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House Leader (Residential Children's Home)

Job Posted: a day ago

Salary: £ 18.17 - 21.34 / Hour
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Hailsham, East Sussex

Expire in: a month

Job Description

House Leader - Ofsted Registered Children's Residential Home 

Job Title: House Leader 

Location: Eastbourne 

About The Role: 

We are seeking experienced and confident Team Leaders to join our Ofsted Registered Children's Residential Homes in Eastbourne. 

This is a rewarding opportunity to support children and young people with highly complex emotional, behavioural and additional needs, helping them to build safe, stable and ambitious futures. 

As a House Leader, you will play a key role in leading shifts, maintaining high standards of care and supporting the safe and effective running of the home. This is a high accountability leadership role where you will take responsibility for care delivery, safeguarding responses, team performance and decision making on shift. 

You will work as part of a high performing residential team delivering child centred, therapeutic and trauma informed care that promotes emotional wellbeing, regulation, independence, life skills and positive behavioural outcomes. 

Our home is a specialist Residential Children's home supporting young people aged 12 - 16 with complex emotional, behavioural and additional needs, including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), complex attachment difficulties, developmental trauma, emotional dysregulation, self harming behaviours, suicidal ideation and extreme challenging behaviours. The young people are verbal and relatively independent and require calm, resilient and emotionally regulated adults who are able to build trusting relationships, maintain professional boundaries and confidently support young people through complex and high pressure situations. 

At SuperCare, we are committed to delivering only outstanding care. Our approach is progressive, therapeutic and grounded in understanding behaviour, relationships and development. 

Our culture is shaped by our core values: 

We are outstanding 

We seek to understand 

We will do whatever it takes 

We inspect and don't expect 

We are radically honest 

We never give up 

Key Responsibilities: 

As a House Leader you will: 

Lead shifts and take accountability for the safe, consistent and effective running of the home during your shift 

Be responsible for safeguarding responses, incident management and decision making on shift 

Provide leadership, direction and support to Advanced Behaviour Complex Coaches and wider staff teams 

Ensure care plans, PBS strategies, risk assessments and therapeutic approaches are implemented consistently 

Maintain high standards of care delivery, professionalism and accountability across the home 

Promote a calm, structured and therapeutic environment for young people 

Support young people to regulate emotions, manage behaviours and achieve positive outcomes 

Maintain accurate records, daily logs, incident reports and safeguarding documentation 

Deliver clear and effective handovers and contribute to reflective practice 

Support the induction, coaching and development of less experienced staff 

Work collaboratively with management, families, social workers and external professionals 

Maintain a safe, clean and well run home environment 

Administer medication and oversee health and safety compliance on shift 

Work flexibly across different homes within the service where required 

About You: 

We are looking for strong practice leaders who combine accountability, resilience and compassion for young people. You will have: 

Experience working within residential childcare 

Experience supporting or leading staff on shift 

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent (essential) 

A genuine passion for supporting vulnerable young people 

Strong communication and leadership skills 

Emotional resilience and the ability to remain calm under pressure 

The ability to confidently manage high risk and challenging situations 

The ability to maintain professional boundaries and hold others accountable 

A trauma informed and child centred approach 

Willingness to work towards Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management (desirable) 

Flexibility to work shifts including evenings, weekends and bank holidays 

A commitment to delivering outstanding care and outcomes 

What We Offer: 

Competitive salary package 

Extensive training and development opportunities 

Fully funded Level 3 and Level 5 qualifications 

Performance related bonus scheme 

Private healthcare 

24/7 GP access 

Gym membership contribution 

Extensive training and CPD opportunities 

Leadership mentoring and internal progression pathways into Deputy Manager and above 

Pension scheme 

Supportive team culture focused on development and wellbeing 

Working Hours & Shift Patterns: 

SuperCare operates a 24 hour, 365 day service. Flexibility is essential within this role. 

Day Shifts 

1 day on, 2 days off (rolling rota) 

07:30am - 10:30pm (15 hour shifts) 

Waking Night Shifts 

2 nights on, 2 nights off (rolling rota) 

10:00pm - 08:00am (10 hour shifts) 

Shift patterns may vary depending on the needs of the home and the young people we support. 

Safer Recruitment 

All roles are subject to Enhanced DBS checks, referencing and full safer recruitment procedures. 

If you are passionate about supporting children and young people with complex needs to achieve positive outcomes and want to join a provider committed to outstanding care, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to become part of the SuperCare team. 

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