Assistant Team Leader

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Giffnock; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local community support organization in Giffnock seeks an Assistant Team Leader. You will work closely with the Team Leader to foster a person-centred approach in supporting individuals with learning disabilities. Responsibilities include managing support teams, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and facilitating innovative service development. This role is ideal for someone committed to enhancing the lives of others.

Qualifications

• Experience in social care or a related field is preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of health and safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Assist Team Leader in leading and empowering support teams.
• Coordinate and manage team rotas as needed.
• Ensure compliance with social care regulations.

Skills

Person-centred practice

Team leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Job description

Main purpose of post

Working as a key member of the Supported Living Operational Management Team (OMT) with a focus on the growth, development and delivery of high quality personalised support services, to support people in their own homes.

Assisting the Team Leader to develop support teams to deliver personalised, new and innovative services models to help people who have a learning disability and/or additional needs lead the lives of their choosing.

Work as part of the on-call rota.

Key Responsibilities

The Assistant Team Leader will:

• Have a strong value led and person centred practice focus

• Assist the Team Leader to lead, drive and empower the support teams to work together to meet individual outcomes and enhance peoples’ lives

• Assist the Team Leader to lead the staff team, ensuring that the needs of the people we support are being met to the highest standard whilst complying with the social care regulatory framework.

• Assist the Team Leader with recruitment in a way that is proactive, planned and personalised.


• Work with support teams to co-ordinate and manage the rota –implementing changes as required

• Assist the Team Leader with any new service development as required

• Assist the Team Leader with developing innovative service models in line with organisational strategy.

• Assist the Team Leader with people management issues including annual leave, sickness absence, disciplinary and grievance matters, performance management, support and supervision.

• Assist the Team Leader to ensure safety checks are being carried out as scheduled in line with Health and Safety guidelines/policy.

• Assist the Team Leader to manage quality checks and audits in line with Quality Assurance needs.

• Any other reasonable duties as may be required according to operational requirements.