Care & Support Team Leader

Metropolitan Thames Valley; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Thames Valley is seeking a passionate Team Leader to oversee a supported living service in Nottingham. This role involves managing staff while ensuring residents are supported to achieve their life aspirations. Ideal for a motivated individual eager to make a positive impact in the community.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Health cash plan scheme

Enhanced pension with matched contributions

Life assurance cover

Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Caring about the customer group and supporting them to live their best lives.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain positive working relationships.
• Competent in managing others and using initiative.

Responsibilities

• Lead a supported living service for adults with learning disabilities.
• Manage Care and Support workers and liaise with partners.
• Participate in an on-call rota with other Managers.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication

Leadership

Job description

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We are looking for an enthusiastic Team Leader to lead a supported living service in Nottingham for adults with learning disabilities. The service supports customers to live independently in the community and meet their life aspirations; and has a well -established staff team.

• The Team Leader is crucial to the successful delivery of the service, and involves the line management of Care and Support workers, and liaison with internal and external partners and stakeholders.
• There is an expectation that the successful candidate will participate in an on-call rota along with other Managers in the region.

The role is demanding but also extremely rewarding and you will truly get to see the positive difference you make to the lives of others, on a daily basis.

What we require from you:

• To be successful in this role you will first and foremost care about the customer group and wanting to support them to live their best lives.
• You will be organised in your approach, be able to use your initiative, and be competent in managing others.
• You will also be a great communicator and be able to demonstrate the ability to build and maintain positive working relationships at all levels.

In return you’ll get to lead a supportive, progressive team working to achieve excellence in service delivery. It is a great step for an ambitious person looking to move into a management role.

If you think this could be you, we’d welcome your application!

Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What’s in it for you?

Our benefits include:-

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
• An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off
• Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
• Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
• Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
• Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:-

• LGBTQ+
• Disability

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.