Team Leader – Heaton Vale Permanent

Hays Social Care are looking for Team Leaders to work in the learning disability field!

Hays Social Care are looking for Team Leaders in the Heaton Vale area!

Do you have experience of facilitating independence, supported living within the learning disability field? Do you have the ability to motivate & identify the training needs of your staff?

As a Team Leader you will be responsible for leading, directing, deploying & supporting a team of support workers to assist in the provision of a range of social, emotional, educational, physical & spiritual life skill experiences of people who are Learning Disabled and/or have Autistic Spectrum Condition.

You will be working 39 hours per week (inclusive of office hours) plus sleep-in duties, overtime & on-calls as required.

Key Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of a Team Leader include, but are not limited to:

• The Team Leader is immediately accountable to the Area Team Leader/or Registered Manager.
• Supported by an Asst Team Leader, where the need arises.
• Managing a staff team from grade 1 support workers to Asst Team Leaders.
• The assessment, planning, implementation & co-ordination of individual packages of support and activities according to the needs of the person supported.
• The development and implementation of management strategies, individual behavioural interventions, risk assessments & management plans and therapeutic developmental programs.
• Responsible for compiling and managing the house rotas.
• Identify the attributes required for your team. Be involved in the recruitment & selection process and induct new staff.
• Maintaining and developing positive relationships with the families, friends and advocates for both the people we support and as an organisation as a whole.
• To ensure that all the required paperwork is clearly and accurately completed. This includes ensuring that all official forms and documentation are completed within an agreed time frame.
• Keep accurate details of medication prescribed and administered.
• Ensure that all fire, health and safety procedures and checks are carried out and recorded and where appropriate they are reported to the appropriate person & an action plan is carried through.
• To work flexibly and as directed to meet the needs of the service.
• To participate in any outdoor activities, such as horse-riding, hiking, orienteering and canal cruising and others as required.

The Company you will be working with is one of the UK’s leading independent providers of specialist services for adults with learning disabilities and Autistic Spectrum Condition (with associated learning disabilities). With more than 25 years’ experience we provide bespoke and innovative assessment and care packages in a range of supported living and care home models. We provide outstanding person-centred support based on the principles of Positive Behavioural Support to over 50 individuals across Greater Manchester.

The Benefits

• Salary: £25,268.88 – £25,998.96
• Sleep-in payments
• An annual discretionary profit share bonus

The Person The key skills and qualities of a Team Leader are:

• A management qualification and PBS diploma or an equivalent qualification is desirable.
• Willing to work overtime, holidays and weekends as requested by the Manager.
• Experience of working as an Assistant / Team Leader or equivalent role for 12 months
• A full manual UK driving licence.
• Experience of facilitating independence, supported living within the learning disability field
• A sound knowledge of the following: Health & Social Care Act, Person Centred Planning, Health Action Planning, Positive Behavioural Support
• (PBS) The Care Quality Commission, Health & Safety at Work, Confidentiality, Policies and procedures, Investors in People and an awareness of local and national legislation and policy drivers
• To have knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Deprivation of Liberties Safeguarding and how this legislation impacts on the assessment & design of the support package for the people we support and their responsibilities within this area.

If you are keen on joining this exciting, forward-thinking company and taking the next step in your career, then please click the apply now button to find out more.

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