Care team Leader
Overview
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ID
326330
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Salary
£14.35 per hour
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Type
Fixed Term - Full Time
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Location
Caerphilly
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Hours
37.5 hours per week
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Closing Date
19/10/2026
Fancy stepping up in care? Are you caring, reliable and ready to lead?
Here at Sense, we support people with complex disabilities to live the life they choose.TouchBase Wales is Sense Cymru's community support base in Caerphilly, supporting adults with multi-sensory or single sensory impairment and additional needs. Our support is designed around the choices and wellbeing of each individual, with meaningful activities that promote life skills, communication, creative expression and independence. We're looking for a Care Team Leader to join the team on a fixed term basis for 12 months, working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Saturday on a mixture of shifts, at £27,982.50 per annum (£14.35 per hour).
This is a fixed term contract for 12 months to cover a period of maternity leave. A full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle are essential for this role.
What you'll be doing
- Supervising, coaching and guiding a team of support workers
- Carrying out regular supervisions, appraisals and supporting staff development
- Supporting rota management and day-to-day service operations
- Supporting with the recruitment and onboarding of new team members
- Supporting individuals to access meaningful activities and their communities
- Maintaining accurate records and upholding safeguarding responsibilities
Who we're looking for
- Experience working with adults with complex disabilities or sensory impairment
- Previous supervisory or team leader experience in a similar setting
- Confident conducting supervisions and contributing to rota management
- A positive, person-centred approach with a genuine commitment to empowering others
- Full UK driving licence and use of own vehicle - essential
Benefits
- 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
- Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
- Free life assurance
- Cashback and discounts on high street brands (including 10% off Sense shops)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Travel season ticket loans
- Enhanced sick pay
- Free DBS check (if required)
- £350 refer-a-friend scheme
- Access to 100+ online and face-to-face training courses (including the Care Certificate)
- Free access to the Wisdom wellbeing app
About Sense
If you need us to adjust our recruitment process to help you access our vacancies, then please get in touch with a member of the talent acquisition team. We are a disability confident leader and commit to interviewing disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for a role. More information on this can be found here Our commitment as an employer | Sense Careers
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity/
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Closing Date
19/10/2026
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