Care Team Leader
| Posting date: | 09 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £12.59 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 June 2024 |
| Location: | Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 5AG |
| Company: | Caretech |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 10079 |
Summary
CareTech is a person-centred Care Company, which provides quality of care to adults. We enable adults with complex needs to make their own life choices, and to develop confidence and independence to live, learn, thrive and engage, building a better future.
We are looking for a Care Team Leader to work within our growing Supported living team.
A key purpose of the job is to act as a role model, to staff ,so that they are encouraged to understand the people we are supporting, take pride in providing the practical and emotional care that enables the individual service users to lead a good quality of life.
We refer to this as Extraordinary Days, Every Day.
*£500 Recommend A Friend Bonus
Our service supports people with autism, learning disabilities, mental health illness and neurological conditions up and down the UK. We want people to live as independently as possible and to continue to offer that outstanding level of support we need people like you to join us and help to improve the lives of our service users. You will be responsible for enriching people’s lives, enjoy having a positive impact on their wellbeing and take pride in knowing you are a part of something bigger.
Key Skills
- 12 Months Experience in a Caring environment
- To supervise the day to day delivery of care, to ensure service user needs are met and manage service in absence of Manager.
- To be responsible for the care, welfare and safety of service users and health and safety of staff.
- Coordinate the service and participate in reviews, reassessing the changing of person centred support plans to ensure they are up to date and in line with individuals needs.
- Undertake regular supervisions with staff.
- Act as a skills coach for staff and chair regular team meetings.
- To participate when required in the recruitment of staff within an equal opportunities framework.
- Health & Social Care Level 3 Qualification
- Good communication skills, allowing you to engage & interact with our Service Users
- Ability to keep calm under pressure
- Confidence to work alone and also be part of a team (family)
- Passionate about making a difference to someone else life
- Good written skills
Company Values
- Friendly, passionate and caring nature
- Positive, pleasant and approachable
- Empowering others to develop and live fulfilling lives
- Person Centred, allowing our children to explore & utilise their own strengths
- Innovative, by using or showing new methods and ideas
Rewards & Benefits
- *£500 Recommend A Friend Bonus
- *Blue Light Card
- Up to 28 Days Holiday
- Full induction programme to Care Certificate Standards
- Dedicated learning & development programmes
- We provide free training to achieve qualification in Social Care
- Access to a wide range of free online courses for all staff on a variety of topics for self-development of your career
- Free DBS Check
- Stakeholder Pension
- Free Employee Assistance Programme
- Annual Employee Awards Evening
- Employee Recognition Schemes
- Career progression within the company
- CareTech Foundation – Opportunity to apply for family and friend’s grants
Successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure prior to commencement of employment, the disclosure expense will be met by the employer.
If you have not heard from us within 14 days please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. Please do not hesitate to apply for other suitable roles in the future.
*T&C’s paid following the successful completion of a 6-month probation period