Job Introduction
A rewarding opportunity for a Shift Leader to join our team at Westminster House in Bletchley, one of our residential children’s homes.
Our residential children’s homes provide a safe, supportive environment for children and young people, and this role is key to ensuring their wellbeing.
You’ll manage the service during your shift and make decisions that keep children and young people safe. You’ll lead colleagues, mentor new team members, and work closely with families and professionals to achieve the best outcomes.
You’ll be working for an organisation with strong values of dedication, respect and collaboration, where everything we do is about making a positive difference for our communities.
This is a site based role
Interviews will be held on 23 or 24 February
Milton Keynes City Council is a modern and friendly place to work. Find out more about working with us here: www.mkcounciljobs.org.uk
Main Responsibility
- Leading the shift and ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
- Managing challenging behaviour through risk assessment and safe intervention.
- Maintaining accurate records and monitoring risk assessments.
- Implementing individual care plans and working with multi agency colleagues.
- Coaching and supporting colleagues to model best practice.
- Working directly with children to develop skills and positive relationships.
The Ideal Candidate
- A Level 3 Diploma for the Children’s and Young People’s Workforce (or willingness to start within three months), or at least one year’s experience in residential childcare.
- Experience working with children and/or those with learning disabilities.
- Strong communication skills, including non verbal methods.
- Ability to manage risk assessments and maintain detailed records.
- Physical ability to undertake moving and handling tasks safely.
- Undertake minibus test to drive the homes vehicle.
- Support children on holidays away from the home with fellow members of the team.
- Colleagues are expected to work during the Christmas and New Year period as part of their role. This requirement will be managed fairly, with shifts alternated each year between working Christmas and New Year.
- A Safe Handling of Medicines Certificate (or willingness to complete within three months).
To be successful in this role, you’ll need a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle. If you’re offered the position, we’ll ask for proof of your licence and vehicle insurance, including business use cover. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to confirm your appointment without these documents.
If you’re offered the role, we’ll arrange an Enhanced DBS check as part of our pre-employment process (unless you’re already registered with the DBS Update Service).
Package Description
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of benefits including:
- Great holiday benefits - most roles include 28 days annual leave every year on top of public (bank) holidays, increasing to 32 days after five years. In addition, there is a holiday purchase scheme allowing staff to purchase up to 5 additional days of leave each year.
- Excellent pension – everyone who works for us can join the national Local Government Pension Scheme, widely regarded as one of the best available.
- A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity support and a childcare subsidy.
- Access to an award-winning employee benefits programme that includes a health cash plan, a low-cost bike purchase scheme as well as high street discounts and money off entertainment and travel.
- Salary sacrifice car scheme – low-cost leasing of electric and low emission vehicles.
- Blue Light Card - employees working within social care can qualify for an additional range of discounts from national retailers and local businesses.
Why join us? Along with more on our Benefits, discover why Working at the City Council could be the right move for you here Working at the Council | Milton Keynes
Our roles are either designated ‘site based’ or ‘home based’. ‘Site based’ roles can include up to two days a week working from home whilst ‘home based’ roles are based at home four days a week. Of course, managers designate which category roles are in based on the needs of the service and the circumstances.
About The Organisation
Milton Keynes City Council is a large, modern and financially stable employer with around 2,500 people working across our eight areas. Together we provide local residents and businesses with a wide range of important round-the-clock services and aim to make our city a better place to live.
We work hard because of the demands placed on us, like protecting children from harm or preventing homelessness. However, working for the city is always rewarding and everyone has the opportunity to make a real difference.
We’re very proud of our diversity and are committed to having a workforce that reflects the community we serve. Whatever your background, you will be welcome here if you share our values of being dedicated, respectful and collaborative.
We offer great training and support and because of the size and scale of the organisation there are always new opportunities to explore when it’s time for a new role.
If you’d like to know more about how we do things and what matters to us, take a look at our short booklet What makes us Milton Keynes City Council.
