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Team Leader - Dementia Day Opportunities
| Posting date: | 01 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £21,961.87 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £21961.87 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 May 2026 |
| Location: | Rugby, CV21 3QE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0136-26-0007 |
Summary
Job Title-Team Leader Dementia Day Opportunities Hours-31 hours per week Base-Rugby Reporting Line-Services Manager Summary of post- The post holder will provide effective day to day support to a team of Support Workers, ensuring the safe, person centred, and high quality delivery of activities for people living with dementia. They will oversee the coordination of the service, maintain high operational standards, and support staff performance and wellbeing. They will also develop and maintain local relationships, promote the service, and increase the uptake of privately funded clients to support long term sustainability and growth. Key activities and main responsibilities- -To oversee the smooth running of Dementia Day Opportunities sessions, ensuring activities are well planned, aligned to the services core principles meaningful, and responsive to the needs and abilities of attendees. -To provide clear operational guidance to staff, ensuring consistent delivery of high quality, person centred support and ensuring appropriate staffing and cover across core hours. - To ensure all client assessments, reviews, and related documentation are completed accurately and in a timely manner. -To provide supervision to support workers, including regular check ins, clear communication, timely follow up, and annual appraisals. - To support staff development through coaching, training, and modelling best practice in dementia inclusive approaches ensuring workforce capacity meets service demand. - To proactively monitor performance, including attendance levels, staffing and capacity, taking early action to address shortfalls. - To oversee the accurate and consistent use of internal databases and systems, data entry and using dashboards to optimise service delivery and reporting. - To deal promptly and appropriately with issues relating to attendees, including safeguarding concerns and complaints. - To actively promote the Dementia Day Opportunities service through building strong relationships with local partners, community groups, health professionals, and referral pathways. - To identify opportunities to increase the uptake of privately funded clients - To raise awareness of the service through outreach, events, and local engagement. - To portray a positive image of the organisation both internally and externally, and set high standards of personal integrity and professionalism, leading by example. - To ensure all staff adhere to AUKCW policies, procedures, and quality standards at all times. - To undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required, consistent with the nature and grade of the post. All staff have an individual responsibility to comply with the organisations policies and practices.