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Job Description
DBS Paid for by Lifeways Group
£13.31
Excellent Holidays
Competitive Benefits
Are you an experienced Senior Support Worker/Team Leader looking to expand your carer with a national organisation?
Perhaps you are a Support Worker with the relevant qualifications that wants to make the step up on your career ladder?
If so, Lifeways Group is looking for 2 full time (37.5 hours per week) Team Leaders to work at our services in Grimsby.
The Team Leader is responsible for leading a designated group of support workers to ensure that excellent services are delivered to each person supported by Lifeways. This role is a rewarding supervisory role and the Team Leader will formally and informally (through the use of mentorship, role modelling etc) supervise each Support Worker on a regular basis through there career with Lifeways.
Accountable to: Service Manager
Qualifications: NVQ Level 3 and/or minimum of three years experience within the learning disability or mental health sector. Minimum of one year of management or supervisory experience
Job Purpose:
* To work with the Service Manager to oversee a supported living service, ensuring that systems and standards are maintained to a high quality.
* To ensure compliance with all external regulatory standards.
* To provide support and supervision of Support Workers within the identified team.
Key Responsibilities:
* To support and supervise the delivery of person centred services to all people using the service
* To support the Service Manager in the completion of accurate rota and timesheet information
* To promote and support the health and safety of both people using the service and support colleagues
* To ensure that the actions of all colleagues directly supporting people using the service support their care, protection and well-being
* To develop own knowledge and practice relative to continuous service improvement
* To provide support and supervision to Area Office Support Workers, to ensure effective and efficient person centred service delivery.
Personal Attributes and Skills
* Self starter with attention to prompt timekeeping
* Organized with ability to meet deadlines and fulfil obligations generally
* Excellent communication skills
* Sympathetic
* Person Centred Approach to service delivery
What you will receive from working with Lifeways Group
* Career Progression within an expanding national organisation
* Competitive Salary and pay structure
* Excellent benefits
* Close mentoring from the Scheme Manager