ people.

We'd like you to join us as a Team Leader at our service Granville Lodge in Hartlepool.

Granville Lodge is a 9 bedded Children's home close to the centre of Hartlepool for children and young people who require a high level of specialist care due to physical and learning disabilities due to conditions such as Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy.

We also welcome Children and Young People who stay with us for short breaks to provide respite. We encourage and promote lots of activities and trips out with our young people to ensure that they get a chance to have fun and encounter different experiences; we aim to replicate a family environment.

What you'll be working

37.5 hours per week - hours will be averaged out over a 4 week period

Days shifts, Night shifts on a rota system

Will include weekends and bank holidays

Due to the nature of the role, flexibility is required to ensure that the home runs smoothly and safely. The exact working pattern will be negotiated with the successful candidate.

What you'll be doing

As a Team Leader, you will support the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager in the running of the home via shift leading and to ensure that all quality standards are maintained. The right candidate will hold safeguarding children at the very centre of their practice, have good communication skills and be able to liaise effectively with all agencies involved with the children in our care.

The right person will be able to lead the team in delivering solid outcomes for the children and young people, promoting their rights, dignity and safety at all times.

The right person will be expected, alongside the Manager and Deputy Manager, to promote strong morale amongst the team striving towards making Granville Lodge a Great Place to Work.

What you'll have

• Relevant experience (min. 1 years) working within a children's home setting, ideally within a Learning Disabilities/PMLD environment.
• An understanding / sound knowledge of Children's Homes Quality Standards
• Level 3 NVQ in Residential Childcare or Children's Workforce (or equivalent) - or have this qualification well underway.
• Experience of leading, coaching and mentoring a team and ensuring that relevant Codes of Conduct are upheld.
• Competent IT skills, mainly MS Office
• Driving License desirable.
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.

What to look forward to

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1000 by recommending someone you know
• and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group