Care Services Team Leader
| Posting date: | 03 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 02 August 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE18 1AR |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5643 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Waterlees Supported Living, Aylestone Lane, Wigston, LE18 1AR
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: Grade 9; £31,074 - £33,294 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Working Hours: One x 22.5 hours (Must be able to work flexibly and participate in a work rota and work weekends and bank holidays when required)
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 17th July 2025
Interview Date(s): 24th July 2025
N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a direct difference to people’s lives?
About the Role
We are looking for people with supervisory or managerial experience who can help us to continue delivering high-quality care and support to adults with learning differences (disability) in our Supported Living service at Waterlees Court.
You will help us maintain high-quality services through effective audit systems and ensure we deliver outcome-focused care and support. You will have the skills to identify risks and have knowledge a good knowledge of safeguarding procedures.
You will provide direct care and support to people who use our services. You will also be able to motivate and support our committed team, promote the right values, and celebrate individuality and diversity.
You will work in accordance with Leicestershire County Council’s Employee Code of Conduct, Skills for Care Code of Conduct for Adult Social Care Workers.
We will provide the training, and you will have a team behind you to mentor, coach and support your journey.
We will meet the training costs and the DBS enhanced check (Adults Barred List) for a regulated activity required for this post.
About You
To apply for this post, you must be able to meet all the following:
- Demonstrate a commitment to providing high-quality care and support, and maximising independence;
- Be responsive to meet the changing needs of a 24/7 service. Must be able to work flexibly and participate in a staff rota that incorporates working weekends and bank holidays;
- Have the ability to assist with the moving and handling of people using available equipment;
- Have a suitable level of experience in a supervisory or managerial position in a social care setting.
- Have the ability to analyse information to be able to reach defensible decisions (demonstrating the use of risk management tools);
- Demonstrate sound regulatory knowledge on the Fundamental Standards set by the Care Quality Commission.
We’d also expect you to share our commitment to our values, and we will ask you to provide evidence when you demonstrate them during the interview process.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees in balancing their working lives with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances while still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Name: Alan Butcher, Care Services Manager
Telephone: 01163055884
Email: Alan.butcher@leics.gov.uk
Or
Name: Sharon Duffus (Resourcing Co-ordinator)
Telephone: 01163051595
Email: Sharon.duffus@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click ‘Apply Now’. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application, which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
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