Shift Leader - Wolverhampton, United Kingdom - City of Wolverhampton Council

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Shift Leader - Family Home

Salary - £33,945 - £38,223 (Grade 6)

Contract type - Full Time, permanent x2 posts

Looking for a new opportunity?

Would you like to be part of a team where children come first?

If so, this is the role for you
We are looking for a responsible, caring and nurturing person to join our team as a Shift Leader.

You will work with a newly established team to provide outstanding care to two Wolverhampton young people who have experienced early childhood trauma in our residential home.

Within this role, you will support our children and young people emotionally and practically, making sure that they are safe and healthy.


The City of Wolverhampton Council are at the start of an exciting journey with the opening of two new family homes.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career in Social Care.

You will work as part of a new and innovative team who are committed to supporting children and young people in care to lead happy and healthy lives.

The work is challenging but it is also rewarding as you can support children and young people to make meaningful changes in their lives.

You will be working in a setting with a strong safeguarding culture where trauma informed practice is embedded, which means our children and young people feel valued and listened to.

We want our children and young people in care to experience the feeling of living in a safe, loving, and fun family home.

It is varied work, and no day is ever the same.


You will work alongside the other shift leaders and the management team to safeguard children and young people and receive day-to-day care which meets their health, education, social, psychological, and emotional needs.

The Shift Leader will help with the day to day running of the home, the monitoring of the quality of care and the supervision of staff to ensure children and young people's care plans are being implemented and our children and young people are achieving positive outcomes.


You will need to have at least 2 years' experience of working in a residential setting within the last 5 years, and 1 years' experience of supervising staff in a care profession.

Sound knowledge of Children's Home regulations will be essential. The postholder will need to have a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent).


Who we are:

We are a new, trauma informed practice home with a lot of innovative, new and exciting ideas

The City of Wolverhampton Council is an Ofsted rated 'Good' Local Authority with 'Outstanding' Leadership and Management.

This means that you can expect to receive outstanding support as you begin your career development and journey with us.

Our 'family home' provides care and support to up to two children and young people.

We work as part of a team, along with Social Workers and professionals, wrapped around children and young people, providing care and support to those children and young people who have experienced adversity.


You will be:


  • Willing to work as part of a team; working in a supportive and holistic way to support young people to achieve good outcomes.
  • Willing and able to work shifts and sleep in shifts.
  • Child focused and passionate about making a difference to children and young people's lives.
  • Understanding of the challenges of the role but committed to providing good quality care in line with the relevant legislation.
  • Flexible and able to work weekends, evenings, bank holidays and sleep in on a rota basis to provide continuity of care to our children and young people.
  • Qualified and hold an NVQ 3 Diploma in residential childcare (QCF) or equivalent.

What we offer:


  • Competitive salary.
  • Sleep in payments of £32.9
  • Good training and development opportunities.
  • Flexible working arrangements.
  • A generous annual leave entitlement of 26 days increasing to 31 days after 5 years.
  • Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions.
  • Sick pay and other local authority benefits such as WV Active membership benefits.
  • Access to employee assistance and other local authority discounts.

Children's panel interviews will take place on Saturday 23rd March 2024 (in person)

Formal panel interviews will take place on Monday 18th March 2024 (interviews will be held in person)

Closing date:
Midnight Sunday 10th March 2024

Our working arrangements
All council roles are allocated to either a fixed, field or flexible work style.

Some roles are agile which enable and empowers employees to maximise their performance and productivity, whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance.

Roles with a fixed workstyle work in a fixed permanent council location.

Roles with a field workstyle are usually allocation where employees are required to be out working in the community with a minimum requirement for 'touch down' space at any council location.

Roles with a flexible workstyle have a flexible base location to meet the
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