Team Leader

Creative Support; Leeds; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

probationary bonus

pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

enhanced DBS

Job summary

Creative Support is seeking a Team Leader for our Extra Care service in Leeds. You will work with the Registered Manager to lead the coordination and management of person-centred support for older adults, both in their flats and in communal facilities.

Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 3 years’ experience, strong communication skills, and a solid duty of care ethos. The role offers full-time hours, training, and career development toward a QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience and relevant qualifications are essential.
• Excellent communication skills are essential for this role.
• Strong duty of care and commitment to person-centred support.

Responsibilities

• Includes direct care, staff deployment, supervision, and joint working with families and other agencies.
• Assess care and support needs and preferences of prospective tenants.
• Maintain excellent communication with family members and significant others to promote involvement in Personal Support Plans.
• Support tenants to maintain personal and life skills and engage in social, leisure and recreational activities.
• Provide staff with coaching, supervision and undertake regular appraisals.

Skills

Communication skills

Experience

Duty of care

Education

QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care

Relevant qualifications

Job description

Up to £14.25 per hour

Leeds, West Yorkshire

Full-Time

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, and highly organised individual to join us as a Team Leader at our Extra Care service in Leeds. You will work alongside our Registered Manager to lead the coordination and management of our person-centred support for older adults.

Working within this service, you will be able to develop positive professional relationships with individuals, and offer support to people both in their own flats and in the well-resourced communal facilities. You will have the vision and flair to lead the staff team to provide the highest standards of customer care and person-centred service delivery to promote independence, choice and wellbeing.

Team Leader Duties

• Includes direct care, staff deployment, supervision, and joint working with families and other agencies
• To undertake an assessment of a prospective tenants’ care and support needs and preferences
• To maintain excellent communication with family members and significant others and to promote family involvement in the ongoing delivery of Personal Support Plans and activities
• To support tenants to maintain personal and life skills and to work with them to establish a positive lifestyle and routine which includes social, leisure and recreational activities
• To provide staff with personal support, coaching, informal/formal supervision and to undertake regular appraisals.

A minimum of 3 years’ experience and relevant qualifications are essential. You will also have excellent communication skills, and a strong duty of care and commitment to providing person-centred support. This is an exciting opportunity to work in partnership with other agencies to provide a holistic and joined up approach for meeting the needs of older adults.

Vacancy Reference Number: 91600

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 a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave and 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.