Team Leader

Delivering excellent quality and outcomes for the people we support is at the heart of everything we do, and you’ll be instrumental in ensuring our high standards are met.

With the support of the registered manager you will offer support, advice and guidance to your team and coach them to develop new skills, providing regular supervision and effectively deploying resources. 

The support we provide is centred around each person’s values, preferences and needs. This includes developing daily living skills, accessing a wider community, personal care and medication needs. In this role you’ll also lead and support a team of support workers. 

A full UK manual driving licence is desirable.

Benefits 

• Basic salary £14.68 - £15.58ph
• On-going training and career development including professional qualifications  
• Contributory pension  
• We cover the cost of DBS checks  
• Rota's are planned in advance
• Access to Wagestream where you can track your basic salary and additional hours earnings throughout the month and stream (access) a portion of those earnings before your monthly pay date. You can also access a range of financial support and advice, as well as save directly from your earnings
• Shopping discounts including Blue Light card, EE perks and Costco membership  
• Successfully 'recommend a friend' to join us and you'll receive a thank-you payment  
• Access to wellbeing helplines.  
• Health Cash Plan 

You will:  

Be a confident problem solver and creative thinker with good communication skills 
Resilience to overcome challenges 
Experience working with people with a learning disability 
Experience developing skills within a team 
Previous management experience is desirable  
Relevant social care qualification 
A management qualification would be desirable

Your responsibilities:  
To empower the people we support to live the lives they want to lead 
Provide great leadership and day-to-day supervision to a team of support workers
Assist the locality manager in the supervision, coaching and mentoring of the team
Provide direct care and support to the people we support and model best practice
Co-ordinate the daily provision of support and activities for people we support to ensure the delivery of a high quality, responsive and efficient service
You’ll have finances and other resources to manage, along with legal requirements and standards of care to meet

Successful applicants for this role will require an enhanced DBS check.  

Brandon Trust work alongside people of different ability so they are able to create opportunity and feel empowered to live the life they want.  

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all sections of the community.