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Senior Support Worker - Homecare

• Location: Morecambe
• Salary: £27040 (estimated based on 40 hours a week at £13 per hour) Additional pay for on-call duties
• Hours: 40 hours per week

Are you looking to take the next big step in your care career? Are you passionate about supporting others and ready to develop your leadership skills? Specialist Care Team is excited to offer an opportunity for a Senior Support Worker in our home care service. This role is perfect for Support Workers/Carers looking to progress into more senior roles and is a stepping stone to management-oriented roles like Team Leader or Deputy Manager .

Why Work With Us?
At Specialist Care Team, we believe in fostering growth – not just for our service users, but for our team members too. We are committed to your development and will support you as you take the next step in your career. Whether it’s through extra training, mentorship, or hands-on experience, we’ll be with you every step of the way.

What’s the Role?

As a Senior Support Worker , you’ll be working directly with service users as part of our hands-on care team. You will lead by example, ensuring that high standards of care are consistently delivered to people with learning disabilities, Autism, mental health needs , and more. While the role involves leadership, it is not office-based or purely managerial – you will be actively involved in day-to-day care and support activities. You’ll also have the chance to assist in training new support workers and provide ongoing mentorship, helping them grow and develop in their roles. You’ll also get the chance to make a real difference by ensuring service users live their lives to the fullest.

What Will You Do?

• Hands-on care : Provide direct support to service users, ensuring that their daily needs are met, and their well-being is prioritised.
• Leadership : Assist in training new support workers and act as a mentor to provide ongoing guidance and support to the care team.
• Quality assurance : Monitor and review care plans, ensuring they reflect the needs of the clients. Report any changes or issues to ensure that the service continues to provide the highest level of care.
• Care planning and support : Create and maintain individual care plans for some service users, working alongside staff and service users to ensure the plans are up to date and relevant.
• On-call responsibilities : Participate in a shared on-call rota, providing support to staff and helping manage any unplanned absences.
• Promote and protect the welfare of the individuals you support.

What Do You Need?

• A passion for care and great communication skills (written and verbal).
• Leadership qualities and the desire to grow and develop into a management role.
• Willingness to work towards a Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care (we’ll provide training opportunities!).
• A commitment to our core values: ambition, compassion, innovation, reliability, and inclusivity .

What’s In It For You?

• Career development opportunities with mentoring and training to help you progress.
• A chance to lead and inspire a team while making a direct impact on people’s lives.
• A supportive, values-driven work environment where your growth matters to us as much as the care you provide.

Join Us and Make a Difference!
If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and join a dynamic, caring team, we would love to hear from you! View our recruitment pack online . Apply today at and start making a difference with Specialist Care Team .

We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and encourage anyone who shares our passion for delivering high-quality care to apply.

Mental Health Support Worker - Days at Specialist Care Team

Bring comfort and security to those who need it most. Join our excellent team, which supports individuals in their own homes around the Morecambe and Heysham area.

We provide rock-solid training so you can support people who have complex needs, such as Autism, learning disability or mental health. Our speciality is in supporting people in their own homes; creating happy and safe environments.

Shifts can be anywhere between 7am-11pm. We also offer a protected day/time off to better allow you to plan your life.

As part of our highly-trained team you'll work with people to enable them to live happy lives, while promoting their independence. You will also learn specialist skills to ensure we have a safe environment for our clients, which includes breakaway training and ligature rescue.

Here's some of the highlights of working at Specialist Care Team . . .

We pay more – We believe in paying a fair price for an outstanding job for our team members. As a member of the day team, you'll receive a basic £12.45 per hour.

Flexible working – Whether you have regular driving lessons, play squash on a Thursday night and want to work later or need to look after a family member, we understand you may have commitments elsewhere and will always aim to have a flexible approach to your availability. For our fill time colleagues we also offer a protected regular day off in the week to allow you to plan things.

Guaranteed contract hours – We don't believe in offering 'zero hour' contracts as standard – all of our team members have a guaranteed number of hours each week, which can range anywhere from 8-40 hours depending on whether you want to work part- or full-time

Investing in you – You need the best tools to carry out a high level of care, and that's why you'll be fully-trained by our in-house team and members of our community team are given a work mobile phone so you can perform to the best of your ability

What we need from you:

Everyone working in social care needs a good standard of English, as well as numeracy and digital skills. You will need to enjoy working in a team and you need to be good at problem-solving.

