Job Description

Team Leader Residential

Salary: £33,400 per annum plus £50 per sleep-in allowance

Location: Templeton, Pembrokeshire

Contract/Hours: Permanent, Full-time – 37 hours per week

Benefits:

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children?

We are one of the largest children’s charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK’s vulnerable children for over 150 years.

Find out more about Action for Children here: Action for Children and on LinkedIn, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better.

A bit about the role

As a Team Leader Residential, you’ll will provide an environment where the young people we support, will receive positive experiences of reliable, consistent parenting through providing specific and structured care, with very clear consistent boundaries.

You will support the Registered Manager and other Team Leader in the day to day running of the service and deputise in their absence, whilst working as part of a multi-disciplinary team ensuring that the children and young people, we support develop to reach their full potential.

In this role your time will be split 50% on shift and 50% office based.

We will provide specialist learning, training, and Supervision to speed your professional development – alongside a competitive rewards package.

About the service

Ty Hydref is a four bedded children’s home based in Templeton, Pembrokeshire, that provides long-term residential care for up to four children & young people who are looked after.

The underpinning philosophy of our children’s homes is to support them through a range of needs such as early childhood trauma, attachment disorders, dysregulated behaviours and those who have been subject to various placement breakdowns.

We use various therapeutic approaches such as DDP (Dyadic Development Practice) as well as PACE (Playfulness, Curiosity, Acceptance and Empathy) and by adopting these models, we enable the young people to come to terms with their past and build on the skills needed to achieve the best possible outcomes

How you'll help to create brighter futures

• Providing direct line management to a team of residential staff to deliver high standards of care.
• Supporting Young People to achieve positive outcomes.
• Preparing for and participating in Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings
• Being an advocate for the wellbeing of the young people.
• Leading and assessing staff, carrying out supervisions, appraisals and risk assessments.

Let's talk about you

If you have experience as a Team Leader Residential and you’re passionate about creating brighter futures, this could be the perfect role for you.

• A L3 Social Care Diploma is essential, and L4 Leadership and Management Qualification is desirable.
• Experience of a senior role in a children's home, residential short breaks or children's services.
• Experience of supporting staff through QCF, AWIF and Induction.
• A sound awareness of the RISCA (Wales) Act 2016, Social Services (Wales) Act 2014 and key H&S Legislation.

Flexibility to work shifts and participate in the on-call rota.

Good to know

Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Interviews to be held in person on Wednesday the 25th of February 2026.

Contact: Erika Brinkman at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 12501.

Diversity, equality and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

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Arweinydd Tîm Preswyl

Cyflog: £33,400 y flwyddyn ynghyd â £50 y flwyddyn mewn lwfans cysgu ar y safle

Lleoliad: Tredeml, Sir Benfro

Contract/Oriau: Parhaol, Llawn amser – 37 awr yr wythnos

Buddion:

• 29 diwrnod o wyliau blynyddol A gwyliau banc, gyda hyd at 5 diwrnod ychwanegol am wasanaeth parhaus ac opsiwn i brynu neu werthu dyddiau rhydd
• Ennill cymwysterau proffesiynol â chyfleoedd hyfforddiant/datblygiad rhagorol
• Pecynnau mamolaeth, mabwysiadu a thadolaeth hyblyg
• Pensiwn â hyd at 7% o gyfraniad y cyflogwr, sy’n cynnwys yswiriant bwyd
• Porth disgownt staff a chymhwysedd Cerdyn Golau Glas gyda disgowntiau gan 15,000 o werthwyr cenedlaethol.

Mae angen eich cymorth chi ar blant sy’n agored i niwed yn y DU

Ble bynnag yr ydych yn gweithio yn y teulu Gweithredu dros Blant, byddwch yn helpu i newid bywydau’r plant sy’n fwyaf agored i niwed yn y DU.

Y llynedd, cafodd mwy na 670,000 o blant a theuluoedd ar draws y DU ein help. O waith uniongyrchol mewn cymunedau i ymgyrchu cenedlaethol, rydym yn canolbwyntio ar sicrhau bod gan bob plentyn blentyndod diogel a hapus, a’r sylfeini sydd eu hangen arnynt i ffynnu.

Pam Gweithredu dros Blant?

Rydym yn un o'r elusennau plant mwyaf yn y DU ac rydym wedi bod yn gwneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau plant bregus y DU ers dros 150 o flynyddoedd.

Dysgwch fwy am Weithredu dros Blant yma: Gweithredu dros Blant ac ar LinkedIn, Facebook neu YouTube i ddod i'n hadnabod ni’n well.

