Team Leader - Childrens Residential in Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Team Leader – Therapeutic Children’s Home – Southend-on-Sea

Are you an experienced leader with a passion for making a difference in children's lives? We are seeking a dedicated and resilient Team Leader to join a residential children’s home in Southend-on-Sea. This role offers an opportunity to support children with complex needs through trauma-informed care, providing stability, safety, and emotional wellbeing for the children in your care.

Based in Southend-on-Sea, the successful candidate will lead a committed team, ensuring high standards of care and compliance with safeguarding and regulatory frameworks. The role involves shift work including evenings, weekends, sleep-ins, and nights, offering a dynamic and rewarding work environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing day-to-day leadership, guidance, and support to the team in Southend-on-Sea.
• Ensuring trauma-informed, child-centred practice that promotes safety, stability, and emotional wellbeing.
• Overseeing daily routines, shift planning, and delegation of tasks.
• Supporting staff through reflective supervision, coaching, and modelling best practice.
• Contributing to care planning, risk assessments, and behaviour support strategies.
• Maintaining compliance with safeguarding standards, regulatory requirements, and organisational policies.
• Building strong, trusting relationships with children and acting as a positive role model.
• Assisting with audits, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives alongside the Registered Manager.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience of working in a children’s home, ideally with children requiring therapeutic support.
• A calm, confident, and reflective leadership style.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to motivate and support others.
• A commitment to trauma-informed, child-centred practice.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A thorough understanding of safeguarding and regulatory requirements.
• Flexibility to work shifts, including evenings, weekends, sleep-ins, and nights.
• A Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent), with willingness to work towards Level 4.

What We Offer:

• A supportive, values-driven team culture.
• Extensive training programmes, including trauma-informed practice and leadership development.
• Regular reflective supervision and professional growth opportunities.
• The chance to shape an empowering environment for children.
• A role where your leadership directly contributes to positive outcomes for children in Southend-on-Sea.

Vetro Recruitment acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Vetro is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merit alone.