Care Team Leader

Care Team Leader

Service Name: Firgrove
Location: Sheringham. NR26 8PQ
Salary: £11.81

Hours: 38 hours per week

Could you be Firgrove's new Care Team Leader?

It's an exciting time at Firgrove. We are a service that supports 4 residents with complex learning disabilities, and we have an opening for a Care Team Leader to join the team. This is a permanent position working 38 hours a week.

A fantastic opportunity for an individual looking to join a supportive encouraging organisation. Firgrove are looking for a Care Team Leader, who will make a difference in our service users lives and, in return have access to opportunities for learning and development in a supportive team environment.

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

Our Care Team Leader’s duties will consist of

• To ensure that the best interests of each person we support are at the centre of any decisions made about their life, and to work in partnership with them, their advocates, family, friends and significant others
• Respecting the values, belief and culture of everyone
• Ensuring that any concerns, complaints, or requests are responded to promptly and effectively
• Assessing and minimising risks to keep each individual safe
• To develop a person-centred team that makes a real difference to people’s lives
• Coaching and mentoring staff
• To ensure that systems are in place to enable staff to be supported and supervised appropriately

Our Care Team Leader’s skills and experience:

• Experience of supporting adults in a care setting or in the community
• Good communication skills, patience and flexibility
• An understanding of safeguarding and person-centred support
• To be able to undertake a flexible working pattern
• Flexibility, a 'can do’ attitude and a sense of humour is a must too!
• You will enjoy working independently, as well as part of a team
• Experience of working with vulnerable people or those with complex needs and have experience and/ or a passion for enhancing individuals’ quality of life through positive behaviour support.
• To support the management and take the lead in service delivery, you will be expected to carry out daily tasks as well as senior duties.
• Have an NVQ L3 in Health & Social Care, or relevant qualification
• Have supervisory/management experience
• Be well organised

Our Care Team Leader’s benefits will include:

• 30 days annual leave per annum, inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Flexible working, enabling life-work balance.
• Range of qualifications including the care certificate, apprenticeship schemes in the health and social care sector and access to a management development programme.
• 'Refer a Friend’ incentive scheme
• Membership of Health Service Discounts scheme
• Free access to comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

We are committed to safeguarding for our service users. A satisfactory enhanced disclosure check is required for this post. References will be obtained for all roles.