You will also need to be flexible to the needs of the business across our Mental Health facilities.

While you'll be working with complex clients so experience in care is desirable, preferably in Mental Health. However full training is given anyway and we will make allowances for the right person!

Additional skills required to join our team include:

• The ability to be organised
• Good listening and communication skills
• To understand and follow policies and procedures
• Good writing skills to fill in records

Are you ready to make a difference? Apply today.

We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and encourage anyone who shares our passion for delivering high-quality care to apply.

Residential Childcare Support Worker (Sessional/Casual)

Contract: Casual

Location: Heysham, Morecambe

Salary: £12.29 per hour

We are looking for dynamic and inspirational Residential Childcare Support Worker to join our already established Residential Team at Bay View on a casual basis, covering shifts within the business as and when needed. You'll be working in one of our family feel children's homes in Heysham or rural North Lancaster, with a maximum of four young people per home. This amazing opportunity will also allow you flexibility to work the hours you can commit to with no contractual obligation.

Our service requires individuals who will help guide young people aged 8-18 with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties to success and who are dedicated to supporting our ethos. As well as this, you will support in providing a safe, secure, homely and positive environment for the children and young adults in the home so that their lives are progressively improved. All our homes are rated either 'Good or Outstanding' by Ofsted so as such we would need individuals to continue improving and developing the quality, image and reputation of the Home.

You must be over 21 years of age and hold a full UK driving license.

It is a requirement that you hold a Diploma Level 3 in Working with Children & Young People.

Principal Accountabilities

• To carry out his or her duties as a Childcare Worker and Key Worker so that the National Standards, laid down by Ofsted, are consistently exceeded.
• To ensure that the highest possible standard of childcare is provided to the children who are resident in the Home.
• To purposefully and systematically improve the lives of all the young people who are resident at the Home.
• To build and maintain positive and effective working relationships with family, friends and any other external body, as requested by the Registered Manager.
• To contribute to the building and maintenance of a culture of trust and mutual respect between all involved in the Home, both children and members of staff.

The Provision of Childcare

• The Childcare Worker contributes to the development of appropriate and high quality care plans for each young person.
• All legal requirements, Ofsted standards and the policies and procedures of Bay View Childcare are adhered to at all times.
• Any feedback received from residents, family, friends, placing authorities and any other relevant parties is religiously noted and communicated to the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager by the pre-agreed method.
• The Home is kept clean, tidy, safe and secure at all times.
• The Childcare Worker builds constructive and trusting relationships with the children in the Home, ensuring a full understanding of their personal background and individual needs.
• The Childcare Worker is approachable, friendly and professional, proactively engages with the children and creates an open, positive and inclusive environment so that the children feel that they belong in the Home.
• The Childcare Worker works proactively and constructively with the children, endeavouring to build relationships with them, add to their quality of life and build foundations for future personal success.
• The children are actively supervised and kept safe and the Childcare Worker looks out for signs of unease, frustration and unhappiness and engages with the children as necessary.
• The Childcare Worker is quick to sense, manage and de-escalate any conflict situation which may arise. Any action taken in this respect is in line with the policies and procedures of Bay View Childcare.
• All issues and concerns relating to the children are proactively communicated to the Registered Manager, Deputy Manager and Shift Leader.
• Risk assessments are carried out for all new activities, as requested.
• Pre-activity assessments are carried out for existing activities to ensure that they are able to operate safely and effectively.
• The Childcare Worker is actively involved in activities with the children, doing things with them, very much as a good parent would.
• The Childcare Worker discharges all of his or her responsibilities as a 'Key Worker' and ensures that all of the children are treated as individuals.
• The Childcare Worker is careful to maintain regular and constructive communication with the family and friends of the children for whom he or she is the 'Key Worker'.
• The Childcare Worker remains unerringly positive in terms of his or her participation in activities with the children and the relaying of personal life experiences.
• An active and constructive contribution is made to reviews of any child for whom the Childcare Worker is the 'Key Worker'.
• All of the company's policies and procedures are religiously followed and all necessary paperwork is diligently and fully completed. The Childcare Worker has a full understanding of the reasons for all records that have to be kept and is quick to ask whenever this is not the case.
• The quality of food provided to the children is in line with the pre-agreed food standards.
• The Childcare Worker actively assists with cooking and the purchasing of foodstuffs, as required.

Bay View is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. You must willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.

Assisting services users with personal care i.e., washing, dressing, oral care, grooming etc.

