Care Team Leader

We are recruiting for a Team Leader at our supported living service based in Llandybie to support the service manager by leading the day-to-day management of a shift.

Job title: Team Leader

Location: Llandybie

Rate of pay: £12.10 per hour

Job type: Full time, 39 hours per week, day and night shifts & sleep ins (35 hours Support & 4 hours admin)

AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER SPONSORSHIP.

About us

We've recently opened a new supported living service in Llandybie, supporting adults with learning disabilities. Be a part of developing our service and help make a difference to a person's life every day.

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 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.

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 amazing people often know fantastic people and you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made

· Long service awards we recognise your contribution to the team and award long service

· Employee benefits app stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities

· Pension and life cover auto enroll into our pension scheme and 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

· Trained mental health first aiders & EAP free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support

You will be required to undergo relevant pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS.

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Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £12.10 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 39 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• providing care: 1 year (required)
• supervisory: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)
• NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (required)

Work Location: In person