Team Leader Review

Working in a residential children s home supporting the rubbing of the service and managing the team in line with regulatory requirements and legislation. Supporting disabled young people to achieve posting outcomes and seeing to personal and medical needs.

I have worked for Action for Children for over 6 years and have had progression opportunities along with ample training and continuous professional development.

My tutor is very supportive and knowledgeable and the learning is a great opportunity to understand and further develop my expertise and skills in this area of residential child care.

I feel it is structured well and I am confident that my tutor is supportive in the organisational preparations required. It does entail motivation and organisation on my part as a learner, but this of course is expected within an apprenticeship.

I have a specific learning need (dyslexia) however I manage this independently. The employer asks for feedback regarding my progress in my learning. My line manager is supportive and helpful as they have completed the apprenticeship themselves.

Monthly meetings, check ins and learning sessions and provided. Very in depth feedback is given from my tutor regarding my work. Additional learning due to dyslexia is offered and provided if I need further support.

It is all integral to the job role and understanding the service requirements and wider responsibilities including legislation and government law. The theory and practical job responsibilities fit hand in hand and support one another.

There are lots of network webinars and inclusion teams. I am not sure that they class as extra curricular but they are always well advertised. My team/service is smaller than typical.

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It is an great place to work in my service anyway. I was TUPED over to Action for Children six years ago and feel like it has benefited the home I work in.

Tip for someone applying... please apply, we are struggling with recruitment! Also some departments and teams do not communicate as well as they could and you often have to search for someone to give you a specific answer regarding policy, HR, payroll...