Purpose
Do you want the autonomy and freedom to enhance the lives of the people we support?
We have an opening for you to join us as a Team Leader within the Care and Support Team. The purpose of the role is to provide autonomous assistance to the people we support to fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion, and control.
You will be responsible for ensuring that care and support is of a high standard, focused on person-centred outcomes and delivered within budget.
You will ensure that all needs assessments, support plans and risk assessments are kept up to date. There will also be direct engagement and liaison with social workers, family members and key workers as required.
Location & Travel
Community-based
This role will be based at our Delrow Community in Watford.
About Delrow
Situated only fifteen miles from the centre of London and just outside Watford, Delrow Community combines both the rural and urban and is home to 50 adults with a range of disabilities.
Delrow Community is made up of a mixture of house and flats, 9 of which are on the Delrow estate with the other on the surrounding Hilfield Lane. Delrow offers support with accommodation to 50 adults with learning disabilities, as well as offering day placements to local people.
A fully comprehensive support package includes the choice of activities in our workshops where skills are developed, and friendships forged.
Our community is surrounded by beautiful countryside. There is a social farm, a kitchen for bakery, and creative studios.
We work in partnership with other local organisations to maximise the opportunities we can offer people to lead a life of opportunity.
Duties & Responsibilities
Main responsibilities:
* Plan and organise the delivery of care and support by your team, ensuring that there are up-to-date person-centred needs assessments, support plans and risk assessments in place that are regularly reviewed; incidents, complaints, accidents and near-misses are appropriately recorded, and there are adequate records and rotas in place to evidence the provision of support and care in accordance with contractual and regulatory expectations.
* Ensure the people you support receive care and support in accordance with their person-centred needs assessments, support plans and risk assessments to foster their wellbeing and development and fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion and control.
* Encourage and support people to maintain a clean, tidy, welcoming living environment.
* Support people to use appropriate laundry equipment enabling them to do their laundry and look after their clothing so they have suitable and clean clothing to wear.
* Plan, shop and prepare healthy and wholesome meals alongside the people you support, considering their choices and wishes.
* Support people to maintain health and well-being by assisting them to arrange and attend medical appointments.
* Support and encourage those you support to maintain an active and supportive social life considering individual choices and wishes.
* Ensure the people supported receive their housing related support by enabling them to look after their finances (developing appropriate budgeting and financial training including support to access benefits and maintain them and assist them to understand and maintain their tenancy) and assisting people to access services from the landlord including to access maintenance services and reporting non-functioning safety and security measures.
* Assist people with personal care, where the appropriate registration is in place, or arrange where required (e.g. bathing, hair washing etc).
* Liaise professionally with the parents of those you support, social workers and others to make sure that the network of support around is functioning effectively.
* Support, supervise and direct support workers to provide a high quality of care and support, making sure they complete their induction and this is recorded, have individual learning plans that are regularly reviewed and updated, are supervised regularly and supervision records kept, and conduct and record their annual review.
* Work within the organisations’ policies and procedures and actively promote the equality, diversity and the rights of the people we support.
* Undertake such other tasks as required by the Service Manager to help develop and maintain the high quality of service required.
* Undertake personal and professional development to develop an understanding of our philosophy and values and how these inform and guide practice in the key responsibilities of the role.
* Supervise the activity of any staff or contractors working in or around the properties (e.g. cleaners, maintenance men, gardeners, cooks etc).
* Supervise any local volunteers ensuring they are able to make a meaningful contribution appropriate for their level of understanding and qualifications.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
* You’ll have social care sector (adult care services for people with learning disabilities and ideally supporting people) experience for at least 1 year.
* You’ll be a confident communicator with good verbal and written skills, who is able to manage and develop others, willing to challenge poor practice and promote development of best practice. Sleep ins are required for this role.
* You will treat others with respect, dignity, honesty and equality and recognise that they may have different viewpoints, beliefs or values.
Personal Attributes
* You’ll probably feel that you’re ready to progress and are looking for the opportunity to take a higher level of responsibility.
* You have a passion for helping others live a fulfilling and interesting life.
* You’ll be ready to take responsibility for a number of Support Workers, providing guidance, direction and support in their role.
* You’ll be responsible for ensuring that care and support is of a high standard, focused on person centred outcomes and delivered within budget.
* You’ll be able to use a variety of methods and styles when communicating with others in a clear and mutually positive manner.
* You are able to continuously encourage mutual respect and positive interactions between colleagues and people we support.
* Someone who is also keen to help arrange local and community-based events with the people we support. You’ll have a creative spirit and be keen to get involved or help create events, for example coffee mornings and film clubs.
* Working knowledge of person-centred support and care planning, needs and risk assessment, safeguarding, first line supervision, health and safety, and equalities and human rights essential.
Education
* You’ll have a good general education, good numeracy and literacy skills; it’s not essential for you to have any qualifications as we will support you in gaining these.
* You will have a general knowledge of IT skills.
Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunity employer.
Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including a DBS check.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Established in 1954, Camphill Village Trust is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges. In our 70th year we honour our past, provide for the present and will lead the future.
Our focus on humanity and nature was inspired by our past and remains as key to the Trust’s ethos today. This is reflected in our focus on social and green care integration, valuing everyone’s contribution, enabling personal pathways to development, celebrating the changing seasons, and respecting the rhythm of natural life.
Phone: 03316 308282
Email: recruitment@cvt.org.uk
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