About The Role
Ready to take the next step in your social care career? As Care Team Leader you'll support the service manager by leading the day-to-day management of a shift.
Job title: Care Team Leader
Location: Hadleigh, Ipswich (IP7)
Hours:40 hours per week, day and night shifts.
WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP
About you
Do you have previous experience working in care, leading a team and want to further your development within a Team Leader role?
This is an opportunity for a pro-active Care Team Leader to join an evolving Care Company. You will need to have previous experience of working within a care role and experience of leading a team. In addition:
* Hold or be working towards a NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care
* Have a valid driving licence
Here at Swanton, we are looking for people who share our core values and are able to apply these to the work that they do. At the heart of our ethos are five key words, these underpin the PRIDE we take in our services.
‘Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy’
The Role
The Team Leader will provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower their team in supporting the people they support to achieve their goals and aspirations.
* You will be proactive and support the development and skills of Support Workers. This will include recruitment, induction, supervisions, annual appraisals, training, coaching, rota management, sickness and absence management.
* Take the lead to help Support Workers understand their responsibilities and by doing so ensure that safe, effective, caring, responsive and well lead support and care is delivered at all times.
* You will complete evidence based supervisions and observation supervisions as well as supporting your team of support workers to complete competency based appraisals.
* Support the Service Manager/Deputy Manager in managing transitions into and away from the service.
* You will be able to liaise professionally with all outside professional agencies, and ensure that all information is shared appropriately.
* Ensure that all the people we support have person centred support/care plans.
* You will be able to create and update these plans as per any changes that are required.
* To oversee and support the development of excellent quality within the service.
* You will design, develop and maintain excellent service user records.
* Working in a supportive manner that empowers the service user to live their life in their chosen manner.
What we can offer:
Refer a friend scheme we know that you will know fantastic people who will be make a great contribution, you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made *
Above and beyond we recognise that our staff teams do amazing things for the people we support and their teams. We award contributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedback with vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!
Long service awards we recognize your contribution to the team and celebrate long service
Employee benefits app stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities.
Cycle to work you can save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme
Pension we will auto enrol you into our salary sacrifice pension scheme
Life cover you will be entitled to the death in service benefit.
Funded qualifications earn whilst you learn! we aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton *
Career pathways we invest in our people and offer apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn has never been easier!
Swanton Educates we have our own training qualification centre which can further support your development
Trained mental health first aiders available to support you when you need someone to talk to
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support
Employee Voicewe hold regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback about working with us
*subject to eligibility & criteria
About The Service
Swanton Community Support: Ipswich consists of 8 individual self-contained flats, which are attached to an office where the team offer support 24-7 days a week, as well as individual 1-1 hours. We are close enough to the town and local amenities, but also close to many beautiful and scenic park areas. Supporting adults from the age of 50 on wards, who experience enduring and complex mental health along with those that have a physical disability. #J-18808-Ljbffr