Team Leader - Prudhoe

Job Description

Team Leader

Are you looking for an empowering and rewarding career where you can help people to lead their most independent lives?

The Lifeways Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of support services for adults with learning disabilities, and we have a great opportunity for an expereicned Team Leader in our supported living service in Prudhoe...

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.

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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.