Team Leader - Adult Residential (ID:529)

Swanton Care and Community; Wales; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Care Team Leader to manage and support a team in delivering high-quality care. The role involves practical assistance, team development, and maintaining person-centred care plans. Candidates should have previous experience in a care role and ideally hold an NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care. This is an excellent opportunity to advance your career in care management.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working within a care role, supporting people with learning disabilities.
• Ability to lead a team/shift effectively.
• Willingness to work towards or hold a relevant qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower your team.
• Support the development and skills of Support Workers through training and management.
• Create and update person centred support/care plans.
• Oversee and maintain excellent quality within the service.

Skills

Leadership

Care support experience

Team management

Communication skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

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?

• Previous experience of working within a care role, supporting people with learning disabilities / behaviours 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 centred 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.