Team Leader – Adult Social Care

Waltham’s Cross, Braintree, United Kingdom

£ 19.95 – 19.95 (British Pound Sterling)

About the job Team Leader – Adult Social Care

Purpose

• To manage a team of staff providing high quality and innovative person centred day opportunities.
• To provide direct support to service users with a range of complex needs, in buildings and in the community
• Generic Accountabilities End Results/ OutcomesTo organise and/or provide direct support including personal care to service users with complex needs.

Service meets all operational requirements.

• Needs are met in accordance with the individual support plan.
• Person centred support is provided, ensuring that the individual remains central to all support and care provided, and the individual is involved in all aspects of their care.
• Care and support is provided within procedures and to current best practice.
• Planned and consistent approaches to working with people with complex needs and/or challenging behaviour.
• Working with people with complex needs and/or behaviour that may challenge the service that enables community participation.
• Appropriate risks are considered, assessed, and managed.
• Support is provided effectively and to the required standard.
• Where required, service users are transported safely and on time.
• An effective, courteous service is provided.
• To elevate any concerns.
• Manage a team of staff Work is allocated and scheduled appropriately.
• Team completes work to the required standards.
• Recruitment, induction, performance review, supervision and appraisals of staff is undertaken to required standards.
• Provide supervision, identify learning gaps and support staff in their professional development, especially in regards to complex needs.
• Effective performance management is undertaken.
• Effective team meetings take place and to the required timescales.
• Contribute to the team’s service plan in line with the organisations’ vision.
• Provide support to staff to ensure required standards are achieved.
• Provide supervision, identify learning gaps and support staff in their professional development, especially in regards to complex needs.
• Identify any changes that may impact upon the service / profession.
• Contribute to the qualification and development of others (e.g. through sharing knowledge, skills and experience, acting as a coach or mentor, placement supervisor or providing feedback).
• Promote the professional code of practice.Liaise with colleagues and other agencies to support service users with a range of complex needs and their families/carers. Cases presenting complex issues are escalated to colleagues appropriately and in line with agreed procedures.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of support packages.Monitor and report on service users’ circumstances Progress is recorded correctly e.g. care/support plans, logs, reviews, incident forms.Organise and maintain records and documents using the

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