Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: The Trees, Deveron Way, Hinckley, LE10 0XD
Worker Category: Fixed-Term
Salary: Grade 9; £31,074 – £33,294 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week (Must be able to work flexibly and participate in a work rota and work weekends and bank holidays between the hours of 7am-10pm) Including sleep in’s – Good rate of pay per night.
Contract Type: Post one – Fixed term – Immediate start – until 31 March 2025
Closing Date: 27th December 2024
Interview Date(s): TBC
N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a direct difference to people’s lives?
Our friendly team at The Trees Short Breaks are seeking a Care Services Team Leader to join us.
The Trees provides support across a purpose-built short breaks / respite unit in Hinckley, supporting adults with learning disability, Autism, Physical disabilities and Sensory impairments.
This is a great opportunity for a motivated, enthusiastic and experienced carer who wants to work as part of our management team, to provide person centred care, and make a difference to individual’s lives.
About the Role
If you are a confident person with previous managerial experience of supporting adults with Learning Disabilities and related health needs, then this role could be perfect for you! We are looking for dynamic and compassionate individual’s ready to take on a new challenge who can help us to continue delivering high quality care and support to adults with learning differences (disability).
Line manage a team of support staff, providing regular, high-quality supervision, acting as the first point of contact for advice and ensuring that staff are provided with the continuing professional development staff need, to excel in their role.
You will help us maintain high quality services through effective audit systems and ensure we deliver outcome focussed care and support. You will have the skills to identify risks complete risk assessments and have knowledge a good knowledge of safeguarding procedures.
You will provide direct care and support to people who use our services and have the ability to motivate and support our committed team and promote the right values and celebrate individuality and diversity.
You will be responsible for the safe storage, organisation, administration and documentation of Medication at the establishment in adherence with departmental policies and procedures
You will work in accordance with Leicestershire County Council’s Employee Code of Conduct, Skills for Care Code of Conduct for Adult Social Care Workers.
We will provide the training and you will have a team behind you to mentor, coach and support your journey.
We will meet the training costs and the DBS enhanced check (Adults Barred List) for a regulated activity required for this post.
About You
To apply for this post, you must be able to meet all the following:
* Demonstrate a commitment to providing high quality care and support, and maximising independence.
* Be responsive to meet the changing needs of a 24/7 service. Must be able to work flexibly and participate in a staff rota that incorporates working weekends and bank holidays.
* Can assist with the moving and handling of people using available equipment.
* Have supervisory/managerial experience OR suitable level of experience in a social care setting.
* Have the ability to analyse information to be able to reach defensible decisions (demonstrating the use of risk management tools);
* Be able to manage the referral process for the support service, assessing new referrals and making joint decisions with Registered Manager regarding placements.
* Demonstrate sound regulatory knowledge on the Fundamental Standards set by the Care Quality Commission.
We’d also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Name: Phil Hutchinson (Care Services Manager)
Telephone: 0116 3056662
Email: phil.hutchinson@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal:
By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.
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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .