Shift Leader

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).,

• 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.
  
  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., We are committed to building a workforce that is reflective of the diverse community we serve. We want to attract the best applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups because we strongly believe in adding value through diversity, inclusion, and equality. Our employees enable us to deliver services that are accessible, inclusive, and reflective of Wolverhampton residents.

Our status as a Disability Confident Employer showcases our commitment to people with disabilities or health conditions, advocating for their opportunities and potential. We've received the Stonewall Silver Award, emphasising our dedication to the LGBT+ community by nurturing an inspiring, inclusive, and equal workplace. As of March 2023, the RACE Code Quality Mark signifies our active engagement with racial equality. These recognitions validate our continuous efforts towards fostering an inclusive work environment that respects and values our diverse employees.

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the essential criteria for the post.

We encourage, inspire and value an inclusive culture here at the council where employees can flourish, thrive and be themselves. We have four staff equality forums for employees to join. These help to ensure our employees have a voice, they feel empowered to speak up and where everyone is treated with respect - Learn more about the staff equality forums here, From Monday 11th December 2023 an exciting change is happening for us as an organisation - we are implementing a new system which will improve your candidate experience! To access your candidate portal for our new system, head to https://wolverhampton.wm-jobs.co.uk/members/.

If you already have an application in progress with us before the new year, don't worry, this will continue as it normally would and there will be no impact on your application or the process. More information on our new and improved system can be found on the WMJobs help pages!

City of Wolverhampton

There's never been a better time to join the award winning City of Wolverhampton Council to further your career. We are a progressive and future facing organisation, and passionate about making our city better for all who live, work and travel here.

We are an ambitious organisation focused on delivering the best services for people in Wolverhampton; working for us gives you the opportunity to make a difference to their lives.

Our continual drive for improvement led to us winning APSE Overall Council of the Year Service Delivery Award, also achieving Annual Service Award Finalists for our services in Waste and Recycling; Public Protection; Best Housing Regeneration and Homelessness multi-agency work, showing that the City of Wolverhampton Council is truly an organisation striving for daily excellence in all we do.

Equal Opportunities

The City of Wolverhampton Council employs over 5,000 people in more than 600 different trades and professions. We are committed to representing Wolverhampton's diverse community and therefore strongly encourage applications from all applicants meeting the essential criteria. The council operate a guaranteed interview policy for veterans who have served in the military, those who have previously been under our care and are under the age of 25 and disabled candidates, where it is evidenced that the essential criteria of the post is met.


• Competitive salary.


• Sleep in payments of £32.94.


• 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.


This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check., The city has seen rapid developments with major projects like the i54, Way Youth Zone and i10 and more exciting developments are planned for the westside of the city. The leisure-led mixed user scheme includes a multi-screen cinema, restaurants, bars, hotel, multi-storey car park and apartments, all accessible by foot from our city centre.

We benefit from being in a prime location, with excellent transport links at the heart of the UK's high speed rail and motorway networks, making us an employer of choice for people across the West Midlands.

Wolverhampton is rated as one of the top cities in the UK for families. Almost 90 per cent of the city's primary and secondary schools are rated as 'good' or 'outstanding' by Ofsted. The City also offers a wide range of family friendly facilities with stunning parks and green spaces and top entertainment attractions such as Wolverhampton Art Gallery, the Civic and Wulfrun Halls and the Grand Theatre all of which attract top acts such as Jimmy Carr, Gary Barlow, World Darts Competition, upcoming bands and West End productions.

Why Work for City of Wolverhampton Council?

We invest heavily in skills and training for our employees; you will develop and grow with us through your time, benefiting from regular professional development conversations, and varied training opportunities.

We offer a wide range of benefits including competitive salaries that progress within different grades for the variety of jobs on offer. The majority of our positions offer a generous annual leave entitlement of 25 days - this increases with length of service. There is also an added option to buy up to 10 days additional leave in each leave year. New entrants also benefit from 8 days bank holiday entitlement (basic leave entitlement of 33 days).

The council offers an excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with employee and employer contributions based on salary grades and other benefits including:

• Index linked pension


• Option to convert your pension for tax-free cash when you retire


• Retirement on the grounds of ill-health at any age.


The council also offers a wide range of flexible working options to fit in around your commitments including:

• Flexi-time


• Reduced hours working


• Job share


• Homeworking


• Term time only


Other rewards

• Discounted city parking at a number of sites with reduced charges for blue badge holders


• Annual Travel Card Scheme


• Salary Sacrifice scheme for cars - with a wide range of 'green' vehicles, cycles and associated equipment, personal IT equipment and smartphones


• Retail, leisure, legal and ethical savings and loans through our competitive rewards portal