Team Leader - Care Home

Groveland Park; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury residential care home in Greater London is seeking an experienced Team Leader to support the management team and ensure compliance with care standards. The role involves leading care staff, maintaining high standards of personal care, and overseeing medication administration. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in senior care and demonstrate excellent leadership and interpersonal skills. This position offers a supportive and caring working environment, alongside opportunities for training and career progression.

Benefits

Free meals and drinks

Paid training and career progression

Mental health support

Pension scheme

Wellbeing scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a senior care position required.
• Knowledge of care planning practices is essential.
• Must be professional, understanding, and patient.

Responsibilities

• Oversee care quality for all residents.
• Lead and support the care team effectively.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety regulations.
• Administer medication and maintain accurate records.
• Conduct team supervision and training.

Skills

Quality assurance

Good interpersonal skills

Self-motivated

Team leadership skills

Caring disposition

Computer literate

Job description

We are looking for a caring, enthusiastic, energetic team member to join our care team to support our residents to enjoy their lives.

I am afraid we DO NOT sponsor over sea's workers

Groveland Park is a 55 bed Luxury Residential care home rated Outstanding with CQC. We are looking for a team leader to work alongside the management team to ensure full compliance in all key areas, to lead the team of seniors and care staff, supporting ancillary staff and residents with privacy, dignity and respect.

We offer

• Free- Meals and drinks, DBS
• Uniform, paid training and career progression
• Christmas events, Mental Health support, pension scheme, wellbeing scheme

Key Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the care of all Residential residents within the home.
• To oversee the care being provided, identify shortfalls and rectify any shortfalls in staff performance.
• To audit, action and review standards within the home.
• To effectively lead the team and home out of management working hours on an on-call rota.
• To formulate, implement and regularly maintain care plans, providing the highest level of personal care and attention to residents, following individual care plans carefully and ensuring that all contact is polite, friendly, warm and supportive.
• To oversee the Senior Care team and ensure that the required standards are achieved and maintained.
• To understand and comply with all statutory and legal requirements which are relevant such as Health & Safety, COSHH, all aspects of the Care Standards Act and ensure that the correct accident and incident reporting procedures are followed to maintain a safe environment throughout the home.
• To provide and supervise the delivery of Residential care, acting as a resource for all the caring team including the senior care, identifying any training and development needs, assisting colleagues to their maximum and assist in training program's.
• Monitor and maintain required staffing levels and ensure that cover is sort when and as required to cover sickness.
• Cover care and senior shifts where positions cannot be covered.
• To ensure highest levels of personal hygiene and infection control measures are always adhered to.
• To maintain and keep accurate Residential records, by liaising with residents, relatives and staff to ensure care planning is timely undertaken, implemented and evaluated, to participate in resident care reviews with residents, relatives and social workers as arranged and to ensure support groups for residents, friends and relatives are maintained.
• To monitor, dispense and administer medication to residents as prescribed, accurately maintaining appropriate records in line with current legislative guidelines.
• To oversee and carry out effective stock control and ordering of resident's prescribed medication and medical products for the home in line with current legislative guidelines.
• To respect and maintain confidentiality of resident's personal information at all times, this includes resident's behaviour and actions and any incidents that may occur in the course of day to day care.
• Complete the formal recorded supervision of your senior team and care team as allocated a minimum of by-monthly.
• To be an active and encouraging member of the care team, contributing to team meetings and resident review meetings, ensuring good communication and assisting in the induction and training of newly appointed members of the care team, ensuring the home is a friendly, supportive caring environment.
• To ensure accurate and timely reporting of all annual leave, sickness, complaints, accidents mishaps and Daily Census to the Manager. Carrying out all procedures laid down according to Company Policy.
• To deputise for the deputy in their absence where required.
• Any other reasonable request made by a director or Manager.

Person specification

• The Team Leader has a professional duty to be knowledgeable and keep up to date in all professional areas of work affecting the health and well-being of the Residents and staff.
• Computer literate
• Experience in Senior Care position
• Strong on quality assurance.
• Experience in care of the elderly.
• Practice knowledge of care planning.
• Professional, understanding, and patient with a warm personality.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Self motivated.
• Demonstrate good team leadership skills.
• Demonstrates a caring disposition towards others.
• Calm
• Reliable and punctual.
• Team player, willing to train and develop colleagues.

How to Apply

If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more we would love to hear from you! Please attach an up to date CV to the link provided and we will be in contact