Blackpool - Speyside, Blackpool, London, City of, United Kingdom
Job Description
TEAM LEADER FTC 10 MONTHS
Blackpool - Speyside
£13 per hour + £1 extra on weekends and bank holidays
Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you’ll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.
The Role:
As a Team Leader, your main purpose will be to contribute and have responsibility for providing quality social and vocational support services for the people we support. You will lead, supervise, and develop a team of support workers to ensure the needs of those we support are met according to their individual support plan in line with company policy and procedures and regulatory standards.
Main duties will include:
* Establish and maintain professional relationships with stakeholders in order to complement and contribute to the positive reputation of the company.
* Provide line management to a designated team of staff within a specified group at a location or group of locations within the allocated division.
* Undertake any reasonable traveling requirements in order to fulfil the tasks and responsibilities of the role. This may include supporting other locations within the Division as required.
* Set and communicate high standards of care and professional conduct within the team supervised.
* Lead and support compliance with Brainkind quality audits.
* Lead and support in health and safety duties as appropriate.
* Contribute information for the accurate notification of incidents/accidents/safeguarding as appropriate.
* Represent Brainkind at meetings, seminars, and any other external events, where appropriate.
Requirement:
* NVQ / QCF level 3 HSC or willingness to work towards within 12 months.
Skills/Experience required:
* Previous experience of working within a care/support environment.
* Knowledge of current relevant legislation relating to care standards, health and safety, and food hygiene.
* Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
* Demonstrate ability to be flexible and adaptable in approach, being able to prioritise, plan, and organise the workload.
Benefits include:
* A competitive rate of **up to** £14.00 per hour.
* 33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays (pro rata).
* Excellent training and support.
* Company Pension.
* Group life assurance.
* Long service and staff awards.
* Nationwide employee staff discounts including discounted eating out and shopping.
* Blue Light Card: provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector, and armed forces with discounts online and in-store.
To join our friendly team, click the Apply Now button.
Please note: we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible.
All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks.
Brainkind is a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It’s a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.
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