Additional Salary information: 10% Night worker allowance

Working hours: 20 Hours per week over 2 nights per week 

Interview Date: To be confirmed

We are looking to recruit a compassionate, collaborative and engaging individuals who, as our Team Leader - Nights, you will help each resident enjoy the highest possible quality of life, surrounded by love, friendship and support within a Christian environment, while ensuring the Home delivers excellent person-centred care and providing effective leadership to the care staff within your team.

You will also contribute to person-centred assessment planning, implementation and review and put into practice person-centred care, including for residents with dementia, plus support independence in the tasks of daily living and share in the safe selection, recruitment and retention of staff to develop a quality service.

You will take part in an audit schedule in line with your role, Supervising, appraising and supporting a small team of night care assistants to ensure that the home is meeting the individual needs and preferences of resident is a vital element of this role, as is taking responsibility for the continuing professional development of yourself and the staff you are responsible for. You will also need to take part in a weekly Team leader meeting to assist with continuity of care and the flow of communication (this can be remotely or on site)

To be successful, you will be an experienced Care Worker and be able to manage your own workload. You will also need to have:

• Experience of providing care for older people in a residential setting, including people
  living with dementia and very frail older people
• Experience of end of life care and managing the administration of medication
• Proven record of leading a team and having responsibility for a service
• Outstanding leadership, relationship-building and interpersonal abilities
• Appropriate Social Care or Nursing qualification achieved equivalent to, or working towards, Level 3 Diploma/NVQ 3 in Care
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Impressive interpersonal, influencing and relationship-building skills
• The ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, with occasional residential work

In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.

In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.

Appointment subject to satisfactory references, health assessment, proof of right to work in the UK and Access NI

Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.