Team Leader

**Are you looking for the next stage of your career? Could you play a key part in the lives of children with learning disabilities?**

We are expanding our team at our residential children's home in **Leighton Buzzard **and are looking to recruit a** Team Leader **to work closely with our Registered Manager and deputise for them in their absence.

**Outline of role**

You will lead a team of 15 staff that support 2 boys and 2 girls who share a house. You'll provide coaching, mentoring and encouragement to your team, working with them to find creative ways of interacting with children who have learning disabilities and/ or autism. You'll also provide direct support to the children, and liaise with families, social workers and other members of each child's support circle.

These young people have complex needs and each one has their own independent support plan. They may show challenging behaviour at times but our specialist teams and Registered Manager will support you to learn ways of helping them to manage their behaviour.

This is a full time role working 37.5 hours per week. Shift patterns are 07:00-14:30, 14:30-22:00 and sleep ins.

**About you**

You'll be someone who can see the bigger picture and have the visionary skill to be able to help develop the service further.

You must have supervisory experience within the social care sector, understanding the intricacies and challenges involved.

You will need to be flexible and organised, with a positive approach. Attention to detail, and good Microsoft Word and Excel skills would also be beneficial.

You must be a driver with a manual licence, as you will be driving service vehicles.

**About us**

MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.

We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

**Pay and Rewards**

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

- Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
- Workplace Pension scheme - MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
- MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
- Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
- MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
- Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
- MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
- MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
- Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
- Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)

**How to apply**

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**COVID-19 Information**

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