Alternative Futures Group
Female Team leader required for 35 hours per week in Kirkby- Driver
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About The Role
Job Purpose
To lead and direct a team in developing and delivering person-centred services:
- Manage resources to achieve service user and contract outcomes
- Develop staff to deliver high-quality care tailored to individual needs
- Apply person-centred planning, review, and team development tools
- Embed a quality assurance framework at service level
Key priorities include:
- Positive relationships between staff and service users
- Supporting individual outcomes and future goals
- Keeping service users and their families at the heart of planning and review
Principal Accountabilities
- Leadership: Champion person-centred practices in all operations
- Individual Support: Oversee assessment, planning, monitoring, and reviewing of support
- Staff Management:
- Ensure high performance through team leadership, coaching, and development
- Foster staff skills, strengths, and expertise
- Manage recruitment, scheduling, and resource deployment efficiently
- Compliance & Quality:
- Ensure monitoring of internal/external incidents and resolution
- Enforce adherence to policy, procedures, and legislation
- Maintain standardised quality care
- Stakeholder Engagement:
- Promote community connections
- Easily collaborate with professionals across care services
Essential Criteria
Only apply if you meet the following:
Experience (required significance*)
- Person-centred planning, review, and care for people with learning disabilities/mental health
- Team management in a healthcare/social care environment
- Staff supervision, appraisal, and resource budgeting
- Partnership working (cross-agency, family, and service-user collaboration)
- Operations of IT/software systems for service/people management
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Skills & Knowledge
- Person-centred specialist: Proven ability to inspire and embed individualised, strength-focused care.
- Expert stakeholder engagement: Builds trusting relationships with service users, families, and professionals.
- Policy application: Translates compliance into high-quality outcomes.
- Resource management: Balances budget, IT, and team resources while prioritising impacts.
- adığıniş: Self-driven, proactive, and resourceful in ensuring solutions.
Qualifications
- NVQ Level 3 in management or health/social care (or equivalent) or completion commitment.
- Formal person-centred practice training (or relevant webif reyiled training/knowledge).
Other
- Flexibility for onsite and flexible/unusual hours, including weekends/weekdays.
- Willingness for on-call duties
About Alternative Futures Group (AFG)
We Support Amazing People
- *Purpose: Over 30 years, AFG champions personalised support for those facing learning disabilities or mental health conditions.
- Vision: A world where individuals can flourish, achieving self-determined goals through collaborative, outcome-focused planning.
- Culture: A values-led organisation, prioritising empathy and community. Ideal for those who genuinely care about transforming lives.
Employee Benefits @ AFG
As proudly recognised by Great Place to Work, our Team Leaders receive:
| Incentives | Details |
|---|---|
| Working Patterns | 35-hour week options (9-day fortnight or 4.5-day work week) — supernumerary role |
| Leave | 33 days annually + optional buy-sell leave |
| Retirement | Matched pension contribution (up to 6%) |
| Health | Health cash plans + 24/7 virtual GP/human conduct for you and family |
| Well-being | Free 24/7 consultations (mental health + allied services) |
| Discounts | Amazing People Rewards (lavish employee discounts, Blue Light jab:: |
|ria eligibility) |
| Development | Side-induction support + Level 3 Qualifications funding | | | Empower Development Programme for leaders | | Today & Tomorrow | Tailored career support and funding to facilitate internal growth.* |
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Why Join AFG?
- Supported Environment:ieve in you as their full selves and champions your career journey.
- Meaningful Impact: Valued contribution to life-changing social care.
- Growth: Provin opportunities for superior support and leadership.
This role is classified as Band 1 within our structure.
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