Barnardo's Caern Disability Services consist of two unique Projects who deliver a variety of quality services for young people with learning disabilities and/or autism and complex care needs.
We are looking for a dynamic and committed Residential Team Manager to join our Pentland Way Residential Service.
The Service provides support for up to children and young people (aged 5-18) at any one time, by offering residential care. All staff play an active role in supporting the children, young people and their families/carers to achieve positive outcomes, as identified in the Young People's Individual Support Plans. The Service is Registered with the Care Inspectorate as a Residential Service and all staff must be SSSC registered.
The staff team across Pentland Way Service must be fully accepting of our children and be prepared to offer them a professional relationship based on love and acceptance, informed by our understanding of their individual needs, wishes and experiences. We are passionate about the children and young people that we care for, showing understanding, empathy, and consistency in our approach.
You will also work closely with the Team Managers of our other sister Project, namely Caern Short Break Service.
About You:
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and experienced individual who can work on their own initiative and is proactive. Direct experience of managing a team and knowledge and skills around supporting children and young people with a learning disability and /or Autism is essential. Safeguarding must be at the heart of your practice.
Pentland Way is a Registered Service with the Care Inspectorate and as Team Manager, you will be the Registered Manager of the Service. You will be responsible for overseeing the day to day running of the house, providing robust management and leadership to the staff team, delivering timely monthly supervision, supporting and monitoring the quality of work, and ensuring that staff are working to high levels of performance within the best interests of the children in our care. You will understand budgets, chair and attend external meetings and will be accountable to the Children's Services Manager who has overall management responsibility of all two Caern Services.
You will work 37 hours per week and participate in the on-call rota across the three services, for which there is an allowance paid. Although this is initially for a 12-month fixed period, there is potential for this to become a permanent post.
Please ensure that you outline on your application how you meet the required criteria listed in the attached Additional Information Sheet.