Team Leader - Supported Living Care & Staff Development

Swanton Care; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Refer a friend scheme

Above and beyond rewards

Long service awards

Employee benefits app

Cycle to work

Pension

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Swanton Educates

Trained mental health first aiders

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Employee Voice

Monthly staff prize draw

Job summary

Swanton Care is seeking a Team Leader to support the Service Manager in managing a shift at our supported living service, ensuring high-quality care daily. You will lead a proactive team, coordinate recruitment, inductions, training, and appraisals while maintaining strong person-centred plans.

You will develop staff skills, oversee rostering, and manage sickness/absence, delivering safe, responsive care. Experience in learning disabilities or challenging behaviours is valued.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working within a care role, supporting people with learning disabilities / behaviours that challenge.
• Be able to demonstrate your ability to lead a team/shift.
• Ideally, you will be working towards or hold a NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care.

Responsibilities

• 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, including recruitment, induction, supervisions, appraisals, training, rota management, sickness and absence management.
• Take the lead to help Support Workers understand their responsibilities and ensure safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led support and care.
• Ensure that all the people we support have person-centred support/care plans and update them as required.
• Oversee and support the development of excellent quality within the service and maintain service user records.

Skills

Team leadership

Staff development

Rota management

Coaching & training

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Swanton Care is seeking a Team Leader to support the Service Manager in managing a shift at our supported living service, ensuring high-quality care daily. You will lead a proactive team, coordinate recruitment, inductions, training, and appraisals while maintaining strong person-centred plans.

You will develop staff skills, oversee rostering, and manage sickness/absence, delivering safe, responsive care. Experience in learning disabilities or challenging behaviours is valued.