Job DescriptionTeam Leader - Residential Children's HomeLocation: Headsnook, Brampton (As well as other locations in Carlisle)Contract Type: Full-time, PermanentSalary: Entry level Salary: £29,265.60 with a potential to earn up to £32,522.88 in sleep in shifts.Experienced Salary: £29,811.60 with the potential to earn up to £33,068.88 in sleep in shiftsSpecific Hours: 42 hours per week- shift pattern on rotationWe are currently seeking an experienced Residential Team Leader to join our services based in Carlisle.North Lakes Children's Services is a well-established local provider of therapeutic residential care and education for boys aged 6-18. We improve the resilience, self-esteem and abilities of all the young people we work with.The role of a Team Leader is to share in creating a purposeful, caring, therapeutic, learning environment for our young people, by the application of high professional standards of care and support for the young person's social, emotional and/or behavioural needs, and mental health and learning difficulties.Your Attributes:As a Therapeutic Residential Team Leader, your qualities of being decisive, highly attuned and consistent will positively benefit the vulnerable children we care for. We welcome applications from experienced individuals who seek to deepen their therapeutic care knowledge and help develop the practice of others in utilising the PACE model and Therapeutic Parenting approaches.Can you inspire your team? Will you use curiosity and empathy to help validate a child's life story? Have you an approachable leadership style?Your ability to make key therapeutic interventions throughout the day will guide your team in adopting best practice. Recognising trauma and how it can manifest within a child and using your knowledge of child development will help the recovery, progression and ability for a child to live a full life and gain an independent, healthy future.Are you…Ready to supervise and support the continued professional development of a small team of staff?Willing and competent to lead a shift, making well-judged decisions in line with care plans?Knowledgeable in therapeutic interventions and an experienced key worker?Able to deputise for the Registered Manager in holiday periods?Main duties:To provide support/advice for staff as required and manage the daily running of the team.To support and deputise for deputy manager as and when required.To carry out supervisions of individuals and support for key workers.To manage monies for activities.To manage the daily needs of the children.To monitor and check staff they carry out their duties.To take part in rostered sleep-in duties, as required.To develop programmes that will improve children's progress and interaction.To link programmes of study with national recognised vocational qualifications.To work with the young people in a caring and nurturing manner developing relationships based on trust, confidence and understanding.To assist in sustaining peer relationships within the home as well as promoting aspects of a young person's individual programme through growing personal resilience and empathy.To plan with, join in with and encourage all young people in educational, recreational, occupational and social activities.To work as "part of a team" and provide support and encouragement for colleagues as well as the young people and help build a strong child-focused team.To work from your own initiative, in line with all: risk assessments, care plans and emotional and behavioural plans to progress the therapeutic goals of a child.To help young people to develop their independent Living/Life Skills.To prepare, implement and review programmes designed to aid a child's development and personalise their care plans.To induct newly admitted young people, making them feel welcome and validated as important members of their new home.To help plan and prepare young people when moving on from the home, for their future including balancing risk with opportunity.To enable young people to recognise a wide range of emotions, to help them to name how they feel, notice where it manifests in their body and how they experience specific emotions.To use interventions aimed at a child's presenting stage of development to create a plan to aid emotional regulation. To be aware of the age of the initial trauma and nurture the younger child within.To recognise vulnerability and see through presenting behavioural choices.To liaise effectively with outside partners (parents, placing agencies, other professionals etc.) as necessary, including attendance at reviews and home visits where appropriate.To be aware and adhere to current Health & Safety regulations in relation to use of machinery, equipment and substances, and in keeping the house a home.To be a keyworker to some of the young people, which requires the monitoring, supporting, developing and implementing of the young person's individual placement plan, encouraging and advising on relationships and emotional health and well-being.All Applicants must have:Have an understanding of the issues that face young people in careHold Residential Childcare/Families Practitioner Diploma/Children and Young People's Workforce/NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalentExcellent communication and listening skillsBe willing to learnBe able to work well as part of a small teamBe willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. Your DBS check shall be paid for by ourselvesExperience with Emotional Behavioural Disorder, Social/Residential Work or Youth Work would be advantageous.Have a