Care Team Leader

**Job title**:Team Leader

**Type**: Full time, permanent

**Rate of pay**: £10.70 per hour, you could earn up to £26,707 pa

**Location**: Houghton le Hole

**About our service**

We provide support to individuals with learning difficulties, mental health issues, autism and acquired brain injuries in a residential setting, and some of the people display behaviours that challenge.

Swanton is a forward thinking organisation; inspired by innovation, open and collaborative in its approach to focused outcomes and best practice. We look to promote social inclusion; opening doors to opportunities and experiences that enhance lives and create new and unique adventures.

**About you**

Do you have previous experience working in care, leading a team and want to further your development within a Team Leader role which has fantastic career prospects?

**_‘Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy’_**

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.

Having a driver's licence is desirable.

**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**

Benefits: We offer a clear personal development plan, which includes a Free detailed training plan for all elements of the role, full induction process, ongoing supervisions and appraisals, development and career progression, opportunities to gain Free recognised qualifications, free DBS screening, flexible working, £400 refer a friend scheme, Cycle2work Scheme, Employee Assistance Helpline, discounts at many retailers and life insurance.

We very much welcome previous experience working as Team Leader, Senior Home Carer, Senior Care Worker, Senior Health Care Assistant, Senior Support Worker, Nurses, Social Care Worker, Senior Care Assistant, Mental Health Care Worker, Voluntary Worker.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £10.70 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Night shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- providing care/support: 1 year (required)
- supervisory: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)