Team Leader

National Care Group; Calne; On-site; GBP 25,009 - 30,567; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training and qualifications

Refer a Friend rewards

Stream app for finances

Job summary

National Care Group is recruiting a Team Leader for Cornerstones Palmarium in Calne, UK. Lead frontline staff, support adults with learning disabilities and ASD, and ensure daily living skills and community engagement are delivered with dignity and respect.

You will oversee staff, ensure wellbeing, safety, and quality of life, and participate in on-call duties. A driving licence is essential for travel across services.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting adults with learning disabilities.
• Ability to motivate and manage a team.
• Driving licence essential for travel between services.
• Ideally 6 months experience in a Team Leader role.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for staff management and staff development.
• Lead the staff in promoting well-being, safety and quality of life.
• Monitor and assist delivery of activities addressing client goals.
• Coordinate liaison with external parties for effective communication.
• Work with company policies, procedures, and national standards.
• Meet annual objectives for individuals.
• Promote well-being and quality of life for each individual.
• Participate in internal quality compliance and on-call duties.

Skills

Team leadership

Staff management

Motivate team

Driving licence

Job description

Job Description

Team Leader

Pay rate: £13.36 per hour/ £27,788.80 per annum (based on 40 hours per week)

Working Hours: Up to 40 hours per week

Service: Cornerstones Palmarium

We are currently recruiting for a Team Leader to join our team at Cornerstones. At Cornerstones, we provide Supported Living support to individuals with learning disabilities, ASD and who may present behaviours that challenge. Support is focussed around developing and maintaining daily living skills, and support to ensure they engage with the local and wider community. We ensure that support is provided to individuals in the most person-centred way possible, ensuring they are treated with dignity and respect and have meaningful choice and control in their lives every day.

About National Care Group

National Care Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of adult social care, supporting people with learning disabilities, mental health support needs, acquired brain injuries, autistic people, and complex related needs. Its mission is to empower those it supports to lead their best life, enabling them the opportunity to unlock their full potential and live as independently as possible within their community.

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What’s in it for you?

• You can continuously learn on the job with the benefit of paid training and the opportunity to gain recognised qualifications.
• You will work at an organisation that celebrates age, gender and diversity within an inclusive culture.
• The organisation promotes an environment of wellbeing with support for you to stay healthy and happy.
• The opportunity to earn rewards through a Refer a Friend scheme.
• Access to an app called Stream (formerly known as Wagestream) enabling greater control over your finances.

The Team Leader Role

The opportunity to develop and contribute to a secure and fulfilling role at a organisation that values growing its team from within. You will be the front-line manager, whilst also ensuring all necessary back office duties are completed within compliance.

Responsibilities include:

• Overall responsibility for staff management and staff development.
• Leading the staff in promoting each individuals well-being, safety and quality of life.
• Monitor and assist the effective delivery of group and individual activities within homes that address agreed client goals and the progress of individuals against agreed outcome and well-being measures.
• Ensure that liaison with external parties within their areas of responsibility is coordinated effectively to ensure that communication is effective and consistent within the home.
• Work in accordance with Company values, policies and procedures, legislation and national minimum standards.
• Meet agreed individual annual objectives.
• Promote each individuals well-being, safety and quality of life.
• Responsibility for completing and reviewing internal quality compliance systems.
• Participate in on call duties.

The Ideal Candidate

• Has experience supporting adults with learning disabilities.
• Able to motivate and manage a team.
• Ideally has 6 months experience in a Team Leader Role.
• Driving Licence essential as you will be travelling across our services.

NCG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and all colleagues working with these groups are expected to share a commitment to this. You will be expected to report any concerns relating to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults in accordance with agreed procedures. If your own conduct in relation to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults gives cause for concern, NCG’s agreed protection procedures will be followed