full, clean UK driving licence and be able to cover at other Residential Homes as and when needed.Benefits:A sleep-in allowance of £62.64 per night- potential extra earning of up to £3257.28Shift Rotation: 2 days on, 2 days off, with staggered start times ranging from 8am, 12noon or 2pm (i.e. 8am-10pm, 12pm-10pm or 2pm-10pm).6 weeks annual leave entitlement.Company pensionProgression in professional development opportunity, through an HABC level 5 diploma in leadership and management residential care.Access to our Employee Discount Scheme, including discounts at various well-known retail companiesAccess to wellbeing supports via our Employee Assistance ProgrammeMonthly clinical and professional supervisions, access to therapeutic supportOvertime and additional holiday pay at Christmas day and New Year's Day.Career progression opportunitiesComprehensive annual training including: Child Development, Attachment Theory, PACE Model, Therapeutic Parenting, The Whole Brain Child Model."Staff follow a research-based therapeutic approach to parenting. Staff use their sensitivity and empathy to successfully help children validate their feelings, feel accepted and well cared for." - Ofsted Outstanding 2018North Lakes is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.INDRESMPPandoLogic. Keywords: Residential Services Worker, Location: Brampton, ENG - CA8 2QX
Job DescriptionTeam Leader - Residential Children's HomeLocation: WigtonContract Type: Full-time, PermanentSalary: Entry level Salary: £29,265.60 with a potential to earn up to £32,522.88 in sleep in shifts.Experienced Salary: £29,811.60 with the potential to earn up to £33,068.88 in sleep in shiftsSpecific Hours: 42 hours per week- shift pattern on rotationWe are currently seeking an experienced Residential Team Leader to join our services based in Carlisle.North Lakes Children's Services is a well-established local provider of therapeutic residential care and education for boys aged 6-18. We improve the resilience, self-esteem and abilities of all the young people we work with.The role of a Team Leader is to share in creating a purposeful, caring, therapeutic, learning environment for our young people, by the application of high professional standards of care and support for the young person's social, emotional and/or behavioural needs, and mental health and learning difficulties.Your Attributes:As a Therapeutic Residential Team Leader, your qualities of being decisive, highly attuned and consistent will positively benefit the vulnerable children we care for. We welcome applications from experienced individuals who seek to deepen their therapeutic care knowledge and help develop the practice of others in utilising the PACE model and Therapeutic Parenting approaches.Can you inspire your team? Will you use curiosity and empathy to help validate a child's life story? Have you an approachable leadership style?Your ability to make key therapeutic interventions throughout the day will guide your team in adopting best practice. Recognising trauma and how it can manifest within a child and using your knowledge of child development will help the recovery, progression and ability for a child to live a full life and gain an independent, healthy future.Are you…Ready to supervise and support the continued professional development of a small team of staff?Willing and competent to lead a shift, making well-judged decisions in line with care plans?Knowledgeable in therapeutic interventions and an experienced key worker?Able to deputise for the Registered Manager in holiday periods?Main duties:To provide support/advice for staff as required and manage the daily running of the team.To support and deputise for deputy manager as and when required.To carry out supervisions of individuals and support for key workers.To manage monies for activities.To manage the daily needs of the children.To monitor and check staff they carry out their duties.To take part in rostered sleep-in duties, as required.To develop programmes that will improve children's progress and interaction.To link programmes of study with national recognised vocational qualifications.To work with the young people in a caring and nurturing manner developing relationships based on trust, confidence and understanding.To assist in sustaining peer relationships within the home as well as promoting aspects of a young person's individual programme through growing personal resilience and empathy.To plan with, join in with and encourage all young people in educational, recreational, occupational and social activities.To work as "part of a team" and provide support and encouragement for colleagues as well as the young people and help build a strong child-focused team.To work from your own initiative, in line with all: risk assessments, care plans and emotional and behavioural plans to progress the therapeutic goals of a child.To help young people to develop their independent Living/Life Skills.To prepare, implement and review programmes designed to aid a child's development and personalise their care plans.To induct newly admitted young people, making them feel welcome and validated as important members of their new home.To help plan and prepare young people when moving on from the home, for their future including balancing risk with opportunity.To enable young people to recognise a wide range of emotions, to help them to name how they feel, notice where it manifests in their body and how they experience specific emotions.To use interventions aimed at a child's presenting stage of development to create a plan to aid emotional