Team Leader

Voyage Care; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Folkestone is seeking a passionate Team Leader to enhance the quality of life for individuals in supported living services. The role includes day-to-day supervision, assisting the Manager, and promoting independence among service users. Candidates should have prior experience and hold a Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care. Benefits include enhanced pay, flexible shifts, and a comprehensive training program to foster career development.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream access

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7/365 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role is required.
• Must have a Level 3 in Health & Social Care.

Responsibilities

• Help individuals gain more independence in daily lives.
• Assist the Manager with day-to-day supervision.
• Allocate shifts and conduct supervision's and appraisals.

Skills

Experience working with individuals with autism

Experience with complex individuals with mental health needs

Ability to manage finances

Leadership skills

Education

Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Team Leader - Folkestone - £13.37ph

Typical Shifts are: Weekday, Weekends and Sleep ins, Rotas can vary

Benefits

• Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Wagestream giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
• Funded Blue Light Card hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
• 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
• Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
• Enhanced retirement leave
• Long service awards

Team Leaders with a passion for enhancing the quality of life of the people we support are at the heart of our management teams. We’re currently searching for a fantastic Team Leader to join us in leading our supported living service in Hythe. This service is a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people!

Responsibilities

As a Team Leader with us you'll be helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst assisting the Manager with the day-to-day supervision and management of the service. You could be allocating shifts, booking in training, inducting new colleagues, conducting supervision’s and appraisals, developing and updating care plans, ordering medication, ensuring the people we support are supported to manage their finances and day-to-day management of the service in the absence of the manager. You’ll never lose sight of why you choose to do this, as our Team Leaders are still at the heart of providing day-to-day support.

Qualifications

We’re interested in our Team Leader having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Team Leader should have previous experience in a similar role and a Level 3 in Health & Social Care as well as experience working with individuals with autism, acquired brain injury, complex individuals with mental health needs, traumatic backgrounds and challenging behaviours.

Why choose us?

We embrace people’s differences and encourage you to Be You, and so long as you’ve got the passion to make someone’s life better, we can give you all the skills and development opportunities you need to build a great career.

We encourage our staff to Grow Together through our excellent training programme, starting at induction and following you through your career, with opportunity for promotion and progression as well as job security in a sector leading organisation.

Don't hesitate to apply today and make a real difference to the lives of the people we're supporting! All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.