Team Leader - Children's Residential

liquidpersonnel

Leicestershire · M2 2BY

Posted Jul 13, 2026

Full-time
Liquid Temp

Job description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Team Leader to join its client’s Children's Residential team, based in Leicestershire.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Children's Residential Support Worker looking to take the next step into a leadership role. The successful candidate will support the day-to-day running of the home, promote positive outcomes for young people, and help lead and develop a team of support workers. The role requires someone who is energetic, resilient, able to remain calm under pressure, and passionate about improving the lives and wellbeing of children and young people.

What will your responsibilities be?

Support individuals with complex needs in a person-centred, engaging way
Assist the Deputy/ Registered Manager with staff supervision and development
Manage service rotas and contribute to support package planning and delivery
Collaborate with colleagues to ensure smooth service operations
Participate in shared on-call rota and work evenings/weekends as needed

Benefits:

Bonuses: In addition to your base salary you’ll do up to 3 sleep ins per months, these are paid at £80 per sleep (approx. £2,880 per year) and Attendance allowance up to £1,400 per year, £2,000 Regional Allowance, £1,500 Responsibility Allowance, £1,000 Welcome Bonus - on successful completion of probation & £1,000 Loyalty Bonus
Training: A full 4-week induction on our Care Academy
Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 7 weeks’ holiday
Progression: If career development is your thing, most of our team leaders and managers have been promoted from within our group – plus you could join our ‘Aspire’ future managers programme

Qualifications and Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have;

Diploma or NVQ Level 3 in Childrens Residential
Car Driver
Significant experience supporting people with complex needs
Strong organisational and communication skills
A positive, team-oriented attitude
Role is not open to sponsorship

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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