Care Team Leader

_**Are you ready to take the next step in your health and social care career to meet the challenge of this exciting role? As Care Team Leader you'll support the Service Manager by leading the day-to-day management of a shift.**_

**Job title**:Care Team Leader

**Location**:Newcastle Upon Tyne

**Hours**:40 hours per week

**Rate of pay**:£11.80 per hour

Our residential service can support up to 11 adults with a range of support needs including learning disabilities, autism and other complex care needs. We empower each person to live life the way they choose to.

The purpose-built residential accommodation is decorated and furnished to support individual preferences. The many communal spaces throughout the building include TV lounges, a life skills kitchens, a sensory room, an activity room and a fully adapted bathroom.

**About you**
- **Do you have previous experience working in care, leading a team and want to further your development within a Care Team Leader role?**_
- **‘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/shift.

**The Role**
- 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.
- Ensure that all the people we support have person centered 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**:

- **Refer a friend scheme **we know that amazing people often know fantastic people and you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made
- **Long service awards **we recognize your contribution to the team and award long service
- **Employee benefits app **stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities
- **Pension and life cover **auto enroll into our pension scheme and entitled to the death in service benefit
- **Funded qualifications **earn whilst you learn we aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton
- **Trained mental health first aiders & EAP **free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support
- You will be required to undergo relevant pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS._

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

**Salary**: £11.80 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Store discount

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Newcastle upon Tyne: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Providing care and support: 2 years (required)
- Supervisory / leading a shift: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person