Job Description
We are seeking a highly committed, proactive and professional Team Leader to contribute to the operational management of a supported living service in Balham, Wandsworth. Endlesham Road is a service for 5 female clients who are supported by a long standing staff team.
Ensuring a great quality of life is of paramount importance and staff support clients with managing health conditions like Epilepsy and where needed with PEG assistance. The service is a short walk from Balham Station and accessible via buses.
As a Team Leader you will assist the Locality Manager to ensure that the service is of the highest quality and meeting all CQC standards and contract requirements. You will ensure that the service works in a cohesive and coordinated manner and that clients experience fully integrated care, support and housing. You will ensure that the care and support delivered is personalized and provided in accordance with agreed care plans, enabling clients to enjoy wellbeing, quality of life and community connections.
You will promote and reinforce a culture of responsive, person-centred practice and active support across the service, with relationships based on respect and unconditional positive regard. Your work will be a mixture of doing shifts on the rota and management days and you will be required to work across the entire week, including occasional evenings and weekends.
A minimum of one year’s managerial experience of supporting people with a learning disability and autism is essential. It is also pivotal to have strong values, emotional intelligence and good problem-solving skills. Further, it is essential to demonstrate excellent assessment, support planning and report writing skills.
If you have any enquiries about the role, please do not hesitate to contact Darius Riley, Area Manager on or email him on
Vacancy Reference Number: 81592Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number
Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.
We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded. Gender is considered to be an occupational requirement – Equality Act 2010.
Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK.