Team Manager in Wakefield

At Turning Point, we support people across England with learning disabilities. Making a real difference to their lives, you will motivate, manage and grow a team of support staff to enable more people to discover new possibilities in their lives.

We now have an opportunity for Team Manager in Wakefield (Castleford), supporting adults with Learning Disabilities. As the Team Manager, you will have management responsibility for several support workers operating a supported living model of support. You will enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life too, as you benefit from an exceptional level of internal and external training as well as a highly supportive management team.

Please note you must have experience in leading a team to be considered for this role.

The role involves overseeing the delivery of high-quality, person-centred support to individuals, ensuring all support plans are current and tailored to individual needs. Responsibilities include:

• Monitoring compliance across staff files, training, and competency requirements.
• Managing rota adherence through spot checks and out-of-hours visits.
• Proactive safeguarding management in line with established procedures.
• Leadership of audits covering finance, medication, and quality standards.
• Line managing and supervising Support Workers, ensuring effective performance management through 1:1s and probation processes, and mentoring initiatives.
• Attending care reviews, multidisciplinary team meetings, and managers’ meetings.
• Maintaining strong communication with families and external agencies.
• Managing budgets and ensuring financial accountability across services.

You must be fully flexible as this role will involve out of hours checks supporting/coaching staff and the possible need to backfill when short of staff.

What skills and qualities do I need to have?

• The ability to meet financial and business targets with a strong understanding of the health and social care sector.
• Passion, energy, and enthusiasm for delivering high-quality care.
• Flexibility is essential, and ideally, you will also have a full driving license and access to a car.
• Experience of working with individuals with autism, learning disabilities and communication difficulties is essential.
• Experience of complex physical and health needs is essential.
• The ability to communicate effectively to a range of audiences.
• Willing to work towards NVQ level 4/5 qualification.

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer. We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether it’s ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package. You will get 32 days’ paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 34 days. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.

Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following the link below to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.