Company description
Genell Ltd is a Not-for-Profit Company and the "Innovators" in the sector, we believe in giving back and providing high quality support in homely accommodation. We put our young people at the forefront of everything we do and encourage participation and choice. We are proud to support 3 charities within the UK.
Job description
As a Team Leader you will have responsibility for the day-to-day leadership of staff delivering care and support to our young people within a supported living service.
You'll support the staff team to deliver the best care and support possible, ensuring that our young people fulfil their potential in Education, Employment, Independence, Choice, Inclusion, and Control of their own lives from 16+.
Title: Team Leader 16+ Wisbech
Role: To provide assistance to Management, ensuring a need's led service to young people 16+, adopting a person-centred approach that fosters self-awareness, personal growth and gives the young people the strongest voice with regards to decision making, employment, education and lifestyle choices. Empowering the young people we support at Genell to learn the independent skills required to move forward in life and thrive.
Working Hours: Permanent contract - full time.
Salary: £13.50 per hour + sleep in allowance of £50 per night.
Qualifications: Preferred Minimum Diploma Level 3 in Children's Residential Care or equivalent related studies. Diploma will be provided otherwise.
Safeguarding: All applicants must:
* Undergo an enhanced DBS check.
* Provide at least two satisfactory references, one of which must be from their most recent employer.
* Provide a commitment to adhere to all Genell Support Policies and Procedures in order to safeguard the young people they are supporting.
Duties:
· Provide leadership to the team always acting as a positive role model.
· Manage rotas daily/each shift.
Making sure that 2 weeks ahead is covered, any sickness is documented and sent over to HR, Agency to be authorised through management. Rota every month to be sent completed to Management and documented.
· Lead the shift, ensuring staff give support that follows individual young people care plans and Weekly planners.
· Provide effective supervision to Support Workers on your team.
· Provide on call cover as arranged by the Home Manager, working within on call guidance.
· Ensure good team working. Motivate, support and mentor the staff when needed
· On each shift ensure staff complete all necessary paperwork to an acceptable standard and sign off.
· Daily tasks/Paperwork to be checked weekly, weekly jobs to be checked and signed off.
· Support young people with regards to decision making and lifestyle choices enabling them to take control of their own lives, increasing independence.
· Ensure all Home tasks are carried out taking into consideration the needs, wishes and preferences of the young people, following Managements directions.
· Support our young people to take an active role in the community by accessing local facilities and wider community resources in the spirit of social inclusion.
· Support the young people to access education, activities, and support with any financial issues they may come across.
· Monthly supervisions to be completed with staff team.
· Adhere to all statutory and legislative requirements relative to the role requirements.
· Ensure staff teams inductions, Online training/Mandatory training is completed within the required time scales (covering this in supervisions monthly to all staff team).
· Participate in Staff team meetings and liaise with management any issues/Positives that need discussing Monthly.
· Promote Genell supports mission statement, goals, and values.
· Communicating goals and deadlines to team members. Planning workloads and delegating tasks creating a productive work environment.
-To carry out any reasonable requests by your line manager as deemed necessary to fulfil your role of employment.
Genell Support reserves the right to vary or amend the duties and responsibilities of the post at any time to the needs of the service.
Expectations:
To act in an honest and trustworthy manner at all times.
To be reliable, dependable and punctual.
To work openly and cooperatively with all young people and colleagues, and to treat them with dignity and respect at all times.
To avoid putting yourself or any other person at unnecessary risk.
To seek guidance and clarification from your line manager regarding any aspect of your role and responsibilities that you are unsure of.
To avoid any behaviour in or outside of work that would call into question your suitability to be employed in the social care sector.
Most importantly we want you to engage with the young people, keep them safe and encourage every individual we work with to reach their full potential and be the best they can.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £13.50 per hour
Benefits:
* Additional leave
* Free parking
* On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Wisbech: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
* Supervising experience: 1 year (preferred)
* Care: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
* Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person