Team Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

Progression towards leadership roles

Ongoing training and NVQ development

Permanent contract with stable hours

Clear leadership pathway

Job summary

Your Education Supply Ltd in Leicester is seeking an experienced Team Leader / Deputy Manager to lead a permanent care team. The role blends direct care with shift leadership, staff supervision and incident management, with progression towards Service Manager level.

Earn £16.00 per hour on a permanent contract, with choices of 36 or 48 hours per week, providing stability and clear leadership potential. The role emphasizes safeguarding, care planning, and adherence to behavioural support plans

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in complex care environments.
• Strong ability to manage incidents and de‑escalate situations.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and DoLS processes is desirable.
• PMVA or Dynamis training is preferred; competency review may be required.

Responsibilities

• Lead shifts and supervise staff to ensure quality care.
• Oversee care plans, risk assessments and PBS strategies.
• Coordinate staff deployment and monitor changing risks.
• Respond to significant incidents and ensure de‑escalation is primary.
• Promote safeguarding, dignity and least restrictive practice.

Skills

Leadership experience

Team leadership

Decision making under pressure

Behavioural management

Education

A Level 3 Health & Social Care

Full UK driving licence (preferred)

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

Choose from:

• 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

This position combines direct care with shift leadership, staff supervision, quality assurance and incident management.

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