Temporary Team Leader for Hilary

Proud to Care Devon; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care organization in Plymouth seeks a compassionate Team Leader to support Hilary, a sociable individual with specific needs. The role involves leading a team, advocating for Hilary, and enhancing her independence. Candidates should possess strong communication and organizational skills, with a commitment to making a positive impact in her life.

Benefits

Competitive Salaries

Award Winning Pension Scheme

Company Sick Pay Scheme

Excellent Annual Leave Allowance

Critical Illness Cover

Life Insurance

Mandatory Induction

Ongoing High Quality Training

Career Development Opportunities

Opportunity to Make a Difference

Qualifications

• Experience in leadership or potential to lead.
• Ability to advocate for Hilary and support her needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to support Hilary in achieving her hopes and dreams.
• Provide emotional and health support to Hilary.

Skills

Communication

Organisational Skills

Resilience

Job description

Hilary is sociable person who enjoys being out. Hilary has a mobility vehicle which she uses to visit different places. She does like to have a plan of what she will be doing on any given day, this may involve her visiting her sister with who she has a good relationship. Sometimes she might choose to have a day at home using her iPad or watching movies, she especially enjoys watching soaps. We are looking to recruit a Team Leader who has experience in leadership or the potential to lead.

The Team Leader must be forward thinking and be able to demonstrate confidence in leading Hilary’s team to enable her to achieve her hopes and dreams. You will also support Hilary in her own home to build on her independence and daily living skills. You will provide emotional and health support to Hilary and will lead the team in supporting her to explore fresh opportunities and make and sustain friendships.

Hilary genuinely enjoys the company of other people and is kind and thoughtful. You should be someone who can advocate on behalf of Hilary and have her best interests at the centre of every decision that is made. Hilary likes to feel safe and so rules and boundaries are important to her. Hilary is a proud person, she likes to look nice, and she likes to keep her house tidy, she needs a bit of support in these areas. Hilary has experienced some difficult times in the past and so she needs people in her team who understand this and people who will support her through the difficult times.

Ideally you will:

• Be willing to learn and try new ideas and approaches
• Be a strong communicator, able to give and receive feedback
• Be comfortable working with a level of autonomy
• Be able to join a stable team and lead them
• Have strong organisational skills
• Be passionate about the type of work we do
• Be resilient, not give up when it gets tough
• Have good organisational skills
• Be able to see passed a person’s difficulties
• Be a calm individual, a clear thinker

Benefits:

• We reward our staff with competitive salaries
• We offer an Award Winning Pension Scheme
• We have a company sick pay scheme
• Excellent annual leave allowance, including top up pay
• Critical Illness cover, reassurance when you need it the most
• Life Insurance, reassurance for your family when they need it the most
• A really good mandatory induction
• Ongoing high quality training
• Career development opportunities
• A real chance to make a difference to someone’s life

Does the job role include personal care?: Yes

Working Patterns:

Day and night shifts

Essential details:

Essential requirements:

- This position has a "genuine occupational requirement" covered under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and therefore only applications from females are requested.
- You must have full UK driving licence.

We are committed to recruiting candidates who share our commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment, including obtaining references and DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) clearance. A DBS check will be requested in the event of the individual being offered a position with Beyond Limits, the cost of which will be to the employee, however, this will be returned after successful completion of probation period (6 months).