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About the Role
Join Action for Children as a Team Leader in our new therapeutic children's homes in the London Borough of Hackney. You will be part of a dedicated team focused on providing safe, stable, and loving environments for young people, helping them grow and maintain important relationships. This role is crucial in developing and launching new homes, building the team, and ensuring a strong foundation for OFSTED registration.
Responsibilities
- Leading shifts and supervising staff
- Link working with young people
- Developing care plans and identifying agreed outcomes
- Responsible for the safeguarding of young people
- Being an advocate for the wellbeing of the young people who live with us
- Deputise for the Registered Manager in their absence
- Lead a team of Residential Support Workers
- Set the tone for a positive, supportive, and child-centred home
- Create a space that feels safe, fun, and welcoming
- Maintain high standards of care and practice
- Ensure smooth day-to-day running of the home as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ensure young people are in a safe and supporting environment required to nurture their needs
Requirements
- Level 3 QCF Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent) is essential
- Support Hackney’s Children and Families Service and Action for Children’s commitment to eradicating systemic racism, discrimination, injustice, making anti-racism a foundation of their practice
- Understand the cultural, societal and ideological forces that shape a child’s development
Location
- London Borough of Hackney
Work Type
- Full time
- 37 hours a week
Education Level
- Level 3 QCF Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent)
Salary/Compensations
- Upto £37,833 per annum plus £700 on call allowance
Benefits
- Over 7 weeks inclusive paid leave and the option to buy or sell leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season Ticket loan available
- Excellent training and the opportunity to undertake the Level 5 Children, Young People and Families manager qualification
- Flexible maternity, paternity, and adoption packages
- Up to 7% employer contribution and life assurance cover
- Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts at 15,000 national retailers
- Paid annual Wellbeing Day
About the Company
- At Action for Children, we offer more than just a job. Join us and you’ll be part of a team dedicated to giving children safe and happy childhoods.
- Driven by love we take Action for Children.
- We are working in close partnership with the London Borough of Hackney to develop and run two new therapeutic children’s homes within the borough.
- This exciting new development will offer stable, safe, and loving homes which enable children and young people to stay in Hackney, helping them to grow up supported and happy, with the chance to maintain and build on the relationships that matter to them the most.
- We've been driven by love to take action for children for over 150 years, giving them the protection and practical help they need.
Equal Opportunity
- At Action for Children, we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to thrive.
- We know that racism and discrimination create barriers, and we are taking active steps to challenge these inequalities in our organisation and in the communities we serve.
- We strongly welcome applications from people who are Black, Asian, or from other racialised and ethnically marginalised communities, as well as disabled people, who are currently under-represented in our workforce.
- We are committed to removing barriers in our recruitment processes and ensuring fair access to opportunities.
- We also encourage applications from men, who are under-represented in our Children’s Services roles.
- We recognise that people hold multiple identities, and we value the richness this brings to our team.