Team Leader - Adult Residential

Swanton Care and Community; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a proactive Care Team Leader to enhance their team in a residential service. This role involves leading day-to-day operations, supporting individuals with learning disabilities, and ensuring high standards of care. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills and a commitment to empowering both staff and service users. With a focus on personal development, this position offers opportunities for career growth through funded qualifications and a supportive work environment. Join a company that values integrity, empathy, and diversity in its mission to provide exceptional care.

Benefits

Refer a friend scheme

Long service awards

Employee benefits app

Cycle to work scheme

Pension scheme

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Trained mental health first aiders

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a care role with leadership responsibilities.
• Ability to support individuals with learning disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to provide high-quality care and support.
• Ensure person-centered care plans are maintained and updated.

Skills

Team Leadership

Experience in Care

Support for Learning Disabilities

Communication Skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

About The Role

Are you ready to take the next step in your Health and Social Care career and meet the challenge of this exciting role? As a Care Team Leader, you'll support the Service Manager by leading the day-to-day management of a shift at our residential service.

Job title: Care Team Leader

Location: Hull (HU7 postcode)

Hours: 40 hours per week

WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP.

About you

Do you have previous experience working in care, leading a team, and want to further your development within a Care Team Leader role?

This is an opportunity for a proactive Team Leader to join an evolving Care Company. You will need:

• Previous experience working within a care role supporting people with learning disabilities or behaviors that challenge.
• Ability to demonstrate your ability to lead a team/shift.
• Ideally, you will be working towards or hold an NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care.

Here at Swanton, we are looking for people who share our core values: Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy. These underpin the pride we take in our services.

The Role

• Provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower your team in supporting the people they support to achieve their goals and aspirations.
• Support the development and skills of Support Workers through recruitment, induction, supervision, annual appraisals, training, coaching, rota management, and managing sickness and absence.
• Lead to ensure Support Workers understand their responsibilities, delivering safe, effective, caring, responsive, and well-led support and care at all times.
• Ensure all supported individuals have person-centered support/care plans, updating them as needed.
• Oversee and support the development of excellent quality within the service, maintaining high standards of service user records and empowering individuals to live their lives as they choose.

What we can offer

• Refer a friend scheme: Receive £400 for each successful referral *
• Above and beyond: Recognition and rewards for exceptional contributions and positive inspection feedback.
• Long service awards: Celebrating your commitment.
• Employee benefits app: Discounts, learning opportunities, and community engagement.
• Cycle to work scheme: Save money and stay fit.
• Pension: Auto-enrollment into our salary sacrifice pension scheme.
• Life cover: Entitlement to death in service benefit.
• Funded qualifications: Earn while you learn, with opportunities to develop your career.
• Career pathways: Apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3).
• Swanton Educates: Our own training qualification centre.
• Trained mental health first aiders: Support when needed.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): Confidential 24-hour support.
• Employee Voice: Regular events to gather your feedback.

*Subject to eligibility & criteria.

About The Service

We are an 11-bedroom residential home in Kingston Upon Hull, providing high-quality individual care to people with learning disabilities and complex needs, including challenging behavior.