Team Leader/senior Support Worker - Wallsend, United Kingdom - Lifeways

Lifeways
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Wallsend, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Team Leader, Newcastle upon Tyne
Are you looking for an empowering and rewarding career where you can help people to lead their most independent lives?


The Lifeways Group in
Newcastle Upon Tyne are currently looking to expand their fantastic team in our local residential services.


ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Job Purpose:


  • To work with the Service Manager to oversee a supported living service, ensuring that systems and standards are maintained to a high quality.
  • To ensure compliance with all external regulatory standards.
  • To provide support and supervision of Support Workers within the identified team.

Key Responsibilities:


  • To support and supervise the delivery of person centred services to all people using the service
  • To support the Service Manager in the completion of accurate rota and timesheet information
  • To promote and support the health and safety of both people using the service and support staff
  • To ensure that the actions of all staff directly supporting people using the service support their care, protection and wellbeing
  • To develop own knowledge and practice relative to continuous service improvement
  • To provide support and supervision to Area Office Support Workers, to ensure effective and efficient person centred service delivery.

Essential Experience and Qualifications


Ideally you will hold an NVQ / SVQ 3 or a QCF level 3 award certificate or diploma in Health and Social Care or equivalent, and have relevant experience preferably within the relevant field.

You will have supervisory responsibilities therefore previous management/supervisory experience is essential.


In this role you will be required to be highly flexible and participate in the 24 hour on-call rotational system providing management support to staff and person-centred approaches to the people who use our service.


Job Type:
Permanent


Salary:
£10.09 per hour


Benefits:


  • Onsite parking

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Night shift
  • Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Wallsend: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

- providing care: 1 year (preferred)

- supervisory: 1 year (preferred)


Licence/Certification:

  • Driving Licence (preferred)
  • NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)

Work Location:
One location


Reference ID:

LWGHM
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