Job Description:

Team Leader – Children’s Residential EBD

Location: Greenford, West London
Service: Children’s residential EBD home
Job type: Full-time, permanent

We are recruiting an experienced Team Leader for a children’s residential EBD home in Greenford.

The successful candidate will lead shifts, support Residential Support Workers and ensure children receive safe, structured and trauma-informed care.

Responsibilities

• Leading residential shifts
• Allocating duties and supporting team members
• Safeguarding children and responding to concerns
• Managing challenging behaviour using appropriate de-escalation techniques
• Supporting care plans, risk assessments and key-work sessions
• Completing incident reports, handovers and daily records
• Supporting children with education, appointments and life skills
• Promoting a positive and consistent culture within the home

Requirements

• Recent UK children’s residential experience
• Experience within an Ofsted-regulated service
• EBD and challenging-behaviour experience
• Level 3 Residential Childcare completed or being completed
• Previous senior or shift-leading experience
• Good knowledge of safeguarding and Children’s Homes Regulations
• Ability to work shifts, weekends and sleep-ins
• Unrestricted right to work in the UK