Care Team Leader

Care Team Leader - Learning Disabilities Service
Location: Glenholme, Saltdean, Brighton BN2
Salary: £12.75 per hour plus a wide range of health & wellbeing benefits & employee perks (read on to find out more , the opportunity to develop & progress, overtime opportunities
Full-Time opportunities from 37.5, hours per week
Team Leader Opportunity:
Do you share our passion for making a difference every day? Do you have experience of supporting individuals with learning disabilities and complex needs? If you do, we can promise you a career environment that offers you fantastic benefits, recognition, and prospects. Apply today to find out more about becoming a Team Leader with Glenholme.
Become a Team Leader with Glenholme and receive the following benefits and perks:
Paidcomprehensive trainingwith genuine career progression
Enrolment into our Pension scheme
28 days holiday plus an additional day with each year of service
(up to 5 bonus days), and your birthday day off
Life Insurance cover of £10,000, Cycle to work scheme
Automatic entry into ourEmployee Assistance
Programme offering Personal and everyday advice on child
support, financial advice, mental health, health and wellbeing
Discounts on your favourite brands, restaurants, and entertainment
Free Blue Light Card
Hastee - access to salary before payday
Duties of a Team Leader:
We are looking for a passionate and hardworking team leader to lead a small team of staff, to enable five people with learning disabilities to live life to the full in a supported living setting.
Your role will involve making sure our service users enjoy a fulfilling and meaningful life, participate within their community and develop their independence skills and abilities. As a Team Leader, you will supervise and motivate a team of support workers, whilst also completing a hands-on role to ensure the highest quality care and support is provided.
At all times you will be leading and promoting independence, choice, and inclusion. Making sure the shifts are managed efficiently, assuring that activities, management of medication, and other daily tasks including community-based activities are planned and carried out. You will also be responsible for documentation and systems and procedures during the shift.
Job Requirements of a Team Leader:
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who holds supervisory experience and is looking for a new opportunity. Our ideal candidate will have the following skills:
Experience of supporting people with learning disabilities and/or
complex needs (essential)
Experience of supervising staff and role modelling good practice
Experience of inducting new staff and leading a team to deliver
positive results.
Ability to communicate effectively with service users, their
friends and family and other professionals
Ability to enable service users to engage in a wide range of activities
and have fun
Level 3 Diploma in Social Care or Equivalent (ideally)
UK Driving Licence for a minimum of 3 years and ability to drive
service users’ vehicles (ideally)
Good IT and literacy skills
Occasionally be able to deputise for Manager and Deputy Manager
Diligent, enthusiastic and passionate.
Press apply today to find out more!
Job Code: GHBRI1
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