TEAM LEADER – Adults Residential Care – Starting from £35,940
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31st May 2025 | |
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starting from £35,940 | |
Are you an experienced RSW with shift lead experience, or a Team Leader within a Residential Setting?
You will be working as a Team Leader in our 12 bedded Adults residential service in the heart of Derby Centre. You will be caring for Young Adults between the ages of 17 – 65. The service provides complex care and support for individuals who have severe learning disabilities, acquired brain injuries and complex health needs who require 24-hour specialist care and support.
About the Role
As a Team Leader in our 12 bedded Young Adults residential service in the heart of Derby Centre. You will be caring for Young Adults between the ages of 18 – 65. The service provides care and support for individuals who have severe learning disabilities, acquired brain injuries and complex health needs who require 24-hour specialist care and support.
You will assist the management team in maintaining a safe and enabling environment that provides positive experiences to children and young people. Managing the health needs of our young people forms a significant part of the service that we provide and are firmly committed to meeting the very unique and individual health care needs of our young people. Our home provides a safe and nurturing environment where preconceptions are challenged and young people are encouraged to be the best that they can be and to live life to its fullest.
Shift Details:
This is a hands’ on, shift based role. You will be leading the shift and supervising staff whilst still providing direct support to the young people in your care. You will be contracted to working 38 hours per week, covering various shifts – 7am – 2pm, 2pm – 10pm or long days and your rota will include working at weekends.
Key Responsibilities of a Team Leader:
Maintain a safe, caring, and consistent environment for young adults
Ensuring that RSW staff are adequately supported in their personal development and training so that they can actively participate and deliver in meeting all agency standards as assessed by CQC.
Ensuring that the healthcare, educational and welfare needs of the young people are consistently being met as a consequence of adequate daily management instruction and supervision by the RSW staff.
To promote and engage in positive relationships with Local Authorities and other agencies.
To assist the Registered Manager in conducting the RSW supervisions, performance reviews and appraisals of staff.
To support the management team with weekly/monthly rotas, auditing and record monitoring
Deliver sensitive, high-quality support tailored to individual needs
Empower individuals to achieve personal goals, build confidence, and gain independence
Promote equality and diversity, and assist in the service’s smooth operation
Support individuals’ health and educational needs
Encourage the development of life skills for independence
Plan and participate in leisure activities
Act as a keyworker, supporting individual care plans
Follow all policies, procedures, and legislative requirements
Participate in ongoing professional development
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