24 Oct
Barnardos
Barkingside
Job description
Are you looking for a new challenge? Can you achieve transformational change for families and children who have a range of complex needs?
We have an exciting opportunity for a hardworking and passionate individual to lead our Family Residential Centre as the Team Manager, on a full-time permanent basis.
Location of the post : Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
Service Overview : Barnardo's, the UK's largest Children's Charity are currently on an exciting and innovative Journey alongside Leicestershire County Council to deliver a range of Children's homes for the most vulnerable children & young people in Leicestershire.
Welland House has 3 self-contained flats with the capacity to house up to 3 families at any one time.
Families utilising this type of service may include parents with moderate to high learning needs, those presenting with issues around domestic violence, and or substance / alcohol misuse.
Additionally, they may have experienced mental ill health and / or trauma. During their stay, the parents will be supported in their parenting by Barnardo's staff, whilst being assessed by Leicestershire County Council Children's Service.
The Welland House team is supportive in its approach, with our primary aim revolving around promoting best practices, through guidance, role modelling, key work sessions and practical advice on matters relating to concerns, risk, safety, routines, and boundaries.
Some of the responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to :
- Managing a team of residential workers and coordinate staffing rotas.
- Work together with the Local Authority to ensure effective placement of families.
- To create a culture and ethos where the complex needs of the individual parents and children and the group are met.
- Quality assure transition / care plans and to ensure that these are aspirational in terms of supporting individuals and families.
- To ensure that the physical environment of the centre remains at a high standard at all times.
- Hold team meetings to share information, practice developments and share any arising issues with the Management Team for resolution.
- Attend a variety of formal meetings to represent the Service and / or on behalf of the Children's Services Manager.
- This role includes an expectation of on call, rota cover and out of hours working.
Essential requirements to evidence in your written application :
- Must hold a valid UK drivers' licence.
- Must hold a Level 3 qualification relevant to Residential Childcare.
- Must hold OR be willing to work towards the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care and Children & Young People's services.
- At least 3 years' experience working with children (within the last 5 years) and at least 1 year at Senior level supervision or management experience working with children / young people and their families in a residential setting.
- Sound knowledge and experience of working with OFSTED Regulations and Quality Standards of Children's homes with the ability to support the service to achieve a rating of outstanding.
- Sound knowledge and experience of recording and reporting to enable safeguarding and protection of children & young people.
Whilst Welland House will be your base location,
you must be flexible to travel throughout the locality to support our other homes should the need arise.
These are located in Hinckley, Coalville and Syston.
For more information about this role, please contact Kelly Walker / 07734979136
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document.
This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date.
We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's .
We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023.
This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised,
our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.
More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Benefits
Workplace Offer : What it means for you
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working.
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations.
This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance;
we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
- A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's.
Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure / theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
- 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
- T&C;'s
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