Are you looking for a meaningful career? Would you like the opportunity to become a Team Leader, helping individuals with learning disabilities live the best life possible?
As a Team Leader for our Supported Living services at Hft in London, you’ll be supporting adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible. Supporting the Service Manager and/or Deputy Service Manager, you will be responsible for nurturing and inspiring those coming to work for Hft to help ensure we have the best staff teams offering great support services. This role also offers great opportunities for career progression to help you develop your knowledge and skills.
Hft is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We believe in a world where anyone with a learning disability can live within their community with all the choice and support they need to live the best life possible. We are looking for people who are naturally caring and compassionate and align with our values.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits and career development opportunities. We’ll give you a comprehensive induction, full training and support along the way. With Skills for Care accreditation we are committed to investing in you to ensure you have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people to live the best life possible.
As a ‘Gold’ standard Investors in People accredited employer, we are committed to supporting colleague wellbeing as a priority. Within this, all Hft employees get access to TELUS Health – the world’s biggest 24/7 colleague counselling and support service. It is completely free for all colleagues to use in complete confidence, whenever and however they want to access it.
We offer
- Annual Leave: 33 days (including 8 days statutory bank holidays)
- Apprenticeships: Hft will fully fund and provide training for you to obtain your Level 3 Diploma in Leadership and Management within the first 12-18 months of your employment.
- Training: Access to award winning training and development
- Wagestream: Allows you to flexibly access your pay throughout the month and utilise a range of financial support, through its dedicated app
- Aviva Digicare + workplace: Access to wellbeing services including health checks, Digital GP and mental health support.
- TELUS health: A 24/service, completely confidential counselling and support platform and helpline that is free for all colleagues to use.
- Discounted mobile ‘phone contracts. As an Hft employee, you’ll be able to take advantage of Vodafone’s Employee Advantage programme, giving you up to 30% off.
- Care Friends: Employee referral app – earn money for referring your friends to work for Hft.
- Free life assurance – 3 x your annual salary
- Family friendly policies
About the role
About you
- You will have recent experience of leading shifts, motivating colleagues, coaching and mentoring at team.
- You will have knowledge of legislation and guidance relating to adults with learning disabilities, Safeguarding, Health and Safety and Positive Behavioural Support management and techniques
- You need good IT skills and experience of maintaining records to be a success in this role.
- You need to hold a Level 2 diploma in Adult Social care and be willing to undertake the Level 3 Diploma in Adult Social Care within an agreed timescale as part of a development You will have the ability to lead and manage people and be a role model in all aspects of people leadership especially performance
As a Team Leader you will work with the Service Manager/Deputy Service Manager to ensure that all regulatory and legislative requirements, internal standards (Housing/Quality/Compliance) and local authority contractual standards are met
You will have responsibilities on and off shift, fulfilling 80% of your working week on shift, in service. You will coach and mentor new staff, supporting them to achieve their care certificate. Leading a culture of collaborative working to benefit the people we support to receive the highest standard of care, whilst working in partnership with families and other circles of support.
You will act as a role model and a custodian for our culture, making Hft a great place to work. Ensuring that the staff team assist and encourage people to become part of their community, whether that be in a job, education, developing and maintaining meaningful relationships, exploring leisure options or supporting them to express themselves the way they choose.
You will lead and promote good practice, the health, safety and wellbeing of the people we support, whilst respecting choice, ensuring risk assessments are completed and updated regularly, making full use of the Hft systems.
If you have the passion for delivering high quality care and support services to people with learning disabilities and you want to make a difference to enable people to live a more fulfilling and independent life – then this is the role for you.