Team Leader - Leigh-on-Sea, United Kingdom - ivolve Care and Support

ivolve Care and Support

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Leigh-on-Sea, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Vacancy Location:
Leigh On Sea, Essex

Shifts:
Monday - Sunday on a rota basis

Pay Rate:
£23,010.00 per annum (based on 37.5 hours per week)

Sponsorship:
This service does not provide support for Sponsorship at this time

About You
You're a natural leader and organiser. You inspire your team to be the best they can be, and you're warm and approachable too.

Most of all you're passionate, kind and resilient. These are our values and they're at the heart of the way we do things.

You'll show your team our values in action and inspire and motivate them to do the same.

With your experience in care and your passion for purpose, you can join our team and make a difference every day.

Who We Are
We're here to support people to flourish in a place they call home. We're one of the largest providers of adult social care with over 3,600 colleagues supporting 1,100 people. Our approach is all about activities and co-production with the people we support.

We work with them to design and plan what we do - so we can create the best experiences together.

And we're on a mission to benefit even more people with our uncompromising quality of care and support. It's the professional expertise and passion of our team that makes us different. We genuinely care and we love supporting people to set and then reach their goals. Because every person deserves the very best experience - every day.

Role Responsibilities

Person-Led Care

You'll support adults with lots of different needs such as learning disabilities and autism
You'll support them to flourish in a place they call home. You'll empower the people we support to be ambitious and live fulfilled lives
You'll give highquality support tailored to people's needs
You'll be a leader of one of our teams, inspiring them to be the best they can be
You'll manage the service when the manager is away, creating a culture that allows for learning and fun
You will carry out audits for the Registered Manager and make sure any feedback and improvements are carried out
And of course, you'll follow our procedures, so we give consistent, safe and reliable care and support
Our approach is all about coproduction with the people we support. So you'll work with them to design and plan things and create the best experiences together. You'll build and nourish relationships
Each person has a care plan that you'll help to create and monitor to ensure safe practices. You'll make sure you understand individual needs so that personled care is at the heart of what you do
You'll help the people we support to develop life skills, make choices and reach their potential for independence. Help them to feel included in the community
Support people to join in with social, leisure, educational and employment activities. Help them to enjoy holidays and day trips
Communicate in a clear and suitable way

Great Planning & Leadership

Organise and coordinate the assessment of care plans to make sure they meet the needs of the people we support
Organise the team so that tasks are completed. Supervising them formally when asked by your manager
Assess and support your team so we deliver brilliant quality every day
Solve problems and delegate tasks, so we run our service effectively
You'll process finances and manage medication orders
Check people are getting involved and enjoying their activity plans
Coach the team to work in a way that demonstrates an understanding and commitment to the rights of people with complex needs
Manage attendance, annual leave and absences
Authorise timesheets
Plan rotas to meet service standards
Work with your manager if there are any challenges for cover, attendance, or conduct
Follow disciplinary procedures with fairness

Deliver Great Standards

Provide personal care including support with continence needs; health and medication needs; handling personal possessions; finances and documents; shopping. Help them to have good levels of personal and environmental hygiene
Make sure all medical needs are met and help people to advocate their own needs and wishes
Make sure the environment is safe and secure. Promote dignity
Manage behaviours using our strategies and procedures set out in the care plans, and review these regularly
Have the highest integrity when you deal with personal and financial affairs
Look after people's personal property and clothing, reporting any extra needs to your manager
Maintaining financial records
Cleaning and maintaining equipment
Report accidents or infectious illnesses for you or a person we support immediately
Report any faulty appliances, damaged furniture, equipment, or any potential hazard
After training administer medication. Deal with medical emergencies appropriately
Act as brand ambassadors for the organisation

Work as a Team