Team Leader - Gateshead, United Kingdom - Livability

Livability

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Gateshead, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About us
Livability North East supports people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health needs across Newcastle and Gateshead. Supported Living and Community based support enabling people to live life to the full.

A_re you the Team Leader we are looking for? Do you have the passion, talent, skills and care experiences that can make it all add up for the people we support?_**
Purpose of the role:To oversee the day to day running of the services you are allocated to, this includes:

Ensuring the rotas are in place to meet contract hours and meet the people we support needs
Ensuring that support records are accurately maintained
Ensuring that accident/incident records are completed as and when required

To support our delivery teams with:

Providing direct supervision to support staff in line with staff allocation
Providing onsite coaching and mentoring to staff

To contribute to the development of the services by:

Promoting and supporting inclusion throughout the service, identifying and discussing employment and leisure opportunities in the community
Developing plans to ensure that the people we support are active citizens in their community.

To maintain effective Communication by:

Developing and maintaining effective communication systems within the service.
Supporting regular team meetings

A bit about the role:
40 hours per week, 32 hours in service delivery and 8 hours per week administration duties. Weekend On Call duties on a rota basis.
We are looking for a Team Leader for our services for adults with learning disabilities, in Whickham.

Supporting the management of support for 7 adults who live in their own homes and who have differing levels of support, this role is best suited to someone who likes variety and is very sociable and outgoing.

You must be able to adapt your communication, approach and work focus to suit the needs of each of the individuals.

The role involves supporting people with household tasks, budgeting, meal planning, food shopping, meal preparation, medication, community access and increasing the activities people take part in.

The role will involve travel around the area to support people to access activities of interest or to attend appointments.

We are looking for positive and experienced staff who can join our team and community based in Whickham.

You'll need a good attention to detail and be good at planning and prioritising tasks to ensure everyone's support needs are met.

You must also have good communication skills to support the team.

This is a service we want to develop so we are likely to see new people arriving into the service.

Experience of working with people with learning disabilities, autism or communication challenges would be beneficial. You must be able to do sleep-in night shifts.

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