Care Team Leader
Langley House Trust | Cheltenham | findajob.dwp.gov.uk |
Are you an enthusiastic and approachable Team Leader with a passion for supporting people and keen to make a positive difference?
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Day Team Leader to join our team.
At Langley we believe in equipping our staff to be the best they can be. That means providing excellent support and free training to enable you to make a rewarding difference to people’s lives every day. We have a great opportunity available for a Team Leader to join our team based in Cheltenham on a permanent basis, working 40 hours per week (12.5-hour shifts over a 7 day shift pattern).
You will also be included in the rota for on call.
The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary of £29,982 per annum as well as other generous benefits which include:
• Access to the Flexible Benefits Portal where you can tailor benefits to your individual needs
• Generous annual leave up to 30 days plus bank holiday holidays
• Free on site meals whilst on shift
• Fantastic pension scheme, matched up to 8%
• Life Assurance up to 3 times your salary
• Fully funded DBS, renewals and DBS update service subscriptions
• Company sick pay scheme
• ‘Smart Health’, which includes unlimited access to online, telephone and video GP
• Access to private holiday flat in Torquay
• Wellbeing Support – our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme includes free counselling and legal advice
• Eyecare & Flu vouchers
• Access to chaplaincy and pastoral support
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Assisting the on-site management team in supervising all care staff and monitoring the care given to our clients. Spend time with clients and monitor service standards
• Conduct regular key working sessions with allocated clients and enable them to participate fully in the life of the service, including clients’ meetings. Helping clients achieve the aims of their support plan.
• To provide personal care to identified clients as required.
• To maintain a clear and calm manner whilst managing client risk through assessment, planning, client knowledge and de-escalation as required
• Helping induct, train, and supervise colleagues and junior members of staff in all aspects of their work in the Home.
• Writing, updating, and maintaining clients' Care Plans.
• Completion of documentation, referrals and returns where necessary
Liaising with necessary internal / external stakeholders, specialist and agencies keeping them up to date with progress of applications / referrals.
As a Care Team Leader, you will work as part of our team in a service for ex-offenders in the achievement of the Trust’s aims and objectives. You will also assist in the management of the Service.
A satisfactory enhanced DBS and Adults Barred List check is required for this role and job offers will be subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory evidence of the successful applicant’s right to work in the UK.
If you want to join our team as Team Leader please apply now as we would love to hear from you.
Closing date: 21st May 2024
We reserve the right to close earlier if we receive sufficient applicants.
About LANGLEY
Langley is an innovative Christian charity that provides specialist housing, care and support services in the community, and targeted advice in prisons, for people seeking to live crime-free. With one of the lowest reconvictions rates in the country – under 3% whilst people are in our housing and care – we are changing lives and making communities safer across the country.
We're proud to be accredited as an ‘Investors in People: Gold’ employer, which celebrates the way we invest in our people. This is a huge achievement as our assessment covers the last 3 years of unprecedented challenges through the pandemic. This is the third time we have been awarded Investors in People’s Gold standard.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
ED&I is integral to Langley House Trust. We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
DISABILITY CONFIDENT
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we run a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the job description. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please state this in your application.
About The Knole
The Knole is a Registered care home for men with multiple needs, including substance misuse, mental health needs or a learning disability. It is located in Cheltenham. The project is a Forensic Step-Down facility with a small friendly team of 16 and we have 15 clients.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Day Team Leader to join our team.
At Langley we believe in equipping our staff to be the best they can be. That means providing excellent support and free training to enable you to make a rewarding difference to people’s lives every day. We have a great opportunity available for a Team Leader to join our team based in Cheltenham on a permanent basis, working 40 hours per week (12.5-hour shifts over a 7 day shift pattern).
You will also be included in the rota for on call.
The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary of £29,982 per annum as well as other generous benefits which include:
• Access to the Flexible Benefits Portal where you can tailor benefits to your individual needs
• Generous annual leave up to 30 days plus bank holiday holidays
• Free on site meals whilst on shift
• Fantastic pension scheme, matched up to 8%
• Life Assurance up to 3 times your salary
• Fully funded DBS, renewals and DBS update service subscriptions
• Company sick pay scheme
• ‘Smart Health’, which includes unlimited access to online, telephone and video GP
• Access to private holiday flat in Torquay
• Wellbeing Support – our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme includes free counselling and legal advice
• Eyecare & Flu vouchers
• Access to chaplaincy and pastoral support
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Assisting the on-site management team in supervising all care staff and monitoring the care given to our clients. Spend time with clients and monitor service standards
• Conduct regular key working sessions with allocated clients and enable them to participate fully in the life of the service, including clients’ meetings. Helping clients achieve the aims of their support plan.
• To provide personal care to identified clients as required.
• To maintain a clear and calm manner whilst managing client risk through assessment, planning, client knowledge and de-escalation as required
• Helping induct, train, and supervise colleagues and junior members of staff in all aspects of their work in the Home.
• Writing, updating, and maintaining clients' Care Plans.
• Completion of documentation, referrals and returns where necessary
Liaising with necessary internal / external stakeholders, specialist and agencies keeping them up to date with progress of applications / referrals.
As a Care Team Leader, you will work as part of our team in a service for ex-offenders in the achievement of the Trust’s aims and objectives. You will also assist in the management of the Service.
A satisfactory enhanced DBS and Adults Barred List check is required for this role and job offers will be subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory evidence of the successful applicant’s right to work in the UK.
If you want to join our team as Team Leader please apply now as we would love to hear from you.
Closing date: 21st May 2024
We reserve the right to close earlier if we receive sufficient applicants.
About LANGLEY
Langley is an innovative Christian charity that provides specialist housing, care and support services in the community, and targeted advice in prisons, for people seeking to live crime-free. With one of the lowest reconvictions rates in the country – under 3% whilst people are in our housing and care – we are changing lives and making communities safer across the country.
We're proud to be accredited as an ‘Investors in People: Gold’ employer, which celebrates the way we invest in our people. This is a huge achievement as our assessment covers the last 3 years of unprecedented challenges through the pandemic. This is the third time we have been awarded Investors in People’s Gold standard.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
ED&I is integral to Langley House Trust. We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
DISABILITY CONFIDENT
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we run a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the job description. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please state this in your application.
About The Knole
The Knole is a Registered care home for men with multiple needs, including substance misuse, mental health needs or a learning disability. It is located in Cheltenham. The project is a Forensic Step-Down facility with a small friendly team of 16 and we have 15 clients.
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