Job Description
Team Leader
Tanglewood provides the opportunity for Team Leaders to develop a wide range of skill sets divided across separate services at the Tanglewood site, each service provides you with a different experience of care/support needs. There are opportunities for personal development alongside career development when developed skill sets are met, which include; providing outstanding care/support to the People We Support, writing/developing care plans & risk assessments, managing/supporting the staff team, liaising with Medical Professionals and Families as part of a multi-disciplinary team, etc. You would also be required to part-take in health & safety checks, auditing and analysing documentation. This is a great opportunity if you are wanting to develop your skills and progress higher within the care sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES
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 staff
* To ensure that the actions of all staff 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.
*Essential Experience and Qualifications
Ideally you will hold an NVQ / SVQ 3 or a QCF level 3 award certificate or diploma in Health and Social Care or equivalent, and have relevant experience preferably within the relevant field. You will have supervisory responsibilities therefore previous management/supervisory experience is essential.
In this role you will be required to be highly flexible and participate in the 24 hour on-call rotational system providing management support to staff and person-centred approaches to the people who use our service.