Team Leader (Assisted Living Facility)
Full Time, Permanent
30k Depending on experience
Exeter, Devon
Responsible to:
Registered Manager/Head of Care Operations
Responsible for:
Shift Leaders and Support Workers
Role summary:
Our client is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Team leader. Responsible for the day-to-day provision of high quality care for residents.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- To positively promote and follow the ethos and philosophy of the facility when carrying out all aspects of the role.
Residents:
- Responsible for ensuring the highest standard of care is provided for residents.
- Ensure a safe, secure and happy home for residents.
- Liaise with parents/carers, Healthcare professionals and Local Authorities as appropriate.
- Responsible for the effective induction of new residents and the effective management of residents who depart.
- Overall responsibility for ensuring that all necessary paperwork is completed and that handovers are undertaken effectively.
- Responsible for providing high quality input into care plans for residents to ensure the care meets their needs and develops them as individuals.
- Overall responsibility for ensuring that the resident's activities are being undertaken and their timetables are up-to-date.
- Overall responsibility for managing, ordering, stock control and safely dispensing all medication.
- Attend meetings with external agencies to ensure resident's needs are being met.
- Responsible for co-ordinating resident's holidays.
- Overall responsibility for ensuring that residents are provided with nutritious meals which uphold the ethos of the house.
- Undertake personal support for residents as necessary.
Staff Management:
- Responsible for the day-to-day management of staff to enable them to undertaken their roles to the highest standard.
- Undertake appraisals and supervisions for support workers.
- Work with the Workforce Coordinator to ensure safe staffing levels to ensure suitable staffing cover at all times.
- Responsible for managing annual leave and absence to ensure staff are deployed effectively to maintain staffing levels
- Provide a motivating and collaborative environment that promotes teamwork and open communication.
- Work with the Training Coordinator for staff induction and mentoring of new staff.
- Responsible for the identification of training needs for current staff to ensure staff are developed to their full potential.
Health and safety:
- Ensure that staff and residents are compliant with Health and Safety guidance at all times.
- Responsible for highlighting any concerns with the buildings and equipment used at the facility to ensure they are fit for purpose.
- Responsible for complying with the medication policy at all times.
- Proactively manage the identification of risk and ensure any risks are managed appropriately.
Other Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Overall responsibility for the safe and accurate management of monies held in the office.
- Attend meetings with colleagues and Senior Managers to enable the sharing of best practice across Living locations
- Responsible for ensuring that all accidents/incidents are reported and managed effectively and any lessons learnt are disseminated appropriately.
- To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of all statutory, regulatory and organisational guidance in relation to the role.
- Participate in the 'on call' rota as appropriate.
- Any other duties as required.
The applicant must have the following: -
- Experience of working with and supporting adults with learning difficulties.
- Experience of managing staff.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Good time management and organisational skills.
- Good numeracy/literacy and IT skills.
Avantageous candidate qualities -
- NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care.
- A recognised management qualification.
- Experience of managing staff in a residential setting
If this sounds like you, click apply today!