Team Leader

Embrace; Tankardsgarden; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

New joiner bonus

Overtime premiums per hour

Double time on Public Holidays

Sunday Premium

Paid breaks

Fortnightly pay

Roster to suit work/life balance

Refer-a-Friend €150

Employee Assistance Programme

Bike-to-Work Scheme

Sponsored QQI Level 7/8 courses

Job summary

Embrace is an Irish, family-owned provider of support services for people with intellectual disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder and acquired brain injuries. We are seeking a Team Leader to ensure high-quality, strengths-based services and to guide a multidisciplinary team in the Newbridge area of Co.

Kildare, Ireland. You will supervise staff, support residents to learn and grow, and foster a collaborative culture while upholding Embrace's Vision, Mission and Values.

Qualifications

• QQI/Fetac level 5 healthcare qualification with at least 1 year's experience in disability services.
• Nursing Degree with live register with NMBI.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a care team to deliver strengths-based services.
• Provide guidance and support to staff and ensure delivery of the promise of a strengths-based approach.
• Foster a collaborative culture and focus on residents' development and wellbeing.
• Understand and implement Embrace's Vision, Mission and Values.
• Assume management responsibilities in the absence of the Person in Charge.
• Develop team members to become future Team Leads.

Skills

Strong communication

Interpersonal skills

Staff supervision

Driving licence (manual)

Education

QQI/Fetac level 5 healthcare

Nursing Degree

Job description

About Us

Embrace is an Irish, family-owned provider of support services for people with intellectual disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder and acquired brain injuries. Our service is based around our five core values of Energy, Kindness, Empowerment, Quality and Happiness. These values underpin our strengths-based and person-centred approach, which together form the ethos of our service.

The role of the Team Leader is essential to ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality strengths-based service that focuses on our residents' core interests and encourages their development of new skills.

• As a Team Leader, you are responsible for ensuring our services are built on recognising each resident's strengths and abilities to support each individual to continue learning and growing socially.
• You are also responsible for providing your team with guidance and support and ensuring that they deliver on our promise of a strengths-based approach with our residents.
• Encouraging a supportive and collaborative culture among your team.
• Ensuring the ongoing focus on residents' strengths and uncovering new ways of developing these.
• Understanding and delivering on Embrace's core Vision, Mission, and Values.
• Assuming management responsibilities in the absence of the Person in Charge.
• Fostering the development of team members to become the next Embrace Team Leads while we support you on your professional journey.

What we offer the successful candidates

• Competitive basic salary of between €36,400-39,100 (dependant on experience)
• New joiner bonus of €250 for full-time staff
• Overtime premiums per hour
• Double time on Public Holidays
• Sunday Premium
• Paid breaks
• Fortnightly pay
• Roster to suit your work/life balance
• Refer-a-Friend Program - €150 per referral
• Employment Assistance Programme, an independent support service for staff
• Bike-to-Work Scheme
• Sponsored QQI Level 7 and Level 8 courses

Requirements

• Your profile:

  • Hold a QQI/Fetac level 5 qualification in healthcare with at least 1 year's experience in disability services OR
  • Hold a Nursing Degree (be registered in the relevant division of the live register of nurses, maintained by the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI)
  • Experience in overseeing the supervision of staff would be highly desirable
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Full manual driving licence