regulation. To be aware of the age of the initial trauma and nurture the younger child within.To recognise vulnerability and see through presenting behavioural choices.To liaise effectively with outside partners (parents, placing agencies, other professionals etc.) as necessary, including attendance at reviews and home visits where appropriate.To be aware and adhere to current Health & Safety regulations in relation to use of machinery, equipment and substances, and in keeping the house a home.To be a keyworker to some of the young people, which requires the monitoring, supporting, developing and implementing of the young person's individual placement plan, encouraging and advising on relationships and emotional health and well-being.All Applicants must have:Have an understanding of the issues that face young people in careHold Residential Childcare/Families Practitioner Diploma/Children and Young People's Workforce/NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalentExcellent communication and listening skillsBe willing to learnBe able to work well as part of a small teamBe willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. Your DBS check shall be paid for by ourselvesExperience with Emotional Behavioural Disorder, Social/Residential Work or Youth Work would be advantageous.Have a full, clean UK driving licence and be able to cover at other Residential Homes as and when needed.Benefits:A sleep-in allowance of £62.64 per night- potential extra earning of up to £3257.28Shift Rotation: 2 days on, 2 days off, with staggered start times ranging from 8am, 12noon or 2pm (i.e. 8am-10pm, 12pm-10pm or 2pm-10pm).6 weeks annual leave entitlement.Company pensionProgression in professional development opportunity, through an HABC level 5 diploma in leadership and management residential care.Access to our Employee Discount Scheme, including discounts at various well-known retail companiesAccess to wellbeing supports via our Employee Assistance ProgrammeMonthly clinical and professional supervisions, access to therapeutic supportOvertime and additional holiday pay at Christmas day and New Year's Day.Career progression opportunitiesComprehensive annual training including: Child Development, Attachment Theory, PACE Model, Therapeutic Parenting, The Whole Brain Child Model."Staff follow a research-based therapeutic approach to parenting. Staff use their sensitivity and empathy to successfully help children validate their feelings, feel accepted and well cared for." - Ofsted Outstanding 2018North Lakes is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.INDRESMPPandoLogic. Keywords: Residential Services Worker, Location: Wigton, ENG - CA7 0BH
Job DescriptionResidential Childcare Support WorkerLocation: CarlisleContract Type: Part-time, permanentSpecific Hours: 30 hours per week - shift patternUnqualified Basic Salary: £19,843.20 pro rata £27,781.80 FTE) per annum with a potential to earn up to £23,100.48 with sleep in shiftsQualified Basic Salary: £20,514 pro rata (£28,719.60 FTE) per annum with a potential to earn up to £23,771.28 with sleep in shifts.(Qualified Care Worker salary is based on the proven existing completion of a Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare)North Lakes Children's Services is a well-established local provider of residential care and education for boys aged 6-18. We improve the resilience, self-esteem and abilities of all the young people we work with.As a Residential Support Worker there is a high expectation placed on you to be "strong, committed and passionate" about your role. The young people are at the centre of everything we do - both for and with them. You are a role model, a listening ear, a warm and approachable person and potentially someone who could inspire and make a massive and significant impact on a young person's life, their choices, who they are and who they can be! You need to promote, support and facilitate the creation of "happy memories" and have fun with them to do so.We are currently seeking permanent Support Workers to join our team who have a warm and approachable manner, and feel they can make a significant impact on a young person's life in how they recover from early life experiences.Main DutiesIn each home we have detailed shift planners/diaries/handover documents that will outline the specific daily duties and tasks that you will be required to complete, these will be specific to whether it is term-time (school days) or during holiday periods as some of the tasks will differ. The following is a summary of some of your duties during term-timeSupporting all of the boys daily routines, including getting them up, promoting personal hygiene routines, meals, either school runs or activitiesSupporting room cleans/developing of life skills/independence, promoting socialisation and supporting bed-time routinesAttending medical/other appointmentsSupporting the plans on the activity plannersCompletion of day sheets for the boys and working with them on their targetsCompleting handover documents/ tasksCompletion of all daily paperworkCompleting budgeting requirementsCompletion of daily room checks and daily housecleaning tasksComplete any food/other shopping needs, including meal preparation and kitchen hygiene/laundry dutiesCompletion of any specific checks such as COSHH, Fire Checks/Car checksLiaising and building appropriate relationships with the families, working to find out about special dates for boys and ensuring these are noted/marked, sorting and planning family time contactsAs well as completing the daily tasks, your role will also