Team Leader

Team Leader

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Location: Wrexham

Salary: £11.85 per hour

Are you the Team Leader we are looking for? Do you have the passion, talent, skills and care experiences that can make it all add up for the people we support?

Please note, due to service requirements female only applicants will be considered.

The Role

The care service provides person-centred, responsive support for four women with learning disabilities and diverse support needs, in their own home.

Support is available 24 hours a day, including sleep-ins by experienced and well-trained female staff. The staff work closely with local GPs, psychologist, psychiatrists, speech and language therapists and community / learning disability nurses where relevant. This ensures support is tailored to the individuals in their care.

The organsitaion provides care at Horsley Drive, a spacious and bright detached house on the outskirts of Wrexham. Each person has their own bedroom which they can decorate as they choose. Their welcoming environment provides communal and individual spaces; everyone can get together in one of two lounges, in the dining room or the private garden. The people who live at the service also have the use of a computer room.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring the rotas are in place to meet contract hours and meet the people they support needs.
• Ensuring that support records are accurately maintained.
• Ensuring that accident/incident records are completed as and when required.
• Providing direct supervision to support staff in line with staff allocation.
• Providing onsite coaching and mentoring to staff.
• Promoting and supporting inclusion throughout the service, identifying and discussing employment and leisure opportunities in the community.
• Developing plans to ensure that the people they support are active citizens in their community.
• Developing and maintaining effective communication systems within the service.
• Minimum of NVQ Level 3 in health and social care is required.
• Car driver is preferable.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please click apply to be redirected to their website where you can complete your application.

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS/Access NI check.

The organisation is committed to the Disability Confident Scheme and to equal opportunities therefore they welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.