Team Leader

Integrated Care System; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider seeks a Team Leader at Castleholme Lodge in Huddersfield. This role involves leading a dedicated team to provide compassionate support to adults with severe learning disabilities and Autism. Candidates should possess NVQ 3 and demonstrate strong communication skills, resilience, and compassion. You will benefit from an annual salary, generous leave, and various employment perks.

Benefits

Annual salary of £25,936

33 days annual leave plus birthday off

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support and activities

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts and special offers

Qualifications

• Ideally working towards NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care.
• Strong empathy, compassionate nature, willing to support personal hygiene.
• Excellent people and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to provide care for residents with learning disabilities and Autism.
• Ensure clear communication with residents and multidisciplinary teams.
• Handle challenging behaviours effectively and maintain a positive environment.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Compassion

Resilience

Vigilance

Education

NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

This is a Team Leader role at Castleholme Lodge, a 20-bed Care Home with nursing, providing a range of mental health services for adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. The successful candidate will have experience in caring for people with learning disabilities and Autism, and will be responsible for leading a team to provide compassionate and high-quality care to the residents.

Main duties of the job

As a Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading a team of Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers to provide care and support to people with severe learning disabilities, Autism, and challenging behaviours. You will use your excellent communication skills and experience to work alongside a multidisciplinary team and ensure that residents are enabled to live more independently and lead a full and valued life. The role requires a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance, as it can be quite a challenging environment at times. However, it is highly rewarding to see the progress and improvements in the residents' lives.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for the successful candidate to grow and advance their career within the organization.

Job responsibilities

Are you a naturally empathetic, caring and compassionate Healthcare Assistant or Support Worker in the UK with experience of caring for people with learning disabilities?

Do you want a fulfilling career, where you can make a difference and change lives for the better in a culture of kindness and teamwork? Where you’ll be supported with development opportunities to grow you as a person and in your career?

Join Castle Holme Lodgeas a Team Leader and provide care for people withsevere learning disabilities, Autism and behaviours that may be seen as challenging;where you’ll support andencourage service users to lead a full and valued life, enabling them to live more independently.

You’ll be great with people – a real ‘people person’, able to communicate effectively – explaining yourself clearly in the right tone to suit the situation and be really good at understanding others (behaviours and expressions, as well as vocal). Having a good sense of humour and resilience, and a willingness to help residents with their personal hygiene are also important.

What you will be doing You will join an inclusive, supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions.

Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will use your excellent communication skills and experience as a Team Leader with a background inLearning Disabilities & Autismto provide care and support people through their care pathway. It can be quite a challenging environment at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important. But it is hugely rewarding to see people improve because of you; being able to do something today that they couldn’t do last week. It's a two-week rolling rota with a mixture of days, nights and weekends.

As a Team Leader you will have:

• Ideally have or working towards NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care
• Hold a valid UK driving licence (preferred to assist with community visits)
• Have strong empathy and a caring and compassionate nature
• Be willing to support residents with personal hygiene
• Have excellent people and communication skills, and a good sense of humour
• Deal with challenging behaviours
• Have a positive and professional approach
• Be reliable, flexible, hard-working and honest
• Be local or within commutable distance

You must live in the UK and have the Right to Work in the UK full time.20-hour Student and Skilled Worker Visa's cannot be accepted.

Where you will be working:

Castleholme Lodge issituated in Huddersfield with excellent transport links to the surrounding areas. It is undergoing a complete refurbishment to ensure best environment for service users and staff to thrive in.

Castleholme Lodge will be a 20 bed Care Home with nursing, providing a range of mental health services for adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. It will form part of a cluster of Elysium services across the Yorkshire and Midlands region that work closely together in support of each other.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £25,936
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave– plus your birthday off!
• Free meals andparking in local streets.
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals
• Pension contribution to secure your future
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Ideally, you will have or be working towards an NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care. You will also need to hold a valid UK driving licence (preferred to assist with community visits), have strong empathy and a caring and compassionate nature, be willing to support residents with personal hygiene, and have excellent people and communication skills, as well as a good sense of humour.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.