Team Leader, Children's Home
Location: Chipping, near Preston
Make a real difference in a child's life by being the consistent and supportive person they can rely on. As a Team Leader, you'll have the opportunity to make a positive impact on young people while also providing leadership, guidance and support to the team around them.
We believe that happy staff equal happy children, and our number one priority is happy children! Our employees are the backbone of our company and we pride ourselves in looking after our own. Why not start the journey into joining our family and apply today!
Salary & Benefits
Hourly rate: £15.25 per hour, sleep rate £54, equivalent to £33,489.00 per annum.
2 on 4 off rotating shift pattern.
Performance bonus: access to a company performance bonus scheme
Further Benefits:
- Mintago Employee Benefits Programme inc salary sacrifice, retail discounts, financial advice, GP and counselling hotlines
- Employee Quarterly welfare raffle with prizes such as holidays, spa breaks, and cinema vouchers, minimum prize pool of £5k & 20 prizes
- Support towards your Level 4 qualification
- Blue Light Card offering discounts on big brands
- Structured working pattern, supportive environment to further your career
- Company vehicle for work purposes
About Us
Theracare provides safe, nurturing, and supportive homes for children and young people aged 8-18 with emotional and behavioural needs. We believe every child deserves stability, encouragement, and genuine care from the people around them. Our teams work hard to create homes where young people feel secure, valued, and understood.
We are looking for people who want to do meaningful work, take on leadership responsibility and be part of a team that truly matters.
What you'll do
- Lead allocated shifts and help ensure the safe and effective day to day operation of the home
- Provide high quality, child centred care and support to children and young people
- Provide day to day leadership, guidance and direction to Residential Support Workers and other staff
- Coordinate shifts, allocate duties and ensure staffing is deployed effectively according to children's needs and identified risks
- Ensure children receive care in line with their individual care plans, risk assessments and assessed needs
- Support routines, appointments, education, activities and other positive opportunities for children and young people
- Maintain an overview of safeguarding, risk and behaviour throughout your shift and ensure concerns are acted upon and escalated appropriately
- Guide staff in responding to incidents, challenging situations and changes in children's circumstances
- Monitor the quality and completion of staff records, incident reports and other required documentation
- Conduct effective shift handovers and ensure important information is communicated to the wider team
- Promote positive behaviour, independence, confidence and emotional wellbeing
- Build trusting and professionally appropriate relationships with children and ensure their wishes and feelings are listened to
- Support staff to understand and follow care plans, risk assessments, policies and agreed behaviour support strategies
- Challenge poor or unsafe practice appropriately and escalate significant concerns to management
- Support audits, quality assurance and continuous improvement within the home
- Support new and less experienced staff through guidance, mentoring and constructive feedback
- Work collaboratively with managers, colleagues, families, social workers, education providers and other professionals
- Ensure the home remains safe, clean, welcoming and appropriately maintained
- Undertake delegated responsibilities, including key-working and other duties appropriate to the role
- Promote a positive culture of professional practice, accountability, safeguarding and continuous learning
Qualifications
- QCF Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare or recognised equivalent, or willingness and ability to achieve the required qualification within applicable regulatory timescales
- Relevant leadership or management qualification is desirable
What we're looking for
Essential:
- Experience of working with children or young people within residential care, social care, education, youth work or a comparable setting
- A strong commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
- The ability to develop positive and professional relationships with children
- The ability to provide leadership and direction to staff
- Confidence in taking responsibility and making appropriate decisions during shifts
- An understanding of safeguarding, risk assessment and behaviour support
- Emotional resilience and the ability to remain calm under pressure
- Ability to recognise when matters require escalation to management
- Ability to follow and promote compliance with policies, procedures, care plans and risk assessments
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to maintain accurate, professional and timely records
- Ability to provide constructive guidance and challenge poor practice appropriately
- Ability to work effectively as part of a wider team
- Reliability, flexibility, integrity and professional accountability
- Respect for equality, diversity, identity and individual difference
- Commitment to continued learning and professional development
- Ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries
- Ability to work the shift patterns required within a residential children's home
- Full UK driving licence where driving is required by the service
Desirable:
- Previous experience within a senior or shift leading residential childcare role
- Knowledge and understanding of the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards
- Experience of leading shifts within a residential care environment
- Experience of safeguarding and incident management
- Experience of contributing to risk assessments and care planning
- Knowledge of trauma-informed and relationship based approaches
- Experience of mentoring or supporting staff
- Experience of quality assurance or auditing care records
Safeguarding and safer recruitment
Theracare is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Appointment will be subject to the organisation’s safer recruitment requirements, including an enhanced DBS check and appropriate barred list check where applicable, satisfactory references, verification of employment history, right to work checks, qualification checks where relevant and any other checks required by legislation, regulation or company policy.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and all shortlisted candidates will be subject to thorough vetting in line with safeguarding requirements.
Apply now
If you are ready to take the next step in your career, lead a team and make a real impact on the lives of children and young people, we would love to hear from you.
Apply now to join Theracare.
Pay: £33,489.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Paid training
Application question(s):
- Do you have previous experience within a senior or shift leading residential childcare role?
- Do you have experience of working with children or young people within residential care, social care, education, youth work or a comparable setting?
Licence/Certification:
- Do you hold a Full UK driving licence? (required)
- QCF Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare? (preferred)
Work Location: In person
