Title: Care Team Leader
Location: Seaford, East Sussex, BN25
Nearest Tube/Station: Seaford
Wage: £17.00 Gross per Hour
Driver Essential? Yes
Essential: Experienced Team Lead/Senior Support Worker, computer literate, and experience supporting children with additional needs.
Start Date: ASAP
Days & Hours: 37 hours per week, including admin hours.
Family/Client Pets: Yes, will be getting a dog in the near future
About this client/child:
Our lovely client Lily is 8 years old, an engaging, mischievous, and funny little girl who loves imaginary and creative play, baking, watching Horrid Henry and giggle quiz. She has cerebral palsy and is a wheelchair user. She has a visual impairment, epilepsy, and communication difficulties. Lily is looking for an experienced Team Leader to manage her hardworking care team who provide day and waking night support.
Overview of role:
The Team Leader will have the opportunity to work 1:1 with Lily and continue working hands-on and providing practical support. The Team Leader will support and assist with all aspects of her care plan, personal care needs, including feeding and carrying out therapy programmes under the guidance of her therapists and support with accessing activities.
As Team Leader you will be responsible for managing a small but busy care team providing round the clock support to Lily in her family home. Duties include carrying out supervisions, competency assessments, arranging training, managing the rota, payroll, timesheets, and sickness. Liaising with professionals and arranging appointments. The Team Leader will have a dedicated office on-site to complete duties.
Waking nights 21.30 to 7.00
Weekend day - 6.30am to 10.15 and 14.45 to 21.30
Weekends - 6.30 am to 10.15 and 12pm to 20.00
Who this job would suit:
A highly organised, efficient, and dedicated Team Leader with excellent communication skills. For this role it is essential that you are a confident driver, the car on duty is an automatic, adapted vehicle.
What’s great about this job:
A role that enables you to continue supporting your client and managing the care team, a great balance for a Team Leader not wanting to step back fully from the practical support/care side.
Who is working with this client?
We are working in association with a case manager on this vacancy; they will be carrying out all recruitment, including shortlisting and interviewing. By applying for this vacancy, you agree to Snap Care sending your CV and contact details directly to our client for their consideration. Please see our website for more info on how Snap works with associated companies/clients.
Jade is recruiting for this role
jade@snapcare.co.uk
or 020 7729 2200
Snap Care is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We are committed to equality of opportunity and recruitment/selection decisions are based only on individuals' ability to best do the job. *Where a specific gender is stated as essential, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1, schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.