Team Leader - Adult Residential

Swantoncare; Treharris; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a Care Team Leader to oversee the operations at their residential service in Treharris. This role focuses on providing leadership while enhancing the development of support workers and ensuring quality care for individuals with learning disabilities. Opportunities for professional growth and various employee benefits are included.

Benefits

Refer a friend scheme

Long service awards

Employee benefits app

Cycle to work

Pension

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Trained mental health first aiders

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Previous care experience supporting people with learning disabilities.
• Ability to lead a team/shift.
• Working towards or holding an NVQ Level 3.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management of shifts at the service.
• Recruit, support, and develop team members.
• Ensure high-quality person-centered care plans.

Skills

Leadership

Team Management

Empathy

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 to meet the challenge of this exciting role? As 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: Treharris(CF46 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 pro-active Team Leader to join an evolving Care Company. You will need:

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

Here at Swanton, we are looking for people who share our core values and are able to apply these to the work that they do. At the heart of our ethos are five key words, these underpin the PRIDE we take in our services.

‘Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy’

The Role

• Provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower their team in supporting the people they support to achieve their goals and aspirations.
• You will be proactive and support the development and skills of Support Workers. This will include recruitment, induction, supervisions, annual appraisals, training, coaching, rota management, sickness and absence management.
• Take the lead to help Support Workers understand their responsibilities and by doing so ensure that safe, effective, caring, responsive and well lead support and care is delivered at all times.
• Ensure that all the people we support have person centered support/care plans. You will be able to create and update these plans as per any changes that are required.
• To oversee and support the development of excellent quality within the service. You will design, develop and maintain excellent service user records. Working in a supportive manner that empowers the service user to live their life in their chosen manner.

What we can offer:

Refer a friend schemewe know that you will know fantastic people who will be make a great contribution, you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made *

Above and beyondwe recognise that our staff teams do amazing things for the people we support and their teams. We award contributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedback with vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!

Long service awardswe recognize your contribution to the team and celebrate long service

Employee benefits appstay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities.

Cycle to workyou can save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme

Pensionwe will auto enrol you into our salary sacrifice pension scheme

Life coveryou will be entitled to the death in service benefit.

Funded qualificationsearn whilst you learn! we aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton *

Career pathwayswe invest in our people and offer apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn has never been easier!

Swanton Educateswe have our own training qualification centre which can further support your development

Trained mental health first aidersavailable to support you when you need someone to talk to

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support

Employee Voicewe hold regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback about working with us

*subject to eligibility & criteria

About The Service

80 West wood Drive is a 2-bedroom bungalow, single service, situated in a quiet cul-de-sac in Quakers Yard, backing onto woodlands and ever-popular Taff Trail.

We are within easy reach of the thriving market town of Pontypridd as well as easy links to Cardiff and Brecon Beacon and other places of interest.