Residential Team Leader

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Chalk Hill, Sudbury*
• 37 hours per week,39 weeks per year- Permanent

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Salary

£32,598 - £36,363 per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience)

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Actual Salary

£27,669 - £30,865 per annum

*Site relocation to Bury St Edmunds in Spring 2027

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Residential Team Leader to provide outstanding care and enrichment for students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. This pivotal role involves leading high‑quality residential provision in line with Ofsted National Minimum Standards, working closely with the Head of Residential to ensure exemplary safeguarding, care, and emotional development for all students. You will oversee daily operations, lead shifts, and maintain consistently high standards of practice, routines, and student support.

As a Designated Safeguarding Lead, you will champion student wellbeing and respond effectively to safeguarding concerns and incidents in accordance with statutory guidance. You will supervise, mentor, and develop Residential Activities and Child Care Officers (RACCOs), ensuring care plans, risk assessments, and progress records are robust, current, and reflective of individual needs. You will also contribute to inspections and drive continuous improvement across residential provision.

This role requires strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues, families, and external agencies. In return, you will join avalues drivenorganisation committed tohigh‑qualityoutcomes for young people, professional development for staff, and flexibility to support the wider work of Eastern Education Group.

What the school offers its staff

• Membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
• Family friendly policies and flexible working
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Free parking
• Company events
• Access to various memberships and discount schemes
• Learning and development opportunities,including staff development days
• Funded subject course development for your role
• Range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
• Career progression opportunities

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.