Team Leader - Residential

Job Description

Based at Brambles Cottage, 10 James Chalmers Road, Arbroath.

This job is workstyle 2b - Flexi.

In this workstyle work is regularly undertaken at a fixed point within council premises. There is no requirement for out of office working. You will have a guaranteed shared desk and you will work where the service is needed to meet customer demands.

This is an exciting development opportunity to join the Angus Council children's residential service as a Team Leader. We are looking for someone with resilience who has the right personal skills and experience to provide day to day leadership to one of our residential children’s houses.

Our team strives to provide loving, nurturing care to young people in Angus who require residential care in our local community. We aim to provide person centred and trauma informed care and we understand how important connection and strong relationships are for our children and young people.

We are looking for someone who can motivate and inspire staff to provide the highest quality of care for our young people and can model a trauma responsive approach.

This is a challenging but rewarding role which offers the right candidate the opportunity to work within a supportive team environment which values learning whilst developing their skills and experience in a senior position.

 

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

 

About Angus Council

In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.

 

The Individual

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.