# Team Leader

**Company**: London Borough of Hillingdon
**Location**: Uxbridge
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: GBP 36,693 - 37,794 per year
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced care professional to join our respite service as a Team Leader. The successful candidate will support the Registered Care Manager in the day-to-day running of a busy respite provision, ensuring that service users receive safe, effective and personalised support during their stay.

Key responsibilities:

- Support the day-to-day management of the respite service

- Supervise and support staff, providing leadership, guidance and coaching

- Ensure support plans are delivered effectively and reviewed regularly

- Promote independence, choice, dignity and wellbeing for service users

- Act as a key worker and maintain positive relationships with families, carers and advocates

- Support the planning and delivery of meaningful activities, outings and short-break experiences

- Assist with admissions, stays and planned departures from the service

- Administer medication in line with policies and procedures

- Ensure accurate record keeping and compliance with safeguarding, care and health and safety requirements

- Undertake risk assessments and help maintain a safe environment for service users, staff and visitors

- Deputise for the Registered Care Manager when required

Requirements:

- Experience working within a residential, respite, supported living or social care setting

- Experience supporting adults with learning disabilities and/or additional support needs

- Strong leadership and organisational skills

- Knowledge of safeguarding, risk management and person-centred support

- Experience building positive relationships with families, carers and partner agencies

- The ability to motivate, develop and support staff

- Excellent communication and record-keeping skills

- A commitment to promoting independence, dignity and positive outcomes for service users

- A flexible approach and willingness to respond to the needs of the service

Benefits:

- Flexible working hours

- 36 hour week

- Generous holiday entitlement

- Hillingdon Sports & Leisure discounts

- Salary sacrifice schemes

- Cycle to work scheme

- Local Government Pension Scheme

- Perkbox benefits

- Mental health support and counselling services

- Travel support

- Trade union membership

## Skills

### Required
- safeguarding
- risk management
- person-centred support
- leadership
- organisational skills
- communication skills

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