Team Leader

Team Leader / Supervisor

Location: Oaktree Lodge, Clevedon
Salary: £13.30 per hour- depending on exeperience
Role: Team Leader / Supervisor
Reporting to: Care Home Manager

Make a real difference every day

Are you an experienced care professional who is ready to take the next step in your career?

Oaktree Lodge is part of the multi award winning Manor Community, providing person-centred, rehabilitative care and support to help people achieve their goals and aspirations. Our vision is to increase independence, to see outstanding person-centred practice throughout the Adult Social Care sector.

We’re looking for a Team Leader / Supervisor to join our team and help lead a dedicated group of care and support staff. You will play an important role in supporting people with our elderly residents to live as independently as possible, while ensuring they receive high-quality, person-centred care.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you will support and develop staff, maintain high standards of care and work closely with managers, professionals and other agencies to ensure the people we support have the best possible quality of life.

About the role

As a Team Leader / Supervisor, you’ll:

• Help lead the team by coaching and supporting staff to fulfil their job roles per their job description
• Be the liaison between staff and manager
• Support management, to implement projects and filter messages to the staff team
• Supervise staff in administering meds, taking the lead where required
• Update & review care plans and outcomes
• Assessing quality of care work, paperwork and addressing performance or quality issues
• To effectively lead, motivate and support care staff: monitor performance, mentor, supervise
• Support clients with decision making and positive lifestyle choices, including participating in their community, by accessing local facilities and wider community resources
• Ensure medications are checked weekly, that all meds are signed for where administered and that the PRN stock is checked and reordered when required.
• Keep abreast of local media. Support clients to attend their chosen activities.
• Create and implement our outcome focused Person Centred-Care Plans
• Participate in taking a delegated lead role in the development of programmes based upon individual needs, and to be involved in putting these into practice.
• Support people and the team to help people develop and expand social networks and friendships.
• Assist the Manager in implementation of the philosophies and polices of the Organisation.
• To uphold and promote the organisation’s
• Liaise with other agencies. Confidently speak up for client if necessary and encourage them to.
• Work in partnership with care managers and other professionals to maximise quality of life.
• Ensure the security of the building and the safety of the people living in the home
• Be responsive to meet the changing needs of the service and the people we support
• Ensuring clients living space is clean and tidy and staff have guidance on our standards in this area
• Carry out audits, spot checks on the service, carry out action plans, report back to manager and action them with staff. Notifying the manager of progress.
• Record information about clients and ensure communication with Staff Members using our electronic system
• Ensure clients’ personal property and clothing is maintained to a high standard which maintains their dignity and report any requirements to the manager
• Escalate issues to the manager

Spend time on the ground and taking shifts as part of quality control and to fill in gaps in the rota where staffing needs require.

As a precondition of this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom. Please note we are unable to provide sponsorship, therefore if this is something you require, we will be unable to proceed with your application.

What we're looking for:

We're looking for someone who genuinely cares about making a difference and who can inspire and support others.

Essential:

• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Team Player, reliable, good communicator.
• Motivate & inspire team members
• Lead by setting a good example (role model) – behaviour consistent with words
• Behaviour and values: honesty, respect, professionalism, human rights and dignity
• Ability to maintain healthy group dynamics.
• Recognise & celebrate team & individual accomplishments & exceptional performance
• Ability to contribute to staff appraisals & supervision process and
• Maintain Confidentiality
• To act as a positive role model at all times
• Enter actively into supervision and appraisal
• Keep abreast of own training needs and attend training on a regular basis
• Attend staff meetings
• To behave in a manner that reflects positively on the company at all times.

Desirable:

• QCF Level 4 or above

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £13.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Company events
• Employee mentoring programme
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Health & wellbeing programme

Application question(s):

• Please confirm your current location i.e Clevedon
• Please confirm your personal email address and telephone contact number

Experience:

• Senior Care / Team Leader : 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person