Creative Support
Team Leader
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Up to £28,177.50 per annum
Blackpool, Lancashire
Full-Time
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Team Leader to join our dedicated team and help develop and coordinate our learning disabilities supported housing schemes and domiciliary services across Blackpool.
As a Team Leader, you will be at the forefront of our leadership team, ensuring the effective delivery and daily operational management of our services. You will be responsible for leading a team of staff, providing supervision, coaching, performance management, and support to staff, volunteers, and students. You will ensure the provision of person-centred support that enables individuals to maintain their independence, enhance their wellbeing, and enjoy opportunities for personal development.
Your role will include:
- Overseeing the deployment of staff to meet individual needs and preferences within available resources
- Identifying training needs (both mandatory and service-specific)
- Maintaining accurate records
- Responding to referrals
- Undertaking initial assessments of need
- Ensuring all service users have co-produced support plans and designated Key Workers
- Establishing clear goals and pathways towards greater independence for the people we support
- Organizing regular person-centred reviews
- Putting each person’s views and journey at the heart of planning and decision-making
Working closely with local multi-disciplinary teams and community-based agencies, you will provide holistic, wrap-around support. You will maintain high standards of environmental safety and quality, ensuring a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere. Facilitating service user engagement, involvement, and peer support, you will implement robust quality monitoring methods and provide key performance indicators, identifying and planning necessary actions.
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Contact
If you’re interested in this opportunity and would like to discuss it further, please contact Neil Maguire, Area Manager via 07870 679 389 or by email: neil.maguire@creativesupport.org.uk.
Vacancy Reference Number: 93617
Application Instructions
Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number.
Creative Support has a corporate commitment to enabling people with caring and family responsibilities to apply for senior roles, part-time applicants will be considered for this role.
Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care. Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 33 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.
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We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded.
Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme, and we are unable to accept applicants with Skilled Worker Visas.
To apply, please read the job description and then complete the online application form using the links above.
You can also download a copy of our application form using the links above. Completed Application Forms must be submitted to our Head Office address (below) or emailed to recruitment@creativesupport.co.uk to be considered for the vacancy. If you have not received a response to your application within 10 working days of the closing date please accept this as notification of an unsuccessful application. Unsuccessful applicants must wait 6 months before reapplying.
If you require any advice on completing your application form, please call us on 0161 236 0829.
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Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS
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