Assisting and supporting service users with all manual handling and transfers using mobility aid provided. hoist, Zimmer frame, wheelchair, walking stick.

Assisting and supporting service users with all continence and incontinence commode, catheter, changing of pad, changing of stoma bag etc.

Assisting and supporting service users with food and drink preparation, serving /feeding meal.

Assist and support service users with domestic / laundry and maintaining a cleaning environment.

Assist and support service users with administration and prompting of medication.

Assisting service user with first aid care

Assisting service users with shopping

Maintain and record service users care notes.

Relating and reporting all concerns to the office.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £14.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Sick pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Lancaster LA1: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Experience:

• Care Assistants: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Location:

• Lancaster LA1 (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Job description

We are not accepting applicants who require sponsorship at this time.

The Knowle Care Home was opened in 1986 and is an established care home registered by the Care Quality Commission.

The Knowle provides high-standard accommodation for up to 32 people who require personal care and also those with dementia. The Knowle has been created from two large, combined, Victorian houses and a purpose built extension situated in the Ashton area which is a residential area close to the town centre with easy access to other major places by public transport. The house is a brick built detached period property set in an acre of well maintained gardens and grounds.

Our dedicated team delivers personalised care, ensuring that our residents lead fulfilling and independent lives.

We are currently seeking a compassionate and reliable BANK Care Assistants to join our team.

If you are committed to making a meaningful impact in the lives of others and thrive in a nurturing and dynamic setting, The Knowle Care Home is the perfect place for you to grow your career.

We are currently seeking Bank Care Assistants with a compassionate heart and a drive for excellence to join our dedicated team. This role is pivotal within our structure, ensuring the seamless delivery of Care and Support Plans to our residents.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver care and personal assistance to residents, enhancing their comfort and quality of life.
• Offer support and assistance to residents during the day.
• Prepare and serve meals; perform personal care activities including bathing, dressing, and grooming.
• Maintain cleanliness of rooms and communal areas; manage laundry.
• Ensure a safe living environment, adhering to safety protocols and reporting potential hazards.
• Administer medications as required, under appropriate supervision.

Why Choose Us?

Outstanding Employee Benefits

• Comprehensive Management Support: Benefit from our robust management structure, with one Operations Manager for every five homes, regular support visits, a dedicated Training Manager, Business Support Manager, Peripatetic Manager, Director of Operations, and hands-on involvement from Company Directors.
• Employee Reward Schemes: Recognising and celebrating those who go above and beyond.
• Employee of the Month Scheme (£30 into your next months wage)
• Family Choice Award (£00 Holiday Voucher)
• Fully Digital Ecosystem: Streamline your work with our digital systems covering all aspects of your role, leaving you with more time to spend with our residents.
• Free Sanitary Products: We believe in providing essential products for free in the workplace.
• Extensive Reinvestment Plans: We are dedicated to continuous improvement and reinvestment in our homes.
• Career Progression for All: We believe in nurturing every employee's potential and supporting your professional development.

Health Assured Employee Benefits: Access a range of services including:

• Life Support: Face-to-face, telephone, and online counselling, as well as life and leadership coaching.
• Legal Information: Assistance with debt management and disputes, which can cause emotional distress.
• Bereavement Support: Guidance and counselling for grief, along with legal support for related matters.
• Online CBT Support: Access self-help modules, fact sheets, and videos from leading qualified counsellors on issues such as anxiety, depression, and menopause.
• 24/7 Helpline: Confidential support for you and your immediate family members.
• Medical Information: Receive practical advice from qualified nurses on a wide range of health issues.
• Active Care: Immediate intervention for stress-related absences.
• Wisdom App: A digital resource for ongoing support.

Supportive Work Environment: Uniform provided and a plethora of free training opportunities, including an extensive online training program and class room based training program.

Our training will give you the skills you need to complete your role as a Care Assistant as well as arm you with life skills that you can use at home

All our employees are invited to complete the below training as part of our standard induction program:

• Basic Fire Awareness Training, including use of Fire Fighting Equipment
• Fire Warden Training
• Dementia Awareness Trainings
• Choking First Aid Training
• Basic First Aid Training

Training that you can use at work and at home

Who We Are Looking For:

We are seeking a compassionate, dedicated Day Care Assistant who is passionate about providing personal care and making a difference in the lives of others.

