Team Leader

Creative Support; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

probationary bonus

pension contributions

33 days Annual Leave

company paid enhanced DBS

Job summary

Creative Support is seeking an experienced Team Leader to coordinate learning disabilities supported housing schemes and domiciliary services across Blackpool. You will deploy staff to meet individual needs, identify mandatory and service-specific training, and undertake initial assessments to develop co-produced support plans with designated Key Workers.

You will drive person-centred reviews and maintain a safe, welcoming environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee deployment of staff to meet individual needs within available resources
• Identify mandatory and service-specific training needs
• Undertake initial assessments of need and ensure co-produced support plans with designated Key Workers
• Establish clear goals and pathways towards greater independence for people we support
• Organise regular person-centred reviews incorporating users' views into planning and decision-making
• Provide holistic wrap-around support and work with multi-disciplinary teams and community agencies
• Maintain high standards of environmental safety and quality and foster a welcoming atmosphere
• Monitor quality using KPIs and plan actions to improve services
• Demonstrate strong safeguarding duties and risk management to protect vulnerable individuals

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Team Leader to join our dedicated team and help develop and coordinate our learning disabilities supported housing schemes and domiciliary services across Blackpool.

Up to £29,347.50 per annum

Blackpool, Lancashire

Full-Time

Your role will include overseeing the deployment of staff to meet individual needs and preferences within available resources, identifying training needs (both mandatory and service-specific), and maintaining accurate records. You will respond to referrals, undertake initial assessments of need, and ensure all service users have co-produced support plans and designated Key Workers. Establishing clear goals and pathways towards greater independence for the people we support, you will organise regular person-centred reviews, putting each person’s views and journey at the heart of planning and decision-making.

Working closely with local multi-disciplinary teams and community-based agencies, you will provide holistic, wrap-around support. You will maintain high standards of environmental safety and quality, ensuring a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere. Facilitating service user engagement, involvement, and peer support, you will implement robust quality monitoring methods and provide key performance indicators, identifying and planning necessary actions.

You will provide exceptional customer care, proactively communicate with stakeholders about risk management and the welfare of the people we support. Your strong ethical duty of care and commitment to safeguarding vulnerable individuals will be at the core of your work.

Vacancy Reference Number: 93707

Creative Support has a corporate commitment to enabling people with caring and family responsibilities to apply for senior roles, part time applicants will be considered for this role.

Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care.

Benefits of working with Creative Support include:

• probationary bonus
• pension contributions
• 33 days Annual Leave
• company paid enhanced DBS

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded.

Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications.

We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme, and we are unable to accept applicants with Skilled Worker Visas.

Recruitment Department, Creative Support Ltd, Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS