What will you be doing?
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Assistant Team Manager working in collaborative partnership with the Team manager to ensure statutory & regularity compliance is evidenced in daily practice and to assume direct responsibility for the home in their absence.
You will be involved in recruitment, supervision and development of staff, carrying out regular Quality Assurance management checks and ensuring care plans and all relevant documents relating to the young people are on target.
You will provide out of hours support and consultation to ensure that staff have appropriate advice and support at all hours of the day.
About you
You have experience of working with children in Residential care with a knowledge of the legislative framework and statutory guidance as well as a commitment to making a difference to lives of young people.
You have a good understanding of Autism Specific disorders & communication needs through direct work experience
You have a good understanding of therapeutic work with young people, able to communicate with children and young people individually and in groups.
You handle conflict sensitively, understanding of issues of confidentiality
Organising workloads effectively, using your own initiative and working under pressure to achieve deadlines is something you excel at.
Our benefits
- 28 days’ annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
- Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
- Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
- We will pay for you to complete qualifications including NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
- Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
- Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
- Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
- A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
- Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
- Free parking on site plus heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
- Free meals whilst on shift
About us
Northamptonshire Children’s Trust is responsible for delivering Children’s Services to families in the local area. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils. The Trust has an open inclusive culture for all our employees. We are keen to explore new ways of working, to be more agile and adaptable in our approach to service delivery.
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