Care Team Leader

**Looking for a new challenge in Social Care?**:
Fancy stepping up in care? Want to take on that extra responsibility, whilst working as part of a team? Are you caring, reliable and compassionate and want to make a difference in someone’s day making it that extra bit special?

We have a fantastic opportunity at our **Short Breaks (Respite) Service** in **Newtownabbey**, as we look for our next Team Leader This is a Permanent contract, working** 29 hours per week.**Sense are offering Team Leaders** £13.01 per hour**.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small high-quality person-centered service, supporting adults with complex needs.

The work involves varied shifts, from sleep in's, weekends, evening and days. As the team leader, you will be required to complete administration tasks and help lead the team of Support Workers with the support from the manager.

**We’re looking for enthusiastic applicants who are**:

- Positive, with a can-do attitude.
- Enthusiastic to participate in a wide range activities.
- Caring and empathetic.
- Passionate about enhancing other people’s lives.
- Have previous experience as a support worker or team leader in a similar setting is desirable - we’re happy to work with you to help you become an excellent Team Leader.
- Experienced with supporting with delegated healthcare tasks e.g. PEG. feeding.
- Have experience of supporting people with behaviours that challenge.

**No two days will be the same**:
Here at Sense, we support people with complex disabilities to live the life they choose. Your priority will be empowering the people you support to live an independent life.

**This role in Newtownabbey might include**:

- Supporting individuals / groups / teams within the home, center and community.
- Providing a customised, responsive and high quality service to people with multiple sensory impairments, physical and/or learning disabilities who use Sense services.
- Delivering services which meet or exceed organisational expectations and standards.
- Supporting the management team with safe and effective running of the service
- Completing supervisions, inductions and probations, updating and maintaining support plans

Everyone we support is an individual, so their care is as unique as they are. You can see a more detailed description of duties in the job description attached to the left of this advert.

**Why work for Sense?**:
For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. Sense are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

**Benefits**:

- 24 days of annual leave.
- Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
- Free life assurance policy.
- Cashback and discounts on high street brands (and 10% off at Sense charity shops).
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Travel season ticket loans.
- Enhanced sick pay.
- Free DBS check if your role needs one.
- A £350 refer-a-friend scheme.
- Free access to over 100 online and face-to-face training courses, including the care certificate.
- Headspace App

**Ready to make a difference?**:
**To apply**:
No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.