Team Leader

Creative Support; Salford; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training provided

QCF Diploma support

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

33 days annual leave

Company paid enhanced DBS

Job summary

Creative Support in Salford is hiring an experienced Team Leader for our Physical Disabilities Service. You will oversee daily operations, supervise staff, and ensure person-centred support to help customers maintain independence and wellbeing.

You will coordinate staff deployment, identify training needs, conduct initial assessments, and lead regular reviews with service users, working with multi-disciplinary teams to maintain high quality care and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in health and social care.
• Ability to supervise and manage performance of staff.
• Experience in person-centred planning and reviews.
• Good safeguarding knowledge and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee deployment of staff to meet individual needs.
• Undertake referrals and initial assessments of need.
• Ensure co-produced support plans and designated Key Workers.
• Organise regular person-centered reviews with service users.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and agencies.
• Maintain high standards of environmental safety and quality.
• Support with risk management and safeguarding duties.

Skills

Team leadership

Supervision

Coaching

Performance management

Staff deployment

Risk management

Safeguarding

Welfare of service users

Education

QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care

Job description

Up to £15.05 per hour

Salford, Greater Manchester

Full-Time

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Team Leader to join our dedicated team of staff at our Salford Physical Disabilities Service.

As a Team Leader, you will work closely with the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager ensuring the effective delivery and daily operational management of our service. You will be responsible for leading a team of staff, providing supervision, coaching, performance management, and support to the staff team. You will ensure the provision of person-centered support that enables customers to maintain their independence, enhance their wellbeing, and enjoy opportunities for personal development.

Your role includes 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 service users, you will organize regular person-centered 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 support with ensuring robust quality monitoring methods.

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: 85992

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

• Full training is provided
• Opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care
• 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.