Team Leader - Children's Services

Swantoncare; Salford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in Health and Social Care as a Team Leader, where you'll oversee the management of shifts in a residential service. This role involves empowering staff, ensuring quality care delivery, and fostering individual growth for the residents. The company is committed to enhancing the wellbeing of young people with mental health needs, offering valuable training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Refer a friend scheme

Long service awards

Employee benefits app

Cycle to work scheme

Pension scheme

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Access to mental health support

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Qualifications

• Experience in a leadership role within Health and Social Care.
• Ability to manage shifts and support staff development.
• Knowledge of person-centred care practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day management of shifts at the residential service.
• Support the development and training of Support Workers.
• Ensure person-centred support and care planning is implemented.

Skills

Leadership

Empathy

Responsibility

Education

Relevant qualifications in Health and 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: Team Leader

Location: Number Four, Salford, M3 5

Hours:40 hours per week

WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP

Whilst fully embracing the company ethos the Team Leader will support the service manager by leading the day to day management of a shift.

You will work in a pro-active, responsive, effective and person centred way to ensure that the lives of the people you and the team are supporting are enriched, to be the best they are able.

The team provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower people we support to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting everyone’s individuality and enabling them to make appropriate choices to live the life they want to live.

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.

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

Number Four - Courtyard Care, is a 4-bedroom home in Salford for young people with mental health needs. The home works closely with a psychologist, who supports the team to be able to offer a therapeutic environment for young people to enable them to express and manage their emotions and learn new coping skills which they can take with them to use in later life.