Team Leader - Complex Care & Behaviour Support (3:1/4:1)

Linkit Recruitment; Worcester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution

Internal training for progression - 2/

Levels 2/3/4/5

Job summary

LRL in the Midlands is seeking Team Leaders / Deputy Managers to provide operational leadership to a staff team delivering high-acuity support to individuals with complex behavioural needs across 3:1, 4:1 and 5:1 staffing arrangements.

The Team Leader is responsible for ensuring safe and consistent implementation of care plans, PBS plans, risk assessments, DoLS requirements and behavioural management strategies across the staff team.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in complex care and high-risk behavioural services.
• Experience leading 3:1, 4:1 or 5:1 staffing packages.
• Experience managing challenging behaviours and physical aggression.
• Advanced de-escalation and crisis prevention skills.
• Experience with PBS plans and risk assessments.
• Knowledge of DoLS and safeguarding best practices.
• Strong incident reporting and escalation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead staff during shifts and allocate within enhanced staffing arrangements.
• Maintain risk oversight and ensure staffing matches individual needs.
• Ensure staff understand triggers and escalation protocols.
• Lead responses during significant behavioural incidents.
• Prioritise de-escalation and use restraints only when lawful and necessary.
• Ensure trained staff participate in physical interventions.
• Coordinate responses to aggression and other high-risk behaviours.
• Escalate emergencies when risks cannot be managed by the team.
• Conduct shift briefings and handovers.
• Review records and incident reports for accuracy.
• Ensure incidents and restrictive interventions are properly reviewed.
• Participate in post-incident reviews and implement learning.
• Monitor practice and address unsafe care promptly.
• Support staff supervision, assessments and performance management.
• Identify training needs and progression opportunities.
• Support PBS strategy implementation and risk assessments.
• Liaise with management, clinical team and external professionals.
• Promote safeguarding, dignity and least restrictive practice.
• Ensure DoLS conditions and other legal restrictions are followed.

Skills

Complex care experience

Behaviour management

Leadership experience

3:1/4:1/5:1 packages

Risk assessment

DoLS knowledge

PBS plan implementation

Incident management

Job description

LRL in the Midlands is seeking Team Leaders / Deputy Managers to provide operational leadership to a staff team delivering high-acuity support to individuals with complex behavioural needs across 3:1, 4:1 and 5:1 staffing arrangements.

The Team Leader is responsible for ensuring safe and consistent implementation of care plans, PBS plans, risk assessments, DoLS requirements and behavioural management strategies across the staff team.