Permanent Team Leader - Nights Residential Care - Holywood

Hive Healthcare; Holywood; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Team Leader for night shifts in Holywood. The role involves overseeing care for adults with learning disabilities, ensuring quality and compliance with care standards. Candidates should have a Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care and prior leadership experience, offering both full and part-time positions.

Benefits

Annual Leave 6.4 weeks pro rata

Auto-enrolment pension scheme with contributions

Occupational Sick Pay

Paid NISCC registration fees

24/7 Doctors support through Employee Assistance Programme

Westfield Healthcare cashback scheme

Special offers at retailers

Qualifications

• 6 months senior or team leader experience within the last 3 years required.
• Flexibility to work unsociable hours including weekends and public holidays.

Responsibilities

• Delegating care tasks to meet service user requirements.
• Managing staff team to ensure health, safety, and wellbeing of service users.
• Implementing personalised care plans and conducting risk assessments.

Skills

Effective communication

Team leadership

Knowledge of learning disabilities

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care or equivalent

GCSE's Maths and English A*-C or equivalent

Job description

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22.06.2025

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06.08.2025

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Job Description:

PLEASE NOTE NO SPONSORSHIP IS PROVIDED AND YOU MUST RESIDE IN N.IRELAND

Hive Healthcare's Client have the following vacancies as a Night Team Leader, this is a waken night duty post.

PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST BE A RESIDENT IN N.IRELAND AND NOT REQUIRE SPONSORSHIP.

Post available are both full time and part time on waking night duty as a Team Leader.

37.75 hours and 24.5 hours respectively.

On behalf of our client, Hive Healthcare are seeking an experienced Team Leader to provide care and support to adults with a learning disability in Holywood. The Service is registered with RQIA and provides 24-hour care to 8 service users, and has 2 respite beds.

As a Team Leader you will play a crucial role in enhancing the daily lives of the residents and supporting the Management Team. If you have 6 months senior or team leader experience within the last 3 years, a commitment to quality, and a desire to make a positive impact on the lives of others, please apply for this rewarding opportunity.

The team leader will support the Registered Manager to develop and implement personalised care plans and individual risk assessments to meet individual needs, ensure the delivery of quality care and assist with the management of budgets and resources effectively.

Ideal candidate must be flexible and able to work unsociable hours, public holidays and waking nights.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

-Delegating care tasks as per service user requirements and ensuring that these are carried out to the acceptable standards.

-Ensure staff provide support that follows service user’s care plans.

-Managing staff team to ensure the health safety and wellbeing of service users, staff and others.

-Fulfilling the role of the person in charge of a shift in the absence of Registered Manager.

-To be competent in all areas of practice and ensure that knowledge is current, and evidence based

-Ensure that service user person centred plans are maintained

-Act as an advocate for service users’ putting their best interests first and foremost whilst ensuring the health and safety of all who receive and deliver services.

-Demonstrate a caring attitude always for both service users and colleagues.

-Lead the shift and support staff to follow service users care plans.

-Ensure a well led service and promote positive team working at all times.

-Effectively report on any deficits within rotas that could impact negatively on the operational running of the service.

-Ensure documentation is recorded accurately.

-Ensure budgetary compliance in relation to use of resources.

-Support service users through their process of transition and take on key working responsibilities.

- Assist service users with personal care and support tasks, such as washing, dressing, eating, and using the toilet whilst maximising their independence.

-Be fully involved with statutory multidisciplinary teams and assist with assessment and review of service users’ needs.

- Assist in the safe moving and handling, transferring and repositioning of service users if required.

- To provide support to service users on a rota basis which will include on call support i.e. weekend and waking night cover as required.

-Ensure daily records of care provided are maintained within service user files and iPlanit, maintain all other records as required.

-Have responsibility for the accuracy, security and confidentiality of service user records

-To undertake all mandatory training as required.

-To take the lead role in the induction process of new staff · To provide leadership to the team acting as a positive role model at all times.

Requirements

• GCSE's Maths and English A*-C or equivalent
• Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care or relevant equivalent
• Two years previous experience in a social care setting providing support/care
• Working knowledge of learning disabilities and associated needs
• Effective communication and IT skills
• Team leaders are required to work on a rota basis to include unsociable hours, weekends and public holidays

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: From £14.18 per hour

Expected hours: 24 – 36 per week

· Annual Leave 6.4 weeks days pro rata in each leave year (inclusive of statutory days). This increases to 7.4 weeks after 5 years’ service and 7.8 weeks after 10 years’ service.

· Annual incremental pay increases on agreed salary scale.

· Auto-enrolment pension scheme, 5% employee contribution and 4% employer contribution.

· Occupational Sick Pay that increases with service, up to 6 months full pay and 6 months half pay after 5 years’.

· Free car parking as well as tea and coffee.

· Paid annual NISCC registration fees (Cost reimbursed by Cedar).

· Investor in People Platinum accredited organisation with commitment to development of the staff team through training and learning opportunities.

· Enhanced rate of pay for working on statutory days.

· Employee Assistance Programme including access to 24/7 Doctors support.

· Westfield Healthcare cashback scheme.

· Special offers at over 600 leading high street and online retailers.