Team Leader/personal Assistant

**Salary: £15.00 per hour**

**Team Leader - Full Time.**

**The Role**: **We are building a new team to support a very engaging young lady who lives in the community, and we are looking for people who can work variable shifts between 7am and 10pm, to include alternate weekends, additional hours available**

**We are looking to recruit an individual who has a background in care and support and possibly has experience of been a team leader, undertaking support plans, risk assessments, supporting the team and ensuring that both the person we support and their family are happy with the support team and the support that is provided.**

**If you are a currently working in support work, and you are looking for a change, this could be the right role for you.**

**Benefits/Package**
- **Work for a support provider who has one of the lowest leavers in the industry and highest staff satisfaction feedback**
- **Industry and bespoke training plan - tailored to meet the needs of the individual we support**
- **Career Development Opportunities**
- **Full Support and Supervision always**
- **Flexible work patterns - we have a range of different options available to support the existing team**
- **Rewarding opportunity to make a real difference to an individual’s life and have fun**
- **Working for an outstanding CQC rated provider**
- **Holidays: 33 days per year (pro rata)**
- **You do not need your own Vehicle, but a full driving licence is essential for this role**
- **Work for a provider who supports you and will work alongside you**

**The Person you will be Supporting**

This young lady has a range of care and support needs, including personal care, moving and handling support, activity and social support but what is important is that L wants to be supported to live life to the full and despite her needs, she loves to do some amazing things

L has a sensory impairment and loves the outdoors, enjoying the fresh air, sounds, the crunching of leaves, the quacking of ducks and she loves people watching

L has a great zest for life and loves to spend time out in coffee shops, going on holiday, going to concerts, attending a social club, going on pamper days, having her nails done and generally doing all the things a lady of her age would enjoy.

As L likes to get out and about and loves to enjoy the outdoors, she does have has access to a vehicle, so you will need a driving licence for this role.

L likes a lot of variety, and she also feeds from the people that provide the support, there are some key strengths that we would be looking for in the people who would support L, so these strengths would include
- Positive personality, patient, and kind, spontaneous, self-motivated, perseverance, a problem solver, creative, flexible, uses initiative, promotes independence and also someone who is a good planner, as L likes to do lots of things and she has issues with mobility and health, things need to be planned to ensure that L has all her needs met when she is out and about.

Personality and approach is important, ideally you will have a background in supporting people so you have a general understanding of how to undertake certain tasks, but we will be providing specific training

This is a very rewarding role for the right people, we are looking to build a team of support around this lady, this is a new opportunity and new roles, so a great role for the right person who is looking for the right opportunity and wants to have work and make a difference to someone's life, but also have fun along the way.

**Company description**

CJP Outreach Services Ltd is an organisation borne out of personal experience and a desire to follow a different, fresh approach to the provision of Outreach Services for people with learning disabilities and/or physical disabilities / complex and multiple needs. We have vast first-hand experience of what living with, assisting, and supporting someone with disabilities is about and we understand what is important for the individual and also their family. Our Ethos is based on “The wealth of personal, hands-on experience will stand us in good stead, and I feel that our approach, which is to be one of always ‘delivering a quality person-centred service’ where the customer and their family’s aspirations, needs and wishes are adhered to and respected, will be a highly successful approach. Today, CJP Outreach Services is proud to provide a quality and sustainable service, and this was recognised by the regulator in 2019, with an Outstanding CQC rating.

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

**Salary**: Up to £15.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Referral programme

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Castleford, West Yorkshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Team Leader: 1 year (required)
- Support Worker: 1 year (required