Female Night Team Leader

Are you looking to help extraordinary people achieve extraordinary things? Diverse Abilities offers you the opportunity to achieve this and is now recruiting for a night team leader to join our team in the Children’s Team.

Category: Care Vacancies
Job Type: Part Time

Salary: Rate: £12.88 per hour

Hours: 36

This role requires staff to

• Take responsibility for a child within the home/in the community, whilst team working for the care and oversight of others.
• Follow each individual child or young person’s care plan and contribute to their continuing development.
• Take responsibility for the dispensing and administration of children and young people’s medications.
• Take the lead in emergency interventions for young people as necessary.
• Assist where necessary all children and young people with intimate and personal care e.g. personal hygiene, feminine hygiene and bathing.
• Oversee night staff team on duty, completing supervisions/performance reviews when needed.
• Contribute to regular revision of care plans as required.
• All documentation to be completed and filed by the end of the shift for each child or young person and any records that need to be completed, e.g. night report.
• Discuss and report any concerns about the children or young people with senior staff.
• Adhere to the highest standards of Safeguarding Procedures including completing body map forms as required and passing to lead support on shift.
• Ensure all belongings go home with the child or young person at the end of the visit if staying in the respite home by completing bag checks.
• Maintain the workplace in a safe, clean and tidy state following tasks set in Night staff file.
• Attend and take part in staff meetings and play an active role as part of the staff team.
• Attend all mandatory training courses, and be responsible for own learning and personal development.
• Holding a full UK manual driving licence essential for this role.

It is a requirement of this role to have or be willing to undertake a Children’s Diploma Level 3.

This role will include shifts at Lawford Lodge (Young Adult Overnight Respite Home, Hamworthy) and Shapes domiciliary care service within a child’s home (Poole/Christchurch).

Benefits

We offer a wide range of employee rewards and benefits. These include access to thousands of retailer, restaurant, entertainment and hotel discounts through Perkbox, auto-enrolment pensions, paid accrued holiday, and a cycle to work scheme.

Bonuses

We are pleased to offer the following bonuses as you progress through your time with Diverse Abilities:

• £200 after 12 months service
• £500 after 24 months service
• £100 on training completion
• £200 after passing six month probation

We also provide long service awards at 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25+ years including vouchers and additional paid time off.

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