Team Leader - Adult Supported Living

Swanton Care & Community Ltd; Colne; Vor Ort; GBP 25.000 - 34.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Refer a friend

Pension scheme

Life cover

Cycle to work

Training & development

Zusammenfassung

Swanton Care & Community Ltd is opening a new Supported Living Service in Colne. We are seeking a dedicated Team Leader to establish and develop the service, helping people live as independently as possible in their own homes and community.

The role requires leading a team, supporting the registered manager, and delivering high-quality, person-centred care with 24/7 support. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, across day shifts including weekends.

Qualifikationen

• Experience leading a care team.
• Strong communication and empathy.
• Willingness to work across days and weekends.

Aufgaben

• Lead, motivate and support a team of care workers to deliver high quality, person-centred support.
• Provide practical and emotional assistance to empower individuals to achieve their goals.
• Promote health, wellbeing and inclusive needs of the people supported.
• Assist with daily living tasks and maintain accurate support plans and records.
• Contribute to the development and growth of the new service in Colne and build a positive team culture.

Kenntnisse

Team leadership

Communication

Flexibility

Ausbildung

NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care

Jobbeschreibung

About The Role

We are excited to be opening a new Supported Living Service in Colne and are looking for a dedicated Team Leader to join our core team. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in establishing and developing a new service that supports people to live as independently as possible within their own homes and local community.

Role: Team Leader
Location: Colne
Shifts: Days, weekends
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week

WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP

About You

Are you enthusiastic, compassionate, and committed to supporting people in a way that respects their dignity and promotes independence?

You will be adaptable and flexible, with excellent communication skills and the ability to lead and support a team while working collaboratively to deliver outstanding person-centred care.

It is desirable that you have:

• Previous experience supporting people with learning disabilities and behaviours of concern.
• Experience in a senior support or leadership role within health and social care.
• An NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care, or willingness to work towards achieving this qualification.

At Swanton, we are looking for people who share our core values and can demonstrate them in their everyday work. At the heart of our ethos are five key principles that underpin the PRIDE we take in our services:

Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy

The Role

As Team Leader, you will play a vital role in supporting the registered manager and leading a team to deliver high-quality, person-centred support. You will help create a positive and empowering environment where the people we support can achieve their goals, make informed choices, and live fulfilling lives.

Support is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading, motivating, and supporting a team of support workers to deliver excellent care and support.
• Providing practical assistance and emotional support to empower the people we support to achieve their goals and aspirations.
• Promoting the health, wellbeing, physical, emotional, cultural, and spiritual needs of the people we support in an inclusive way.
• Supporting individuals to access social, educational, vocational, and leisure activities, including visiting family and friends, shopping, community activities, and recreational pursuits.
• Assisting with daily living tasks, including household duties, budgeting, shopping, and elements of personal care where required.
• Ensuring support plans, risk assessments, and records are completed accurately and maintained to a high standard.
• Supporting the successful development and growth of this new service in Colne, helping to build a positive team culture and excellent outcomes for the people we support.

What we can offer:

• Refer a friend scheme we know that you will know fantastic peoplewho will be make a great contribution, you will receive £400 each time asuccessful referral is made*
• Above and beyond we recognise that our staff teams do amazingthings for the people we support and their teams.We awardcontributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedbackwith vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!
• Long service awards we recognize your contribution to the teamand celebrate long service
• Employee benefits app stay connected to our community, receivediscounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning& development opportunities
• Cycle to work you can save money and get fit with oursalary sacrifice scheme
• Pension we will auto enrol you into our salary sacrificepension scheme
• Life cover you will be entitled to the death in servicebenefit.
• Funded qualifications earn whilst you learn! we aim to develop ourown talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton*
• Career pathways we invest in our people and offerapprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn hasnever been easier!
• Swanton Educates we have our own training qualification centrewhich can further support your development
• Trained mental health first aiders available to support you whenyou need someone to talk to
• Employee Assistance Programme(EAP) free confidential access to 24hrassistance program for counselling, advice and support
• Employee Voice we hold regular events throughout the year tolisten to your feedback about working with us
• *subject to eligibility &criteria

Candidates will require a fullreference check and an enhanced DBS.We are exempt from theRehabilitation of Offers Act.

About The Service

We provide support to adults with a range of disabilities including learning disabilities, autism, physical disabilities, mental health problems and sensory impairment in the Northwest of England. We provide local, personal and responsive services. We do this by remaining small and staying close to the people we support and the staff we employ.