Ychydig am y rôl

Fel Arweinydd Tîm Preswyl, byddwch yn darparu amgylchedd lle bydd y bobl ifanc rydym yn eu cefnogi, yn derbyn profiadau cadarnhaol o rianta dibynadwy, cyson drwy ddarparu gofal penodol a strwythuredig, gyda ffiniau cyson clir iawn.

Byddwch yn cefnogi’r Rheolwr Cofrestredig a’r Arweinydd Tîm arall wrth gynnal y cartref o ddydd i ddydd ac yn dirprwyo yn eu habsenoldeb, wrth weithio fel rhan o dîm aml-ddisgyblaethol gan sicrhau bod y plant a’r bobl ifanc rydym ni’n eu cefnogi yn cyrraedd eu potensial llawn.

Yn y rôl hon bydd eich amser yn cael ei rannu’n 50% ar shifft a 50% yn y swyddfa.

Byddwn yn darparu dysgu, hyfforddi a Goruchwyliaeth arbenigol i gyflymu’ch datblygiad proffesiynol – ynghyd â phecyn cystadleuol o gydnabyddiaeth.

Gair am y gwasanaeth

Mae Tŷ Hydref yn gartref plant pedair ystafell wely yn Nhredeml, Sir Benfro, sy’n darparu gofal preswyl hirdymor i hyd at bedwar o blant a phobl ifanc sy’n derbyn gofal.

Athroniaeth sylfaenol ein cartrefi i blant yw eu cefnogi trwy amrywiaeth o anghenion megis trawma yn ystod plentyndod cynnar, anhwylderau ymlyniad, ymddygiadau i le nad ydynt yn gallu rheoli eu hemosiynau a’r rhai hynny sydd wedi bod yn destun sawl lleoliad aflwyddiannus.

Rydym yn defnyddio dulliau therapiwtig amrywiol fel DDP (Ymarfer Datblygu Dyadig) yn ogystal â PACE (Chwaraegarwch, Chwilfrydedd, Derbyn ac Empathi) a thrwy fabwysiadu'r modelau hyn, yn, rydym yn galluogi’r bobl ifanc i ddod i delerau â'u gorffennol ac adeiladu ar y sgiliau sydd eu hangen i gyflawni'r canlyniadau gorau posibl

Sut y byddwch yn helpu i greu dyfodol mwy llewyrchus

• Bod yn rheolwr llinell i dîm o staff preswyl i ddarparu gofal o safon uchel.
• Cefnogi Pobl Ifanc i gyflawni canlyniadau cadarnhaol.
• Paratoi ar gyfer cyfarfodydd Tîm Aml-ddisgyblaethol a chymryd rhan ynddynt
• Bod yn eiriolwr dros les y bobl ifanc.
• Arwain ac asesu staff, cynnal gwaith goruchwylio, arfarnu ac asesu risg.

Gadewch i ni siarad amdanoch chi

Os oes gennych brofiad fel Arweinydd Tîm Preswyl a'ch bod yn angerddol am greu dyfodol mwy disglair, gallai hon fod y rôl berffaith i chi.

• Mae Diploma Gofal Cymdeithasol L3 yn hanfodol, ac mae Cymhwyster Arweinyddiaeth a Rheoli L4 yn ddymunol.
• Profiad o rôl uwch mewn cartref plant, seibiannau byr preswyl neu wasanaethau plant.
• Profiad o gefnogi staff trwy QCF, AWIF a Sefydlu.
• Ymwybyddiaeth gadarn o Ddeddf RISCA (Cymru) 2016, Deddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol (Cymru) 2014 a Deddfwriaeth Iechyd a Diogelwch allweddol.

Hyblygrwydd i weithio sifftiau a chymryd rhan yn y rota ar-alwad.

Da i wybod

Sylwer na allwn gynnig nawdd ar gyfer y rôl hon

Cyfweliadau i’w cynnal yn y cnawd ar ddydd Mercher 25ain Chwefror 2026.

Cysylltwch ag: Erika Brinkman yn recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk gan ddyfynnu cyfeirnod 12501.

Amrywiaeth, cydraddoldeb a chynhwysiant

Yn Gweithredu dros Blant, rydym yn ymroddedig i feithrin gweithle amrywiol, cynhwysol a dilys. Rydym yn annog ceisiadau’n frwd gan ymgeiswyr Du, Asiaidd ac o Ethnigrwydd Lleiafrifol, ac ymgeiswyr anabl, am nad ydynt wedi’u cynrychioli’n ddigonol yn Gweithredu dros Blant. Rydym am gymryd camau pwrpasol a bwriadol i sicrhau cyfleoedd cyfartal i bob grŵp mewn cymdeithas ac i Weithredu dros Blant.

Eisiau gwybod mwy am Weithredu dros Blant?

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See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement

Make a Difference - A Career in Residential Services