Team Leader – Hoddesdon – Supported Living Home

TITLE: Team Leader – Hoddesdon

STATUS: Full Time (Days / Evenings / Weekends)

REPORTING TO: Service Manager

HOURS: 40+ hours per week

LOCATION: Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire

HOUR RATE: £12.25 p/h

BENEFITS: 20 days (plus bank holidays), Pension & Training.

MISSION STATEMENT

Blossom HCG Ltd aspires to develop its reputation in the provision of support to people with a learning disability. We will offer a range of opportunities to support and empower people with a learning disability and associated difficulties to enhance their quality of life.

We will work in partnership with parents and/or carers, the local community and local services in order to enhance support networks, thus promoting independence and ensuring that individuals are seen as part of the local community.

We will employ compassionate staff who will receive good training, enjoy their work and who will be encouraged to take a flexible and innovative approach, pushing the boundaries of what it is possible to achieve.

This will provide an excellent atmosphere in which individuals can grow and challenge assumptions that they and others may have made about their lives.

SUMMARY OF MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIVITIES

Team Leader reports to Service Manager / Registered Manager

Team Leading a Supported Living Home with 2 young adults with Learning Disabilities and being the main point of contact for 12/14 Personal Care Assistants.

Staffing Responsibilities:

• Day to Day management of team staff.
• Supervision of staff.
• Annual leave request forms.
• Staff expenses forms.
• Staff sickness.
• Staff concerns.
• Communication with all staff.
• Lateness concerns.
• Risk assessing staff.

Housekeeping Responsibilities:

• Weekly meal plans.
• Weekly budget.
• Weekly chores plan.
• Utility bills budget.
• Daily activity plan.
• Weekly food shop.
• Equipment on site ordering.
• Risk assessing the environment.

Individuals We Support:

• Care plan updates.
• Medication charts.
• Seizure management charts and plotting.
• Behaviour support plans.
• Patient centred care planning.
• Communication aids.
• Medical appointments (GP, Specialists, Dentist etc).
• Parent involvement (communication and meetings).
• Daily care notes auditing