What you will be doing
You will join an inclusive, supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions.
Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will use your excellent communication skills and experience as a Team Leader with a background in Learning Disabilities & Autism to provide care and support people through their care pathway.It can be quite a challenging environment at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important. But it is hugely rewarding to see people improve because of you; being able to do something today that they couldn’t do last week.You will be working nights on a 3-week rolling rota. There are a mixture of shift lengths from 7.5 hour to 8.5 hours (including weekends).
As a Team Leader you will have:
1. Ideally have or working towards NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care
2. Hold a valid UK driving licence (preferred to assist with community visits)
3. Have strong empathy and a caring and compassionate nature
4. Be willing to support residents with personal hygiene
5. Have excellent people and communication skills, and a good sense of humour
6. Deal with challenging behaviours
7. Have a positive and professional approach
8. Be reliable, flexible, hard-working and honest
9. Be local or within commutable distance
10. Proficient in using computer and microsoft excel
You must live in the UK and have the Right to Work in the UK full time. 20-hour Student and Skilled Worker Visa's cannot be accepted.
Where you will be working:
You will work at Bradley Apartments, a specialist service for men and women living with complex needs who may have a primary diagnosis of learning disability, mental health issue or personality disorder.
You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to support people who display behaviours of concern and pose challenges for services, including those with highly complex and severe challenging behaviour.
Bradley Apartments is located in Bradley, Grimsby, and North East Lincolnshire. The location provides a more relaxed local environment than a busy inner-city setting, which supports service users engaging in their therapeutic programme, thus increasing the pace of recovery and speeding up discharge.
What you will get:
11. Annual salary of £27,664
12. The equivalent of 33 days annual leave– plus your birthday off!
13. Free meals and parking in local streets.
14. Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance
15. Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals
16. Pension contribution to secure your future
17. Life Assurance for added peace of mind
18. Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.