The ideal candidate should be able to make informed decisions, respond effectively to the needs of our residents, and possess a keen interest in learning more about the healthcare industry. A strong work ethic, a love for helping others, and a desire to contribute positively to our care home community are essential.

Join The Knowle Care Home and be a part of a team that values compassion, respect, and excellence in care, but don't just take our word for it, have a look at our reviews online

Hours of Work

• Bank contracts

Benefits of our Shift Pattern

• Online Roster System (Book your Annual Leave, Clock In & Out of your shifts, see your shifts months in advance all from your mobile phone)
• Rota is published months in advance so you can plan your life around your work.
• Only use your annual leave on days that you would have been rostered, enabling you to make the most of your entitlement.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 2.21 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

This position is suitable for a Healthcare assistant with previous experience in a Healthcare setting - such as a GP surgery or Hospital.

Essential experience needed to apply are

• Phlebotomy
• Clinical Observations
• Previous work experience in a GP surgery or Hospital setting

please do not apply if you do not have this essential experience - thank you

Job Description

Job Title: Healthcare Assistant

Reports to: Clinical Lead

Hours: 30+ Hours over 3 – 5 days. 2-year contract.

Salary: £13.42 per hour (plus NHS Pension)

Job Summary

The purpose of the role is to assist the clinical team in the service and delivery of the care management of the practice population.

The Healthcare Assistant will work under indirect supervision and perform tasks prescribed and delegated by the GP Partners, Nursing Team Manager and Practice Nurses, working under Patient Specific Directions (PSDs), agreed Protocols, within an evidence base and within defined competencies to meet the needs of the patients.

Job Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Blood pressure measurement / monitoring
• Chaperoning duties
• ECG
• Flu immunisation
• Pneumococcal immunisation
• Height, weight measurement
• Long Term Conditions assessment
• NHS Health Checks
• Enhanced Health Checks
• Learning Disability Health Checks
• QoF
• Support and advice for patients in managing their own disease
• Take pathology samples from patients for analysis (blood, sputum, urine etc.)
• Urine testing / analysis
• Vitamin B12 injections

Record Keeping and Administration

• Accurately label and document patient samples and submit for collection and analysis
• Contribute to nursing team record keeping (clinical, administrative, health and safety related records)
• Maintain skills in using patient appointment system
• Make accurate and contemporaneous records of all patient encounters in accordance with practice records, protocols and coding protocols

Maintaining a Safe Clinical Environment

The Healthcare Assistant will be aware of and comply with the Practice's Health and Safety policy.

This will include:

• Adhering to all relevant policies including infection control and cold chain
• Applying correctly spill control and decontamination policies
• Attending regular health and safety training
• Contributing to keeping the working area and patient areas tidy and free from hazards
• Ensuring sufficient supplies of all cleansing and infection control materials
• andling specimens and clinical waste / sharps in accordance with practice policy
• Identifying and reporting hazards / risks and contributing to control measures
• Minimising risk to self and others in the workplace
• Using protective equipment and clothing provided and in accordance with the practice's policy

Specific

• Clean / maintain all equipment in accordance with infection control and equipment maintenance policies
• Dispose of all clinical waste/sharps in accordance with the Practice's Infection Control protocol
• Prepare clinical areas between patients in accordance with infection control procedures including cleaning surfaces and equipment
• Record fridge temperatures, clean fridges, promptly report temperature variations from standard
• Rotate stock according to date, maintain appropriate records and discard out of date stock in accordance with practice protocol
• Take action to manage spills or decontamination affected areas

Supplies Management

• Maintain accurate stock records, including liaison with Nursing Team Manager and / or Operations Manager by providing order confirmations for invoice checking
• Order most economic supplies available and use with economy
• Order replacement stock
• Order vaccines to maintain stock levels and store according to practice cold chain and storage policies

Equipment Maintenance and Calibration

• Clean and disinfect some items of equipment and keep a record
• Contribute to care and maintenance of equipment
• Organise repair and regular maintenance and calibration of equipment, including equipment maintenance / checking / calibration log

Overall Responsibility

• Undertake any other appropriate duties or responsibilities as directed by the Practice Management and GP Partners
• To ensure effective communication with all clinicians and other practice and community staff based at the Surgery
• Be aware of, and adhere to, Practice policies in relation to health and safety at work and fire precautions.
• To attend appropriate training courses

