Team Leader

Team Leader

Coleford

Salary: £16,174 per annum

If you're flexible, motivated, enthusiastic, and have a caring and supportive attitude towards vulnerable people then this job is perfect for you.

We are looking for enthusiastic, creative and motivated people to lead a team of staff to support people living within their own self-contained apartments.  Bank Street is a modern and enjoyable environment to live and work in.  If we are going to make a difference to people’s lives, both staff and the people we support have to feel valued and respected. We want you to have fun and enjoy yourself at work so that you can be spontaneous and flexible with the people we support and the people you work with.  If you are passionate about leading a team of staff supporting people to achieve better lives, you will want to come and join us.

Team Leader – Job Purpose:
To lead a team of Care and Support Workers, ensuring that people are effectively supported in accordance with their individual care and support plans.  You will ensure that people being supported are safe, cared for and treated with dignity and respect and free from abuse, harm or inappropriate treatment.

Team Leader – Essential Qualifications:
• QCF Diploma Level 2/NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent)
• Prepared to work towards QCF Diploma Level 3/NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent)
Desirable
• QCF Diploma Level 3 or NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care (or equivalent)

Team Leader – Skills & Knowledge:
Essential
• Demonstrate ability to respect the choice, dignity and rights of individuals
• Practical care and support skills
• Sensitive to the needs of older people living with a dementia
• Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of older people and how to support them to lead valued lives in the community
• Good leadership skills
• Good IT skills
• Ability to deal with complaints or difficult issues
• Knowledge of health and safety issues within the workplace
• Literacy skills (for report writing), verbal skills (for communication) and numeracy skills (for budgeting)
• Planning and organisational skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to respect the choice, dignity and rights of individuals
• Ability to make informed judgements
Desirable
• To recognise and cope with stress, both in self and others.
• Coaching and counselling skills
• Knowledge of welfare benefits that people may access.
• Knowledge of using online care and support systems

Team Leader – Experience Required:
Essential
• Experience of working in a care and support setting.
• Working as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how discrimination may be experienced by minority groups.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how discrimination may be experienced by minority groups due to disability, sex, age, ethnic origin or sexual orientation.
• Developing and recording care and support plans and risk assessments.
Desirable
• Experience of emotionally connecting to people.
• Experience of caring for and supporting people living with a dementia or who have physical and or mental health disability to lead valued lives in the community.
• Experience of supporting people with a Learning Disability
• Experience of staff recruitment and selection.

This post won’t be commencing until April 2015

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