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JOB-20240909-93381b12
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Team Leader to work full-time based in an Adult’s home in Guernsey.
Main Duties:
- The post holder is a member of the adult disability service that supports people with a learning disability and autism. The post holder can be based in various settings including residential homes, supported living, short break service and the outreach team
- Staff must work a shift system that offers support 24 hours a day
- Staff are involved in all aspects of maintaining the area using the active support model, including cleaning, shopping, washing, ironing, cooking, etc. Service users will be encouraged to participate in these activities with the staff
- Staff are expected to hold a driving licence and be prepared to drive service vehicles. The Manager can apply a level of flexibility with this requirement
- Band 5 staff are expected to be able to coordinate and lead a team within the service, as well as develop and implement programmes of care and support
Requirements of this job:
- Registered Health or Social Care Professional, e.g. Nurse, Speech and Language Therapist, OT, Registered Behaviour Technician or Social Worker
- Degree in Health and Social Care plus proven experience in supporting people with a learning disability and autism
- Good IT skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- To hold a valid driving licence (this may be negotiated with the manager depending on area)
- Leadership skills
- Caring and empathetic nature
- good understanding of learning disabilities and autism
- An understanding of person-centred care and support
- An understanding of positive behavioural support
Contact:
If you are interested in this position, please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from care home managers, deputy managers, care coordinators, key workers, childcare workers, and others within a residential or supported living setting, as we might have other roles applicable to you.
Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, we regret that we can only respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. Our pool of candidates reflects the clients that candidates will support within their role. This played a significant role in Sanctuary Personnel's previous win of ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards and its two-time finalist status for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself disabled or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
