Night Care Team Leader

Aster Group; Andover; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider is seeking a Night Team Leader to ensure high-quality care for residents. This role involves overseeing a dedicated team, promoting person-centred care, and ensuring compliance with care standards. Ideal for individuals already in senior care roles or those seeking greater responsibilities, this position offers 36 hours per week with a focus on professional development and team support.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme offering counselling and support

Defined Contribution Pension and life assurance

Volunteering hours available

Colleague wellbeing workshops and mental health training

Savings at various shops and eateries

Personalised recognition initiatives

Qualifications

• Hold a Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care.
• Experience leading a team.
• Understanding of Care Quality Commission standards.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a dedicated team of caring professionals.
• Ensure standards of care are maintained at the highest level.
• Support residents in maintaining dignity and self-directed care.

Skills

Excellent communication

Compassionate

Patience

Understanding of Personalised Care Plans

Team leadership experience

Knowledge of administering medication

Literacy skills

Numeracy skills

Understanding of empowerment of residents

Education

Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care

Willingness to work towards Level 3

Job description

As a Night Team Leader at Enham Trust care homes, you'llbe working with residents and the staff team to ensure residents receive a high standard of care. Ensuring the service offered upholds the principles of promoting person centred care and through strict adherence to the Skills for Care Code of Conduct for Adult Social Care Workers in England.

You'llwork in partnership with residents encouraging choice, control participation and motivation always adhering to Enham Trust and the Aster Group values, you will have the opportunity to help improve the lives of those in need, where you can make a real positive difference.

This would be a perfect opportunity for you if you are already working in a senior care role, or you are looking to take the next step into a role with more responsibility and greater autonomy.

Supported by the Home Manager, you will take the lead in supervising a dedicated team of caring professionals, working with them to ensure standards of care are maintained at the highest level and that each resident’s individual needs are met.

Night Team Leader shift pattern is36 hours per week, working 12-hour shifts, 3 Nightsper week covering across Monday – Sunday, 8pm - 8am.

About us

We are Enham! Together we have been making a difference to the lives of disabled people for over 100 years and we are looking forward to continuing this for the next 100 years!

Together we explore opportunities with people so they can live the lives they choose by overcoming limitations and expanding possibilities.

Through first class care, personal development, housing options, and employment, we support people to exercise individual choice and control in their lives. We live by our values, TOGETHER we do amazing, we WOW people every day and we dare to be DIFFERENT!

About you

An excellent communicator who has knowledge of the Care Quality Commission Fundamental standards for care homes.

You will be able to be able to deliver care and support to people with complex needs, promoting, dignity, respect, and self-directed care, you'llhold a Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care and be willing to work towards Level 3 and be able to demonstrate post qualification learning and development.

You will need:

• To have experience leading a team.
• Demonstrable understanding and experience of administering medication. Excellent understanding of Personalised Care Plans
• To have knowledge choice, self-advocacy, and empowerment of individual residents
• Very good literacy and numeracy skills
• To be compassionate and patient Level 2 diploma in Health and Social Care and willingness to work towards Level 3
• To pass our DBS check or be on the update service

Even better if you have previous experience of a care environment, having a knowledge of disabilities, issues relating to physical access and adaption will be advantageous in addition to having a commitment to and understanding of equal opportunities.

We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:

• A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
• We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
• Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
• Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
• Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
• We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives, and monthly and annual awards

Please note that we are actively shortlisting candidates throughout the duration of the advert, interviews will be held as soon as possible and we will make an offer immediately if we find the right candidate. Apply without delay!

Enham as part of the Aster Group is not a sponsorship organisation and all candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it’s subsidiary brands.