Communication

• Advise patients of the Healthcare Assistant role, its extent and limits
• Appropriately advise patients if they require the services of a GP or other clinical team member
• Communicate effectively, promptly and appropriately with patients and team members
• Communicate risk to patients and ensure proper consent gained where appropriate
• Contribute to practice meetings
• Modify method of communication with patients to suit the situation, recognise problems / barriers and take action or seek help at an early stage when they arise

Personal Development

The Healthcare Assistant will:

• Attend and contribute to in-house training events
• Behave as a positive role model
• Be aware of the legal issues pertinent to the role of a Healthcare Assistant
• Be able to demonstrate or work towards the Royal College of GP competency framework for Healthcare Assistants
• Maintain awareness of current evidence-based approaches to patient care and update practice accordingly and in consultation with the team
• Prioritise own work and work effectively with others to prioritise team and practice workload
• Take an active part in Annual Appraisals
• Undertake regular mandatory training (Safeguarding Adults and Children, Basic Life Support, Information Governance, Moving and Handling etc.)
• Undertake training needed to ensure competencies for delivering all responsibilities

Confidentiality

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others' health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
• Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
• Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holder's role
• Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)
• Reporting potential risks identified

Equality and Diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people's rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team's performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients' needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognise people's needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the implementation of services

The post-holder will:

• Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
• Participate in audits where appropriate

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £13.42 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Private medical insurance

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 02/10/2025

Salary £28,142 - £32,062 per annum (Pro Rata) l Permanent, Part time, 29.6 hours per week | County Hall, Preston |

Care Navigation Officer (Residential)

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Adult Social Care Commissioning team. This role represents a permanent position, offering a chance to contribute meaningfully to shaping services that improve lives across Lancashire.

Please see the job description/person specification for further details.

Please upload a supporting statement to support your application

Please note this position is 9:00-17:00 Friday to Monday (Weekend Support)

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

Job Description & Person Specification.

A great new job opportunity has arisen for a committed Clinical Senior Care Assistant to work in an excellent care home based in the Preston, Lancashire area. You will be working for one of UK's leading healthcare providers

This is a well designed, purpose built home, offering general nursing care, residential dementia care, dementia nursing care and a specialist male only dementia care service

**To be considered for this position you must hold an NVQ/QCF Level 3 in Health & Social Care**

As a Senior Care Assistant your key duties include:

• You will be tasked with managing the care team within the Home
• Ensuring that care staff are adhering to CQC guidelines whilst providing exceptional levels of care to residents
• Promote and deliver high standards of care and supervise
• Instruct less experienced staff to enable them to fully contribute to the care provided within the Home

The following skills and experience would be preferred and beneficial for the role:

• Excellent communication and written skills
• Previous experience working within an elderly care setting
• Self-motivated, resilient and well-organised
• Team player but able to work on your own initiative
• Dependable, able to work well under pressure and flexible to meet the needs of the Home
• Previous supervisory experience within a care/nursing home setting and experience of working with the elderly

The successful Senior Care Assistant will receive an excellent salary of £14.55 per hour and the annual salary is £24,967.80 per annum. This exciting position is a permanent full time role for 33 hours a week working on night shifts. In return for your hard work and commitment you will receive the following generous benefits:

• 6 weeks of paid annual leave
• Career development opportunities
• Excellent work environment
• Paid DBS
• Free on-site parking
• Free uniform
• Pension scheme

Reference ID: 6513

To apply for this fantastic job role, please call on or send your CV

Team Leader Care

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Hours: 40 hours per week

Responsible to: Registered Manager

Location: Lancaster

Salary : Basic salary of £27,803.20 with a potential to earn up to a total of £4,523.20 with sleep in shifts.

We are looking for dynamic and inspirational Residential Home Team Leader to join our already established Children's Home Team at Bayview. You'll be working in one of our family feel children's homes in Capernwray, Carnforth, with a maximum of four young people per home.

Our service requires individuals who will help guide young people aged 8-18 with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties to success and who are dedicated to supporting our ethos. As well as this, you will support in providing a safe, secure, homely and positive environment for the children and young adults in the home so that their lives are progressively improved.

To assist the Registered Manager and Deputy Manager in the leadership and management of the day to day operations of the Home so that the lives of all of the young residents are progressively improved. All our homes are rated 'Outstanding' or 'Good' by Ofsted so as such we would require you to assist in the continuous improvement and development of the quality, image and reputation of the Home. To deputise for the Registered Manager at any time when the Registered Manager is not physically present at the Home.

