At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team supporting individuals with diverse needs and enhance their quality of life.
- Company: Join Certitude, a passionate organisation dedicated to empowering people with learning disabilities.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days annual leave, pension scheme, and various salary sacrifice schemes.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in supporting individuals with learning disabilities and leading teams.
Salary: £40,005 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours
Job Type: Permanent – Full-Time
Location: Ealing
Benefits:
- A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
- 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays & enrolment onto a pension scheme
- 24-hour Employee Assistance
- Paid Enhanced DBS
- Eye care vouchers
- Salary sacrifice schemes available: Travel to work loan, Cycle to work Scheme, Gym Membership & Tech Purchase
About the role:
As a Team Manager, you will be responsible for leading two houses, who provide support to people with a range of low to high support needs.
Duties will include:
- Effectively manage risks of the people we support through ensuring team members understand what is important to the individual(s), involving their families, wherever possible, and ensuring decisions are accurately recorded.
- Work in unison with families and peoples circle of support.
- Develop and maintain strong partnerships with families, carers, advocates, social workers, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders, recognising the vital role they play in achieving positive outcomes and ensuring a coordinated approach to support.
- Lead and manage the team to support personalised rota planning (inclusive of day, night and overnight activity) ensuring shifts are proactively designed to maximise opportunities for people in response to their needs, interests and goals.
- Manage overall key work with individual(s) developing their support plan through the referral, assessment and review stages of person-centred planning. Understanding their lifestyle choices, circles of support, what is important to and for them, and supporting them to have more choice and control in their life.
- Ensure families and relevant professionals are meaningfully involved in assessments, reviews, care planning and decision-making processes, recognising families as key partners in supporting individuals to achieve their aspirations and goals.
- Ensure that all the key quality indicators and safety measures are met, audits are carried out as required, resources are managed efficiently, and concerns are followed up swiftly.
- Ensure high quality standards and compliance with all CQC regulations, organisation policies and specific agreed ways of working in the service, including Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture guidance.
About you:
To be a Team Manager, the following are essential:
- Experience of supporting people with a learning disability.
- Track record of enabling choice and control to be a reality for people with learning disabilities.
- Experience of leading teams to embed person centred working.
- Extensive experience of working collaboratively with families, carers and multidisciplinary professionals to achieve positive outcomes for people supported.
- Demonstrable ability to build and maintain positive relationships with families, recognising them as experts in the lives of their loved ones and key partners in care and support.
- Experience of working alongside health and social care professionals, including social workers, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists and commissioners, to deliver coordinated, person-centred support.
- Understand the challenges that are likely to be faced by many people with disabilities.
About the Organisation:
We have a passion for life and make it our mission to support people in living the life they desire, whatever that may be. We care about the people we support and the work we do, and we would love for you to join us at Certitude.
Read more about us on our website and visit our work for us page. You can also learn about us through our Values and Behaviours.
Do you want to be a Team Manager at Certitude? Select the apply button, complete an application form and someone from the Recruitment Team will be in touch! A job description and person specification are available via the apply button. If you have any questions, please email us.
All our posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure as well as a full employment history and employment references. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and the support provided and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We reserve the right to close vacancies before the date stated when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.
Team Manager (Ealing) in Walpole employer: Certitude Support
At Certitude, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a stimulating work environment that fosters personal and professional growth. Located in Ealing, our team enjoys generous benefits including 25 days of annual leave, a pension scheme, and various salary sacrifice options, all while working collaboratively to support individuals with learning disabilities in achieving their aspirations. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the community and be part of a passionate team dedicated to enhancing the lives of those we serve.
