Team/House Leader, L'Arche Highland
ABOUT THE ROLE
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £28,429.44 or £29,568.24 if you hold a suitable qualification
Reports to: Registered Manager
Place of work: L’Arche Highland Community, Rosie Lovat House
Contract type: Permanent, Full-time
Closing date: Monday, 28th July at 9:30am
Notes: This position is best suited for candidates already located in the Inverness and the Highland area.
Main purpose of the role:
We are seeking a passionate Team/House Leader to provide day-to-day line management to Support Workers and a Depute House Leader, supporting and mentoring them to take ownership and reach their full potential.
As a Team/House Leader you will:
- Plan and organise the safe delivery of all support and care for adults with learning disabilities (known internally as 'core members') by the team of Support Workers providing the supported living and/or care at home service while ensuring appropriate recording of incidents, near misses, accidents and medication and core members’ finances are administered in accordance with L’Arche policies and procedures.
- Ensure person centred support is delivered in way to promote independence, social engagement and wellbeing (including spiritual needs where applicable).
- Undertake regular team meetings, supervision, probation and appraisal meetings and also participation in recruitment short-listing, interviews and induction of new Support Workers.
- Liaise with the Registered Manager in actions to resolve more serious issues and to deliver improvements.
Person Centred Support
You will:
- Oversee a team of care and support workers who will provide high-quality support to people with learning disabilities in line with L’Arche values, policies and procedures.
- Provide supportive and enabling leadership modelling best practice and in line with the Health and Social Care Standards and SSSC Code of Practice.
- Develop and maintain a positive culture to ensure that core members are empowered to make choices and take control over their lives, balancing the individual’s right to make choices and take reasonable risks, and their need to maintain a safe and healthy lifestyle
Support of people with learning disabilities
You will:
- Manage a team of care and support workers who provide direct care and support to adults with learning disabilities
- Ensure core members’ needs, wishes and outcomes as described in their Support Plans are achieved through ensuring that high quality person-centred support is provided at all times, and that these plans are reviewed updated in accordance with policy and external standards.
ABOUT L'ARCHE HIGHLAND
L’Arche Highland has been in Inverness since 1975 and we are a community of people with and without learning disabilities as well as a professional support and care provider.
We are part of a global network of communities where people with and without learning disabilities live and share in life together, working for a world where we all belong.
We currently have five houses where people are supported to live as part of their wider neighbourhood, as well as our well-regarded workshops. We also support people to live in their own properties.
As well as joining our friendly Community, where you will be well supervised and supported, and benefit from L'Arche mentorship program, there 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.
- 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
- Access to the Bike to Work scheme
A full job description and person specification can be found in the Recruitment Pack.
To apply, please submit your CV and answer the questions from our online application form.
The closing date is: Monday, 28th July at 9:30am
We encourage you not to wait until the closing date to submit your application, as we may begin interviewing strong candidates before then.
We also reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive enough suitable applications.
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