Team Leader Adult Learning Disabilities Day Service

Applications are invited from dedicated and enthusiastic Registered Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, or Social Workers to join the Adult Learning Disabilities Community Living service as a Band 5 Team Leader on the beautiful island of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. Reporting to the Band 6 Deputy Manager, you will provide and oversee the care and support for Service Users with complex Learning Disabilities in their own homes and in the community, leading and motivating the Band 3 and Band 4 Support Workers in your team.

The Service Users have a variety of physical and psychological needs and require assistance with daily living tasks and access to the wider community. Newly or soon-to-qualify Learning Disabilities Nurses looking to start their post‑registration career are welcome to apply. Guernsey provides a comprehensive and high‑quality Health and Social Care service to adults with Learning Disabilities over 18 across the island.

This role is specifically based within the Therapy & Enabling team (previously known as Day Service), but there are also opportunities, depending on your skills and knowledge, to expand your skills and experience in other areas of the service should you wish. The Therapy and Enabling Service is open from 10:00–16:00 weekdays, with the team working an hour either side of these hours.

The team focuses on the shared goals and outcomes of the people they support, through a wide range of activities providing opportunities for people to take up new challenges and experiences. Working closely with the people they support, their families and other professionals to deliver effective services centred on people’s individual needs, whether for a few hours or a few days a week. Users are encouraged to make full use of their community such as the Therapy and Enabling base, drop‑ins, outdoor environment, shops, library, leisure centre, cafés and pubs. This inclusive community engagement nurtures confidence and enhances well‑being.

Guernsey has adopted the AfC banding system, but has applied its own salary scale. The current Band 5 salary range is £40,178‑£51,819 plus an annual bonus of £1,747 and higher unsocial hours enhancements; 36% evening/Saturday and 72% Sunday/BH. The island of Guernsey is in the Channel Islands and has a population of 65,000. It has some of the British Isles’ finest and best‑kept beaches, a mild and sunny climate, and an off‑beat, historic harbour town in St. Peter's Port, the island's capital.

Person Requirements

• Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional or Social Worker with appropriate UK statutory professional registration as applicable.
• Current or recent experience supporting people with a Learning Disability and/or Autism.
• Experience in leading and motivating Support Workers.
• Current clean driving licence.
• Personal qualities to include reliability, honesty, patience, resilience, motivation and leadership skills.

Benefits

• A higher‑than‑UK salary.
• An annual bonus of £1,747.
• Registered Nurse applicants will receive an additional £3,000 bonus on completion of two, then four years of service.
• A flat rate 20% income tax.
• No Council tax or VAT.
• A relocation payment of £5,000*.
• On‑site staff accommodation or a generous allowance for private rental accommodation*.
• A continental lifestyle, where the people are friendly and crime is very low.

*Full T&C in relocation directive.