Locality Leader / Care Team Leader

Locality Leader / Care Team Leader, L'Arche Kent

ABOUT THE ROLE

Reports to: Care and Support Coordinator/Registered Manager

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week (up to 29.5 hours dedicated to management and leadership tasks, remaining hours providing care and support work) 

Salary: £30,890.08 rising to £32,273.28 in year two

Place of work: St. Stephen’s Locality Community houses Canterbury; L’Arche Kent office

Contract type: full-time, permanent

Closing date: Friday, 3 January 2025 at 23:59

Main purpose of the role:

As a Locality Leader, you will be required to guide the service in authentically living the Mission and Values of L'Arche, undertake delegated duties and tasks given by the Care and Support Coordinator/Registered Manager while creating a sense of community and belonging in line with L’Arche values. 

You will lead and manage a service for 4 people with a learning disability and a team of 11 Support Assistants, across two supported living houses in a walkable distance in Canterbury in line with best practices in the delivery of care and support to people with a learning disability and the requirements of the L'Arche policy, Care Quality Commission [CQC] and commissioners while complying with all the policies of L’Arche Community, both written and spoken. 

This role requires experience in Social Care as while performing Support Assistant duties you will support people with learning disabilities living in a variety of settings, in line with agreed support and care plans, in all aspects of their everyday lives.

As a Locality Leader / Care Team Leader you will be part of a caring and committed team and have opportunities for fun, personal and professional development, and friendship in the process. 

You may have experience in the following roles: Supported Living Manager, Learning Disability Team Leader, Autism Support Manager, Care Team Manager, Residential Home Manager, Registered Manager, Support Manager, Service Manager, Deputy Care Manager, Learning Disability Service Manager, Community Support Manager, Social Care Team Leader,  etc.

As well as joining a friendly Community, where you will be well supervised and supported, and benefit from L’Arche’s mentorship programme, these are some other benefits you get by working for us:

• Joining shared meals since cooking and having a meal together is what we are all about
• Achieve professional qualifications while benefiting from exceptional training and development opportunities
• Paid sick pay, up to a maximum of 7wks (depending on length of service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption/Surrogacy, and Paternity Pay (depending on length of service, details available on request)
• Interest free loans and salary advances available
• Free eye tests and a contribution towards the cost of glasses if you need them for work
• Free DBS / PVG checks
• Free SSSC registration
• Free Blue Light Card
• Professional membership fees paid if they are directly relevant to your role
• Free Employee Assistance Programme available to everyone
• Up to 5 days paid compassionate leave
• Up to 6 days paid (pro rata) for time off for emergency dependents leave
• Carer and Childminder costs available in some circumstances to facilitate attendance at residential meetings
• Paid mileage costs at HMRC rate
• Working from Home Allowance for those in office-based roles but for whom no office is provided
• Specialist bereavement counselling for employees and their family members
• Free Life Assurance up to 4 times gross annual salary
• Access to the Bike to Work scheme.

Key essential criteria:

• Ability to work with people with learning disabilities in a Person-Centred way, to develop relationships and to facilitate their empowerment. 
• Ability to support and built relationships with people who express behaviours of distress and concern.
• Ability to lead, inspire, motivate, develop and delegate to a team, working flexibly to allow the strengths of others to be utilised. 
• Level 3 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care (Adults) for England; or other equivalent relevant professional qualification.
• Ability to work under pressure, set priorities and meet deadlines.

ABOUT L'ARCHE KENT

We are people with and without learning disability, on a mission to build a world where everyone belongs. As a movement of life-sharing Communities, we help each other live full and empowered lives, enriched with belonging, kindness, creativity, fun and joy. We seek every opportunity to celebrate the gifts and contributions of people with learning disabilities. And we look to grow by building mutual relationships across our diversity and differences, and to work together for a more human society. 

L’Arche Kent is the oldest of the 11 UK L’Arche communities, calling Canterbury a home since 1974. Our Community includes currently 27 people with learning disabilities, who we support at home, as well as volunteers, friends, neighbours and L’Arche assistants. Some of the people we support choose to live in their own flat, others prefer to share their home with one or more housemates who have a learning disability and perhaps with L'Arche assistants as well. 

A full job description and person specification can be found in the Recruitment Pack.

To apply, please read the full job description and person specification, submit your CV, and answer the questions from our online application form. 

Closing date: Friday, 3 January 2025, at 23:59

Interviews will take place on the week commencing: 6 January, 2024. Please do not wait until the close date to submit your application, as we may interview suitable candidates before that date.

Interviews will ideally be conducted face-to-face. However, for the right candidate, a first interview via Teams may be considered. Please note that there is an expectation to visit the service as part of the process.

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