Team Leader Support worker

Active Care Group; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading provider of complex care as a Team Leader, supporting a client with an acquired brain injury in their own home. This rewarding role involves providing personal care, monitoring wellbeing, and mentoring a dedicated care team. You'll work closely with a compassionate individual who requires 24-hour support, ensuring their needs are met with dignity and respect. Enjoy a flexible work schedule with opportunities for full-time or part-time hours, along with comprehensive training and development support. Be part of a team that values kindness and reliability, making a real difference in the lives of those we care for.

Benefits

Accrued holiday pay

Nest Personal Pension account

Full specialist training

Active Awards programme

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Must hold a full clean UK drivers' licence to drive the client's vehicle.
• Experience in supporting individuals with acquired brain injuries is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support the Care Manager in managing the care package for the client.
• Mentor the care team and ensure high standards of care provision.
• Monitor client care and wellbeing, facilitating communication with the team.

Skills

Kind and caring nature

Flexibility

Reliability

Good communication skills

Education

Full clean UK drivers' licence

Job description

Our client leads an active lifestyle, therefore a successful applicant will hold a full clean UK drivers' licence to drive the clients vehicle.

Are you looking for a Team Leader role?

Would you love a rewarding career, supporting our client with an acquired brain injury in his own home?

Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care.

Within the Care in the Home division, we support clients with complex care to live independently in their own homes.

We'd like you to join us as a Team Leader at our clients home based in Shrewsbury.

Meet the client:

We are currently looking for carers to support our new client who has suffered an acquired brain injury. He requires 24 hour care, is non verbal and is totally dependant on others for all of his care needs. He has a very gentle nature and is easy to work with.

What you'll be doing:

This role is to support our brand new male client in his own home for days & night shifts, who has suffered an acquired brain injury. The client requires support with personal care and hygiene, peg feeds, gastrostomy, nebuliser, and oral suctioning. Full clinical training will be provided.

The ability to drive is required as the client lives in an area where public transport is not reliable.

Team Leader Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting the Care Manager and Head Office to manage the package of care for their client.
• Support the Care Co-ordinator with the effective management of team rota's and where possible prevent service failure for their client, ensuring care provision is reliable and of a high standard.
• Mentoring the care team and act as a role model for safe and effective practice.

Job Responsibilities

• Review and report any changes to the Client Needs.
• Facilitate communication with all members of the team.
• Monitor Client care and wellbeing.
• Liaise with clients' family as needed.
• Monitor stocks levels of ancillaries, nutrition and medication ensuring required items are re-ordered correctly and items are rotated.
• Participate in out of hours service/on-call and service failure plans as requested.
• Inform Care Manager of need for Support worker training and development when required.
• Work as part of the team covering hours for the clients.
• Assist with interviewing and recruitment for specific care packages where required.
• Work alongside new team members to assist in their orientation to the role.
• Management of rotas including liaising with Care Co-ordinator at Head Office as needed within the deadlines given.
• Regularly update Care Manager on client's condition and running of the care package.
• Facilitate collection and monitoring of Daily record Sheets in conjunction with the Care Manager.
• Undertake supervision of staff on team as required under the guidance of the Care Manager.
• Lead and organise Team meetings with Care Manager and ensure meeting minutes are circulated to all staff.
• Tasks and projects as determined by Care Manager or Care Co-ordinator.

When you'll be working:

• We are looking for a regular team to work permanently with our client.
• Days / Waking & Sleep nights available.
• 8am-4pm, 4pm-10pm plus sleep over until 8am, 8am-8pm, 8pm-8am wake night.
• Monday - Sunday available.
• Full time or part time available.

What you'll have:

• Kind and caring nature.
• Flexibility & reliability; continuity of care is imperative for our clients.
• Good communication skills.
• The ability to drive is required as the client lives in an area where public transport is not reliable.

What to look forward to:

• Up to £17 per hour (depending on UK experience and qualifications).
• Accrued holiday pay.
• A Nest Personal Pension account.
• Full specialist training.
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme.
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know.
• Support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams to develop your career with Active Care Group.

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability confident employer.