Description

Title: Team Leader

Contract Type: Permanent Full Time (37 hours per week)

Persona: Site Based

Location: Witham, Essex

Salary: £21,386 - £22,655 per annum (depending on experience)

We are currently seeking an experienced Team Leader to join our Nightingale Close team, providing support for people with learning disabilities in our 24-hour residential care home.

Working with individuals who have learning disabilities and other complex needs, we follow the ethos of Positive Behaviour Support, engaging individuals in active support and focussing on community participation. Communication is a large part of the work we do, and it is important you value and support our work to improve communication with those who are non-verbal or have limited communication.

As the Team Leader you will assist the Locality Manager with the operational delivery of the scheme and will be responsible for supervising and motivating a team of support workers to provide person centred care and support services for individuals living in the service. You will also assist with managing the financial and administrative procedures of the scheme on a day to day basis.

As a requirement of the role you will be working on a rota basis including weekends.

To be successful in the role you will have:

• Experience of working with individuals with learning disabilities and other complex needs in a CQC registered care home environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an understanding of positive behaviour support and proven ability to work in a person-centred way
• Experience supervising and motivating staff to deliver person centred care and support
• Working knowledge of CQC regulations, care standards and safeguarding procedures

Why work for L&Q Living?

• We offer excellent benefits including 21 days annual leave, season ticket loan, employee discount scheme and a health and wellbeing program.
• You will be joining a department which scored a trust rating of 78% from our recent Great Places to Work survey, with 88% of our staff also saying that we have put them first during the Coronavirus pandemic.
• Being part of a large housing association means that you have the opportunity of career progression throughout the organisation. Many of our employees move to positions across other parts of the business such as care and support, customer service or housing. So, joining L&Q Living means that you are joining a company that offers a range of opportunities.

If you are interested in this role and have the experience required, then apply without delay!

For this post the successful candidate will need to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service certificate (DBS) to enable them to work within the team. Further information about the Disclosure scheme can be found at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-public-bodies/dbs/

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