Location: working over 2 services, in Croydon and Ealing

Hours: Full Time, 40 hours per week, working 5 days across Monday – Sunday.

Salary Offered: £27,300 per annum.

If you are committed to helping others and encouraging independence and quality of life, a full-time role as a Team Leader is an excellent opportunity to apply your knowledge as part of our organisation.

We are dedicated to supporting adults with additional learning requirements to have a quality life in their communities, promoting individual strengths, and enabling them to have choice and control to achieve aspirations and outcomes that are truly important to them.

Our Vision

• To support individuals to live a quality life
• To achieve their goals and aspirations through person-centred services
• To enable choice and control in a nurturing environment that allows exceptional outcomes to flourish.

Our mission is to be:

• Outstanding to the individuals we support
• To our communities
• To our colleagues and working partnerships

The role and responsibilities:

• The role involves supporting people with a variety of complex needs, including mental health, to live as independently as possible in a supported living environment with the potential to transition to full independent living.
• You will be responsible for overseeing the operational management of a team of staff.
• Supported by the Registered Manager to ensure that there is effective engagement with multi-disciplinary teams to support the people living in the service. This will include managing the team to support adults to live independently with support/signposting to access Hub-based and Wellbeing services to build increased community resilience for individuals.
• Ensure the promotion of non-medical solutions and mental wellbeing, development of self-management strategies, supporting people to address any health issues, as well as accessing therapeutic interventions.
• Ensure the provision of a quality recovery-focused approach to people who may present with complex needs, for example, anxiety or depression, alongside other issues - drug or alcohol misuse or debt problems, etc, supporting people to self-manage long-term health conditions using a range of techniques and in a non-judgmental way, respecting diversity and lifestyle choices.

What we are looking for:

• Experience in managing a team
• Experience of working with adults with autism/ learning disabilities
• Experience in developing services for local communities
• Experience in building partnerships with other organisations
• Drivers preferred

Benefits:

• Competitive rates of pay.
• Bonus scheme driven by performance.
• Discounted rates on Food and drink, Health, Beauty and lots more!
• Holiday pay inclusive and Pension Scheme
• Full-time hours, including weekdays/weekends, as part of a rota.
• Ongoing training and progression opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

How to apply for the role:

If you have the skills and experience required for this position, click “apply” today and check your inbox for an email providing more information on how to tailor your application and provide a cover letter or any supporting documents.

You must be authorised to work in the UK. No agencies please.

Other suitable skills and experience include Support Worker, Care Assistant, Personal Assistant, Mental Health Support Worker, Autism Support Worker, Residential Support Worker, Learning Disabilities Support Worker, Rehabilitation Worker, Community Support Worker, Social Care Worker.

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