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We are looking for a confident Night Care & Support Team Leader with a passion for delivering outstanding care.
Job details: 42 hours a week, 12 hour shifts, including alternate weekends (four shifts week one, three shifts week two, on a two week rolling rota), nights only.
Dove Valley Mews is a residential service providing outcome focused care for adults with a learning disability and associated complex needs who may have behaviours that challenge.
We encourage and enable the people we support to lead a full and happy life. We work with them to ensure they have more choice and control in their lives, and we find out their strengths, abilities and preferences so that the care can be as person‑centred and meaningful as possible.
Responsibilities
* Medication
* Allocation of duties
* Demonstrating best practice
* Support both management and team members in the day‑to‑day running of the service
* Oversee the staff team and ensure service users are being supported in a way that best meets their needs and wishes
* Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all the people in our care
* Provide guidance & encouragement through physical & emotional support
* Learn about individuals’ specific needs & provide help in the most appropriate way
* Assist with and report on medical & welfare needs
* Safeguard
* Maintain a safe, clean environment for all
* Support service users to access the community, to attend things like work, college, hobbies & activities, days out & holidays
* Support service users to grow, develop & learn through engaging them in tasks such as cooking & cleaning
Qualifications
* An experienced Support Worker or Acting Team Leader ready to step up to a new challenge
* Genuinely driven to make a difference in people’s lives
* Confident, assertive & ambitious for yourself, service users & the organisation
* An excellent communicator & good team player
* Sensitive & intuitive with the energy required to provide a trusting, stimulating & varied environment
* Able to empower & support service user independence
* Organised, committed & keen to develop your management & leadership skills
Benefits
* Salary: £15.39 per hour (£33,870 per year) rising to £15.64 per hour after 18 months
* An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme
* Flexible working with opportunity for overtime
* Regular coaching & appraisal
* Expert supervision & peer support
* Employee discount savings & Cycle to Work scheme
* Wellbeing centre with exercises, recipes, financial and mental health advice
* Free NHS Blue Light Card discounts
* Rewards gateway with vouchers for everyday purchases and shopping
* Private health cash plans
* Free confidential mental health support
Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check. Please be aware that this vacancy may close before the advertised date if the role is filled.
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