Night Team Leader

**Key Responsibilities**

- To act as the person in charge of the home out of office hours or in the absence of the General or Assistant General Manager ensuring that legislation is adhered to and standards are maintained.
- To provide the highest level of personal care and attention to residents, following individual care plans carefully and ensuring that all contact is polite, friendly, warm and supportive. To act as a key worker for a named group of residents, ensuring thatthese responsibilities are carried out in full.
- Responsible for; understanding and complying with statutory and legal requirements that are relevant, including; Health & Safety, COSHH, all aspects of the Health & Social Care Act to ensure that all care teams and other staff maintain a safe environmentthroughout the home. Understand and have an awareness of Infection Control.
- To participate in the formulation of individual care plans for each resident and administer medication to residents as prescribed, accurately maintaining appropriate records for both.
- To always be alert to residents physical and mental well being, immediately dealing with and reporting any changes in a resident’s condition. Liaising with other care professionals as required, and ensuring that all records are updated accurately.
- To respect and maintain confidentiality of resident’s personal information at all times, this includes resident’s behaviour and actions and any incidents that may occur in the course of day-to-day care and to ensure that all care teams and other staff understandand respect this.
- Ensure that all care teams and other staff are understanding and patient towards residents and their needs, and encourage, assist and support residents to participate in leisure activities as appropriate to the individual, ensuring their social and emotionalneeds are met. Occasionally escorting residents to outside appointments and leisure outings.
- Undertaking general care assistant duties throughout the home as needed.
- To be an active and encouraging senior member of the care team, responsible for running team meetings, ensuring good communication and leading the induction and training of newly appointed care assistants and the care home is a friendly and supportive workingenvironment.
- Participate in the sales and marketing of the home in order to maintain an adequate capacity of residents in the home with the correct ratio of skilled, trained staff.
**11.To lead the care team to support the Lifestyle team with activities. 12. To be able to undertake other tasks deemed appropriate by the General Manager. Relevant facts and figures relating to the job** Key worker to designated residents.

Formal supervision of certain employees.

**Job context** This role is a team role, with clear responsibility for specified residents along with supervising the senior care assistants and care teams. Clear communication with team members is essential as well as regular updates and communication with the GeneralManager.

**Key challenges** To supervise and support the care team, ensuring that the care home values of trust, respect and care are always maintained and that each team member treats residents in the way that they would expect to be treated themselves.

**Key measures**

Mandatory training is up to date

Supervision meeting with General Manager every 3 months

Results and feedback from home inspections and audit reports (internal and external).

**Person Specification**

Minimum of 3 years working in a caring environment

NVQ3 in Direct Care

Good numeric and literacy skills

Basic budgeting and accountancy skills

A warm and friendly disposition

Strong team player

Good communication skills, able to put others at ease

Supervisory/leadership skills

Willing to develop management skills

Reliable and punctual