House Leader (Residential Children's Home) in Eastbourne

House Leader - Children's Residential Home

Job Title : House Leader

Pay : £19.47 - £22.64 per hour

Location : Eastbourne

Working Pattern : Day or Night Shifts Available

This is a rewarding opportunity for an experienced and confident Team Leader 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 ensuring that high quality, therapeutic and trauma informed care is the standard within a high risk, complex environment. You will be expected to lead through practice, model exceptional standards on shift and support the wider team through consistency, professionalism and positive role modelling.

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

The 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.

What We Offer:

• Exceptional Hourly Rates, £19.47 - £22.64 Per Hour
• Private Healthcare and 24/7 GP Access with Vitality
• Fully Funded Level 3 and Level 5 Qualifications
• Clear Career Pathways with Higher Salaries
• Excellent Work Life Balance
• £40 per month Gym Membership Contributions / Fitness Classes
• Enhanced Maternity / Paternity / Adoption Packages
• Free Access to Flexible and Unlimited Therapeutic Support
• Birthday Paid Off
• Free or Subsidised Parking
• Enhanced Overtime Rates
• Company Bonus Scheme
• Free Meals on Every Shift including Snacks and Refreshments in Offices
• Blue Light Card Membership Included
• Company Sick Pay Policy (Above Statutory)
• Pension Scheme
• Frequent Company Events

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

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

Working Hours & Shift Patterns:

This home operates a 24 hour, 365 day service. You have the choice of working Day Shifts or Night Shifts. The shift patterns are as follows:

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)

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 to achieve positive outcomes and want to join a provider committed to outstanding care, apply now to become part of the team!

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