Team Leader - Bristol, United Kingdom - Aspirations Support

Aspirations Support

Verified Company

Bristol, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Job Description:
Team Leader (Supported Living)

Reporting to:
Supported Living Manager

Line Management - Senior Support Workers, Support Workers (Supported Living)

Are you looking to take the next step within your career in Support? Do you hold at least 12 months experience within a Senior support role (ideally within Supported Living), but you are now thinking about further progression? Would you consider yourself a natural leader with a positive attitude ready to tackle any challenges that you are presented with? Do you work efficiently and effectively whilst alone, comfortably take the lead and make crucial decisions, yet equally as well within a team? If the answer is yes then this could be the role for you We are now recruiting for a Team Leader to join our wonderful work family here at Aspirations Support.

We are looking for individuals who have drive, commitment, passion and determination to make a difference to people's lives.

Your role as a Team Leader will require you to effectively support and lead the staff team to ensure that an outstanding quality of support is provided.

Key Duties

To support all staff in your designated division, ensuring they are equipped to provide to service users a high quality of care and support in line with the requirements of their job descriptions by:
Acquiring and promoting to all staff, through everyday practices, a good working knowledge of:
Company vision
Company policies, procedures and processes, best practice principles and safe practice approaches including personcentred approaches, positive risk assessment, safeguarding practices and processes and also the promotion of principles of The Mental Capacity Act.
Presenting exemplary conduct
Providing regular staff supervision (every 812 weeks)
Ensuring staff are trained and equipped to do their jobs (in conjunction with Training Manager)
Monitoring of house systems and procedures including paperwork systems and practical approaches taken by staff to ensure high quality service delivery.
Reporting of any problems / barriers to the provision of highquality support services to appropriate persons and /or line management.
Representation of divisional concerns at 'Integrated Care Meeting' and also supervision and other team meetings where issues and improvement actions can be discussed and improvement actions agreed.
Sharing of On Call Duties (principally standby but also calls answering if/when required)
Supporting the Operations Manager and Rota Coordinator in the area of staff scheduling (rota) by providing accurate information which will ensure a holistic and effective approach is taken to scheduling staff in supported living houses across the division.
Supporting and assisting the Supported Living Manager, Operations Manager and Care Manager to deliver any / all necessary improvement actions across the division.
Contributing to Q/A (Quality Assurance) spot checking and reporting across the division.
Contributing to incident investigation across the division.
Contributing to Staffing Level Analysis and Recruitment across the division.
Providing additional Staff Instruction and support as required for staff in the division.

Essential Skills

Minimum of 12 months experience within a Senior Support role (Ideally within a Supported Living setting)
To have enthusiasm, a positive outlook and a passion for Support
To hold a clean driving licence/vehicle and have the willingness to transport service users in own car
To be happy to undertake Personal care duties where required

Desirable Skills