Rehabilitation Team Leader - Cramlington

Brainkind; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Simply Health Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Company Pension

Group life assurance

Eye voucher scheme

Long service awards

25 Days Annual Leave (pro‑rata)

Job summary

Brainkind is seeking a Support Worker Team Leader in Cramlington to supervise a team delivering quality social and vocational support within a defined location. You will lead, mentor, and develop the team to meet individual support plans and regulatory standards.

The role requires effective communication, organisational skills, and willingness to travel between locations as needed. Competitive hourly rates apply, with additional bank holiday pay and generous benefits.

Qualifications

• NVQ / QCF level 3 HSC or willingness to work towards within 12 months.
• Previous experience of working in a care setting.
• Demonstrate ability to be flexible and adaptable in approach, prioritise, plan and organise workload.
• Excellent communication skills to communicate effectively on all levels.
• Good time keeping, time management attendance skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide line management to a designated team of staff within a location or group of locations.
• Lead and develop a team to meet service user needs according to individual support plans.
• Establish professional relationships with stakeholders to support Brainkind's reputation.
• Lead and support compliance with Brainkind quality audits and health and safety duties.
• Travel as required to fulfil tasks and responsibilities and support other locations.

Skills

Communication

Time management

Flexibility

Team leadership

Education

NVQ / QCF level 3 HSC

Job description

Support Worker Team Leader

Location: Cramlington

Salary: £14.45 per hour Monday to Friday

£15.45 per hour Saturday and Sunday

Hours: Multiple shift times - 28 hours per week / 40 hours per week

Bank holidays: Additional £1 per hour for all hours worked on a bank holiday

Why join us?

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries - sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more - to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do - you will find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

Main Purpose

• To contribute to and have responsibility for providing quality social and vocational support services for service users within a specified group at a specified location or group of locations.
• To lead, supervise and develop a team of support workers to ensure the needs of the service users are met according to their individual support plan in line with company policy and procedures and regulatory standards.

Main Tasks And Responsibilities

The Team Leader is expected to be fully competent in all aspects of the Support Worker.

• Establish and maintain professional relationships with stakeholders in order to compliment and contribute to the positive reputation of the company.
• To provide line management to a designated team of staff within a specified group at a location or group of locations within the allocated division.
• To undertake any reasonable traveling requirements to fulfil the tasks and responsibilities of the role. This may include supporting other locations within the Division as required.
• To set and communicate high standards of care and professional conduct within the team supervised.
• To lead and support compliance with Brainkind quality audits.
• To lead and support in health and safety duties as appropriate.
• To contribute information for the accurate notification of incidents/accidents/safeguarding as appropriate.
• Represent Brainkind at meetings and seminars and any other external events, where appropriate.
• Contributing to effective liaison with stakeholders and external agencies with local authorities, families, advocates, GPs, local safeguarding teams, other DT departments, and professionals within the realms of Health and Social Care that have an impact on service provision in consultation with senior colleagues.
• To monitor and be responsible for the day-to-day spending at the location, to include Trust and service user monies.
• To empower staff and service users to maintain a homely environment.

About You

• NVQ / QCF level 3 HSC or willingness to work towards within 12 months.
• Previous experience of working in a care setting.
• Demonstrate ability to be flexible and adaptable in approach, being able to prioritise, plan and organise the workload.
• Excellent communication skills to communicate effectively on all levels.
• Good time keeping, time management attendance skills.

Rewards

You can look forward to excellent benefits including:

• A competitive rate of up to £15.45 per hour
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays (pro-rata)
• Buy/Sell up to 5 days AL each year
• Simply Health Plan; helps to cover the cost of routine healthcare treatments. Further information can be found at www.simplyhealth.co.uk/about-us
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and support
• Company Pension
• Group life assurance
• Eye voucher scheme
• Long service and staff awards

  We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

  All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks

  Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.