include being a Keyworker. This should be a privileged role for you with our boys, try to think out of the box and do that little bit extra to help create special occasions and opportunities for them, build strong bonds, show and display warmth, empathy and genuine care.All Applicants must have:Flexibility in your availability is a must as the role will involve sleep in nights and shift work of 14 hours - typically 2 full days on, 2 days off. Rotating start times of 08:00, 12:00, 14:00Have an understanding of the issues that face young people in careHold Residential Childcare/Families Practitioner Diploma/Children and Young People's Workforce/NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent - or be willing to work towards a required qualificationExcellent communication and listening skillsBe willing to learnBe able to work well as part of a small teamBe willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. Your DBS check shall be paid for by ourselvesExperience with Emotional Behavioural Disorder, Social/Residential Work or Youth Work would be advantageous.Have a full, clean UK driving licence and be able to cover at other Residential Homes as and when needed.This is a wonderful opportunity to join an established Children's service who will offer you: A sleep-in allowance of £62.64 per night- potential extra earning of up to £3257.28Up to 6 week's holiday per yearA rota pattern of 2 days on, 2 days off, with staggered start times ranging from 8am, 12noon or 2pm (i.e. 8am-10pm, 12pm-10pm or 2pm-10pm)All meals on duty are providedCompany pensionAccess to our Exchange Employee Discount SchemeAccess to wellbeing programmes via our Exchange ProvisionComprehensive training programme, followed by a comprehensive and ongoing CPD ProgrammeAccess to qualifications (Including Diploma 3/Diploma 5)Promotion opportunitiesMonthly clinical and professional supervisions, access to therapeutic supportNorth Lakes Children's Services is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.INDRESMPPandoLogic. Keywords: Child Care Worker, Location: Carlisle, ENG - CA1 1LY
Job DescriptionKirby Moor SchoolFull Time: SENCO Role - 37.5 hoursBasic Salary: £44,000Benefits: Company Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Discount SchemeLocation: Brampton, Cumbria About the SchoolNorth Lakes Children's Services is a well-established local provider of residential care and education for boys aged 7-18. We improve the resilience, self-esteem and abilities of all the young people we work with. Our school is now an Accredited SILVER Award Attachment and Trauma Sensitive School, and we gained our first Outstanding Ofsted inspection in 2014 This role will be based at Kirby Moor School and will also oversee Herdley Bank Site. Role responsibilitiesDetermine the strategic development of special educational needs (SEN) policy and provision in the schoolAid in the designing and delivering of extra interventions to reduce the attainment gapsAssess and monitor the progress of pupils in line with their EHCP'sHold annual reviewsBe a Deputy Designated Safeguarding LeadAttend multi agency meetings and lead on Early HelpSupport the Designated teachers for looked after children by contributing to the PEP process and attending meetingsLiaising alongside the Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teachers, Teachers, Pastoral Teams and parents to support individual learning plansBe responsible for the day-to-day operation of the SEN policy and co-ordination of SEN policy and co-ordination of specific provisions to support individual pupils with SEN or a disabilityMaintain accurate recordsProvide support to colleagues in developing effective teaching programmes and positive behaviour management techniques around individual childrenOversee and preparing annual reviewsWork closely with the Deputy Head Teachers, Teachers and pastoral Teams to ensure that the appropriate professionals are involved with the pupil's development and mental health needsBe aware of the provision in the local offerClick Apply for a full list of tasks and responsibilities for this role.Requirements Qualified Teacher StatusHold the National Award for SEN Co-ordination (NASENCO), or a willingness to complete NPQ for SENCOs within 3 years of appointmentPrevious involvement in school self-evaluation and development planningPrevious and successful experience of teaching in an Autism/SEMH SchoolA secure understanding of the needs of children who experienced developmental trauma and other adverse childhood experiences.Experience in conducting training/leading INSETSound knowledge of the SEND Code of ConductCommitted to professional development and willing to learnWhat we offerA workplace that values the emotional health and wellbeing of everybody (you included!)A commitment to support your development in acquiring new skills through a wide range of professional opportunitiesAn opportunity to make a huge contribution to the lives and lifelong learning of vulnerable children who deserve high quality teaching in a safe educational provisionA friendly and inclusive team who are passionate about improving pupil outcomesBeing part of a passionate, diverse and motivated team where the child is at the centre of everything we do The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS Check, cost of which will be met by Kirby Moor School. Kirby Moor is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates.Kirby Moor is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment PandoLogic. Keywords: Residential Services Worker, Location: Brampton, ENG - CA8 2QX
