Domiciliary Care Team Leader

Brendoncare Foundation; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meal on shift

Free Initial DBS

Life Assurance

Blue Light Card

Employee Assistance Programme

Not for Profit Care Provider

Paywise+

Job summary

Brendoncare Foundation seeks a proactive Domiciliary Care Team Leader to guide extra care and community services across Knightwood and surrounding areas. You will report to the Domiciliary Care Registered Manager and drive compliance, quality, and growth in community settings.

You will lead care teams, coordinate rosters, mentor staff, and liaise with GPs, social workers and families to ensure safe, person-centred care for older adults in their own homes.

Qualifications

• Level 3 in health and social care.
• Competent in administering medication.
• Clear understanding of safeguarding, care standards and CQC requirements.
• Experience delivering person-centred care to older adults.
• Experienced in person centred care planning.
• Proven experience supervising and/or leading care staff within domiciliary services.
• Experience mentoring care staff to upskill.
• Strong IT skills, including digital care systems, MS Office and e-MAR.
• Strong interpersonal skills with residents, families and professionals.
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workloads in a care setting.
• Operational liaison with GPs, social workers and families; handling emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop our extra care and community-based services.
• Deliver operational excellence, regulatory compliance and growth.
• Liaise with GPs, social workers and families; coordinate care across hubs.
• Oversee rota coordination and supervise care staff.
• Mentor staff to upskill and promote best practice.
• Maintain IT literacy and use of digital care systems and e-MAR.

Skills

Health & Social Care

Medication administration

CQC knowledge

Person-centred care

Care planning

Team leadership

Mentoring

IT skills

Driving licence

Rota coordination

Education

Health & social care Level 3

Tools

Digital care systems

Microsoft Office

e-MAR systems

Job description

Lead with purpose. Shape community care — at Brendoncare.

A new and exciting job opportunity has come up at Brendoncare!

Are you an experienced Team Leader with a passion for high‑quality domiciliary care? Ready to lead, grow, and shape services that truly make a difference in people’s lives? This is an opportunity where your expertise, vision, and values will have real impact across our community services.

We’re recruiting a Domiciliary Care Team Leader to lead and develop our extra care and community‑based services. Reporting to the Domiciliary Care Registered Manager, you’ll support the delivery of operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and the strategic growth of domiciliary care across our local communities.

This role sits at the heart of Brendoncare’s commitment to integrated care. You’ll work collaboratively across our care homes, primarily from Knightwood while supporting mews apartment services in Alton, Knightwood, Stildon, Otterbourne, and The Old Parsonage, ensuring continuity of care, reducing social isolation, and promoting independence, dignity, and wellbeing for the people we support in their own homes. Youwill also play a key role in delivering integrated services across our care hubs and residential homes, enabling continuity of care, reducing social isolation, and promoting independence, choice, and holistic wellbeing for every individual in our care.

At Brendoncare, we care for older people with compassion, respect, and dignity. As a values‑led charity, we put people before profit — trusting our leaders, investing in services, and empowering managers to shape care that truly reflects local need.

Salary: £32,000per annum

Hours:35 hours per week

Benefits:

• Free meal on shift
• Free Initial DBS
• Life Assurance
• Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Not for Profit Care Provider
• Paywise+

Required:

• Level 3 in health and social care
• Competent in administering medication
• Clear understanding of safeguarding, care standards and CQC requirements.
• Experience delivering person‑centred care to older adults
• Experienced in person centred care planning
• Proven experience supervising and/or leading care staff within across Domiciliary Care services
• Experience mentoring care staff to upskill and maintain best practice.
• Strong IT skills, including confident use of digital care systems, Microsoft Office Suite and, e-MAR systems
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and build positive relationships with residents, families, professionals and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workloads to deliver results whilst remaining able to deal with non-routine and the unpredictable nature of work within a care home setting,
• Operational Support: Liaising with GPs, social workers, and families to report progress, and handling emergency situations.
• Rota Coordination
• Must hold a valid driving licence

Desirable:

• Care Home Assistant Practitioner (CHaPs) qualification or equivalent qualification
• Experience of working with people living with dementia

If you’re a people‑focused leader who wants to shape the future of community care and do it within a supportive, mission‑driven organisation — we’d love to hear from you.

Please note:We are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.