You must also hold a full UK driving license.

It is a requirement that you hold your Diploma Level 3 in Working with Children & Young People.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary plus up to 720 in sleep in payments (average of 6-8 sleep ins per month at 0 per sleep in)
• Regular Supervisions
• Company pension
• Access to our Exchange Employee Discount Scheme
• Access to wellbeing programmes via our Exchange Provision
• Comprehensive training programme, followed by a comprehensive and ongoing CPD Programme
• Promotion opportunities

The Provision of Childcare

• Care plans, which meet the pre-agreed standards, are religiously produced for each child, reviewed in line with the pre-agreed timescales and submitted to the Registered Manager for approval.
• All legal requirements, Ofsted standards and the policies and procedures of Bay View Childcare are adhered to at all times by all members of staff.
• Any feedback received from residents, family, friends, placing authorities and any other relevant parties is religiously noted and communicated to the Registered Manager by the pre-agreed method.
• The Registered Manager is kept fully informed of all important issues and developments within the Home at all times, in line with the pre-agreed guidelines.
• All members of staff are aware of the standards of behaviour required and any deviation from the pre-agreed code of behaviour is directly but respectfully addressed by the Deputy Manager.
• All members of staff are approachable, friendly and professional, proactively engage with the children and create an open, positive and inclusive environment so that the children feel that they belong in the Home.
• All members of staff work proactively and constructively with the children, endeavouring to build relationships with them, add to their quality of life and build foundations for future personal success.
• The Team Leader is fully aware of his or her responsibilities in terms of the rota, sleeping duties and on-call arrangements and complies with them at all times.
• Should the Team Leader have any concerns as to the behaviour or competence of the Registered Manager, these are communicated privately and confidentially to the Responsible Individual.

Business Management and Improvement

• At any time when the Registered Manager is not physically present, the Team Leader assists the Deputy Manager in deputising for the Registered Manager and takes responsibility for managing all day to day aspects of the Home.
• The Team Leader ensures that no element of the pre-agreed expenditure budget is exceeded without the express prior permission of the Registered Manager.
• The quality of food provided to the children is in line with the pre-agreed food standards.
• The Team Leader actively assists with and carries out menu planning, cooking and the purchasing of foodstuffs, as necessary.
• When the Registered Manager is not present, the Team Leader assists the Deputy Manager who leads the weekly staff meeting. This is done in an open, positive and inclusive way ensuring that all staff have the opportunity to communicate concerns and put forward potential solutions and improvement ideas.
• Members of staff are actively involved in and consulted on decisions which affect the way they carry out their jobs on a day to day basis.
• A senior staff meeting is held ahead of the weekly staff meeting in order to prepare properly for that meeting and agree anything important which needs to be communicated to the rest of the team.
• The Team Leader proactively communicates ideas for the medium term improvement of the Home, for inclusion in the annual development plan.
• Any problem area or issue needing to be addressed within the business is immediately raised with the Deputy or Registered Manager.
• The Team Leader is continually seeking to develop his or her knowledge and skills in relation to childcare and religiously attends training and development courses and workshops as required by the Registered Manager.

Staff Management

• All staff are managed fairly and consistently and in accordance with the core values of the Home with the effect that the level of staff turnover is kept to a minimum.
• The Team Leader ensures that day to day staff management issues are dealt with quickly, fairly and professionally.
• Employee absence is proactively managed in accordance with the agreed absence management policy and procedure.
• Return to work interviews are carried out as necessary and in line with the agreed policy and procedure.
• Where staff are unavailable for work at short notice, immediate action is taken to obtain competent staff to fulfil their roles.
• The Team Leader ensures that the staff working on each shift for which he or she is responsible are deployed as effectively as possible.
• The appearance of all staff is proactively managed so that it consistently meets the agreed appearance standard.
• The Team Leader carries out regular performance reviews (supervisions) with all team members in accordance with the agreed procedures and timescales. Appropriate performance data, indicators and measures are employed to ensure that performance measurement is professional and objective.
• The Team Leader ensures that all legal health and safety requirements and the company's health and safety policies and procedures are complied with at all times.
• Good personal hygiene standards, as specified in the relevant company policies and procedures, are followed religiously by all staff. Any deviation from this is dealt with quickly and effectively by the Team Leader.
• The Team Leader ensures that all members of staff abide by all of the company's health and safety policies and procedures at all times.

Bay View is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. Bay View is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. You must willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.