Acting Team Leader

Cygnet; Liversedge; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS blue light card discounts

Perkbox discounts (10%+)

Private health cash plans

Wellbeing centre and mental health支持

Excellent apprenticeship scheme

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Cygnet is seeking an Acting Team Leader to work at Norcott House in Liversedge, West Yorkshire. The role combines team leadership with hands-on care, including medication support and coordinating the staff team.

The post is full-time with 42 hours per week, two 12-hour shifts and alternate weekends. You will switch between team-leading and support worker duties while delivering person-centred care to adults with learning disabilities.

Qualifications

• Experienced support worker ready to step up to management.
• Confident, assertive and good communication in a team.
• Committed to safeguarding and enhancing service user independence.

Responsibilities

• Allocate duties and supervise the staff team.
• Deliver medication and ensure best practice in daily care.
• Oversee service users' needs and support them to participate in daily activities.

Skills

Team leadership

Medication administration

Communication

Empathy

Job description

Helping others improve and turn their lives around - there's no better feeling. It's what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it.

We are looking for a confident Acting Team Leader with a passion for delivering outstanding healthcare.

You'll be working full time 42 hours a week, 12 hour shifts, including alternate weekends, days only, making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at Norcott House.

You will work some shifts as a support worker, and some shifts as a team leader, allocating duties, giving medication, supervising the staff team and demonstrating best practice.

Located in the suburbs of Liversedge in West Yorkshire, Norcott House is a specialist residential service providing outcome focused care for adults with learning disabilities and associated complex needs who may have behaviours that challenge.

Person-centred planning is at the heart of everything we do and we are able to meet the changing needs of the people we support as they progress through the care pathway, while ensuring their safety is maintained and their independence supported.

At Cygnet, our perks go way beyond pension schemes and excellent professional development - you'll also enjoy discounts with our free NHS blue light card, perkbox offering 10% or more off supermarket shopping, private health cash plans, free confidential mental health support and more, to support your wellbeing in and out of work.

Your day-to-day as an acting team leader…

• Medication
• Allocation of duties
• Demonstrating best practice
• Support both management and team members in the day-to-day running of the service
• Overseeing the staff team and ensuring service users are being supported in a way that best supports their needs and wishes

Your day-to-day as a support worker…

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all the people in our care
• Provide guidance & encouragement through physical & emotional support
• Learn about individuals' specific needs & provide help in the most appropriate way
• Assist with and report on medical & welfare needs
• Safeguard
• Maintain a safe, clean environment for all
• Supporting service users to access the community, to attend things like work, college, hobbies & activities, days out & holidays
• Supporting the service users to grow, develop & learn through engaging them in tasks such as cooking & cleaning

You are…

• An experienced Support Worker ready to step up to a new challenge
• Genuinely driven to make a difference in people's lives
• Confident, assertive & ambitious for yourself, service users & the organisation
• An excellent communicator & good team player
• Sensitive & intuitive with the energy required to provide a trusting, stimulating & varied environment
• Able to empower & support service user independence
• Organised, committed & keen to develop your management & leadership skills.

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…

• Salary: acting team leader rate (payable for all acting team leader shifts): £15.39 per hour, support worker rate: £13.15 per hour, rising to £13.45 per hour after three months (£29,435.70 first year), rising to £13.70ph after 18 months
• An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme
• Flexible working with opportunity for overtime
• Regular coaching & appraisal
• Expert supervision & peer support
• Employee discount savings & Cycle to Work scheme
• Wellbeing centre with exercises, recipes, financial and mental health advice

Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Cygnet has been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years. We have built a reputation for delivering pioneering services and outstanding outcomes. Our expert care enables thousands of individuals to consistently make a positive difference to their lives.

What next?

If you care about making a difference - we want to talk to you.