About the Role
The role of the Social Care Leader will work directly with the Centre Management Team to assist in ensuring the day-to-day management of the residential Centre.
They will retain an integral practice role and are expected to deliver a high-quality, integrated approach that enables young people placed at Orchard Residential Care to achieve positive outcomes.
The Team Leader will promote a positive culture within Orchard Residential Care and all aspects of its work that is respectful, non-discriminatory, and embracing of diversity.
This includes administrative duties as well as responsibilities pertaining to the progression and practice of the staff team and the implementation of Placement Plan objectives for young people; ensuring that they are receiving the agreed quality and quantity services.
Responsibilities
1. As a Social Care Leader, you will work in close collaboration with the Centre Manager and deputy manager in creating and maintaining a warm, accepting, and secure environment for the young people and to ensure the highest possible standards of care are maintained at all times.
2. Provide frontline care to young people and develop and maintain professional relationships with care staff as well as young people and their families.
3. Assist the manager in creating and maintaining a caring, safe, stable, and professional environment for both the young people to live in and the staff to work in.
4. Oversee the teams therapeutic approach alongside the manager and therapeutic team and co-ordinate appointments etc.
5. Liaise with professionals re: care plans, referrals, monitoring, and inspection, future development of the centre etc.
6. Oversee key working and report progress/issues to manager.
7. Evaluate files in the centre to ensure they meet inspection and registration standards and report any issues to manager.
8. Liaise with outside professionals at meetings and conferences to actively promote the organisation.
9. Act up in the absence of the unit deputy manager/manager for periods exceeding one working week.