Team Leader

Your Education Supply Ltd; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent contract

36/48 hours contracted work

Leadership development & NVQ funding

Career progression toward management

Job summary

Your Education Supply Ltd in Leicester is seeking a Team Leader / Deputy Manager to join a permanent care team. You will lead staff across shifts in services with 3:1 to 5:1 staffing, ensuring care plans and PBS strategies are followed, while driving safeguarding and least-restrictive practice.

This leadership role includes progression towards Service Manager and Registered Manager, funded NVQ development, and a clear pathway within a stable, non-agency environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in complex, high-acuity care environments.
• Ability to lead shifts and coordinate staff deployment.
• Capable of overseeing risk assessments and safeguarding practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead staff during shifts and coordinate deployment.
• Maintain oversight of changing risks and respond to incidents.
• Support staff supervision, training needs and competency assessments.

Skills

Leadership

Staff supervision

Crisis de-escalation

Behavioural risk assessment

Education

Level 3 Health & Social Care

Full UK driving licence

Tools

DMI / Dynamis training

PMVA training

Leadership & Management progression (Level 5)

Job description

Team Leader / Deputy Manager – Leicester (LE4)

£16.00 per hour | £29,952 – £39,936 per year | Permanent

NO SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE

Ready to take the next step into leadership?

We are recruiting experienced Team Leaders / Deputy Managers in Leicester who are confident leading teams within complex, high-acuity care environments.

This is a permanent opportunity for someone who wants responsibility, stability and a genuine pathway towards Service Manager and Registered Manager level.

This is not agency work and this is not temporary work.

You will be joining a permanent care team where your leadership, judgement and experience will directly influence the quality and safety of the service.

Hours & Pay

• 36 hours per week – approximately £29,952 per year
• 48 hours per week – approximately £39,936 per year

Pay is £16.00 per hour and you will be employed on a permanent contract, providing greater stability and consistency than temporary or agency work.

A Genuine Leadership Role

You will help lead staff teams supporting individuals with complex behavioural needs, including services operating at 3:1, 4:1 and 5:1 staffing levels.

You will help ensure that care plans, Positive Behaviour Support plans, risk assessments, DoLS requirements and behavioural management strategies are followed consistently across the team.

Your responsibilities will include leading staff during shifts, coordinating staff deployment, maintaining oversight of changing risks, leading responses during significant behavioural incidents and ensuring de-escalation remains the primary response.

You will also support responses to aggression, violence, absconding and self-injury, conduct shift briefings and handovers, review care records and incident reports, support post-incident reviews and monitor staff practice.

The role will also involve supporting staff supervision and competency assessments, identifying training needs, contributing to PBS strategies and behavioural risk assessments, liaising with managers and external professionals and promoting safeguarding, dignity, independence and least restrictive practice.

You must be able to make safe decisions under pressure, provide clear direction and maintain oversight of both individual needs and staff safety.

Who We're Looking For

This is a leadership position, so strong previous experience is essential.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience of complex care, learning disabilities, autism, Acquired Brain Injury, mental health, high-risk behavioural services and enhanced staffing packages.

Experience of behaviours that challenge, physical aggression, crisis prevention, de-escalation, physical intervention or restraint and leading teams during challenging incidents is particularly important.

Knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support, complex risk assessments, safeguarding, DoLS, least restrictive practice, incident reporting and escalation is also highly desirable.

Previous experience leading, supervising or managing staff during significant behavioural incidents is essential.

Training & Qualifications

DMI / Dynamis trained candidates are strongly preferred.

Candidates with current PMVA or equivalent recognised physical intervention training may also be considered, subject to competency review and completion of any required organisation-specific training.

You must be confident recognising inappropriate physical intervention and capable of challenging or stopping unsafe practice where required.

A Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care or equivalent would be desirable.

A full UK driving licence is also preferred.

Career Progression

We want this to be more than your next job. We want it to be the next stage in your leadership career.

You will have access to structured development and funded qualifications, including progression towards Level 5 Leadership & Management.

Your potential career pathway could be:

• Team Leader → Deputy Manager → Service Manager → Registered Manager

Completing Level 5 Leadership & Management can help put you firmly on the pathway towards becoming a Registered Manager.

Lead today. Develop tomorrow. Build your career in care.

What You'll Get

• £16.00 per hour with 36 or 48 contracted hours
• Permanent employment with consistent contracted hours
• Genuine leadership responsibility within complex care
• Ongoing training and funded NVQ development
• Progression towards Level 5 Leadership & Management
• A clear pathway towards Service Manager and Registered Manager roles

Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. No sponsorship is available for this position.

If you are an experienced Senior Support Worker, Team Leader or Deputy Manager who is ready for greater responsibility and wants a genuine long-term leadership career, we would love to hear from you.

Permanent role. Leadership responsibility. Real progression