Location: Plymouth
Salary: £10.40 rising to £10.80 per hour
Position: Permanent
Hours: 33 hours per week
Recruiter: Havencare Homes and Support Limited
Posted: 16/02/2022

Team Leader

Location: Supported Living Plymouth
Rate of pay: £10.40 rising to £10.80 per hour
Hours: 33 hours per week over a 2-week rolling pattern

A one-off opportunity has arisen to develop into an outstanding team Leader within Havencare. Are you already an outstanding support worker? Are you already making a difference and looking for the next professional step?
Do you think in a person-centred way? Do you want to make a difference to people you support? Are you interested in leading a team, but don’t want to sit in an office? Do you want to take on operational responsibilities and earn more money?

Havencare Homes and Support Limited are looking for an enthusiastic, resilient and forward-thinking person to support the development of this service and be a role model of outstanding support. As Team Leader you will play an important part in developing and delivering innovative person-centred services.

Working on rota, and reporting to the Practice Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring the service consistently meets internal and external quality standards. In addition, you will be responsible for supervising and appraising Support Workers, collating daily and weekly records into our online support planning and recording system, ensuring all staff are aware of support outcomes and are consistently working with the people we support to achieve them.


The successful applicant will be working 33 hours on the following rota:

Week 1:
Tuesday 10am-4pm TL Hours, Thursday 10-10pm Sleep in, Friday 7am-4pm

Week 2:
Tuesday 10am-4pm TL Hours, Thursday 10am-10pm Sleep in, Friday 7am-1pm, Saturday 10am-10pm Sleep In, Sunday 7am-10am

This is a 24 hour, 365 days per year service and you will need to be flexible to work as the service requires, including mornings, daytime, weekends and sleep duties.

Essential: Driving licence essential for this vacancy.

Preferably you will have experience of providing services for people living with Autism and Learning Disabilities, familiarity with supervising a team, and a current working knowledge of CQC regulations would be advantageous (but not essential for a person with the right attitude, values and aptitude).

Closing date: The 4th March 2022. Applications will be considered as and when received.

If your application is successful, any offer of employment will be subject to:
A satisfactory Enhanced DBS check and subsequent registration for the DBS Update Service
2 acceptable/satisfactory references
Evidence of eligibility/right to work in the UK
Satisfactory evidence of being vaccinated against COVID-19 or medical exemption**

**COVID-19 Information

This is a face-to-face role in a CQC regulated service and therefore successful applicants must be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless medically exempt. To comply with regulation*, Havencare’s pre-employment checks now include the need to provide satisfactory evidence of either vaccination or medical exemption.
* The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

Please contact Havencare’s recruitment team on recruitment@havencare.com if you have any queries.

Job Reference: PASPTL0122
Closing Date: 04/03/2022

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