Oakwood Team Leader
Could you be a Team Leader at Oakwood?
The Rossendale Trust provides supported living to adults with learning disabilities in Macclesfield and Buxton. Our Oakwood Activity Service provides invaluable support to individuals and families in the community.
We are currently recruiting a Team Leader at Oakwood to lead a team consisting of Activity Leaders, Activity Support, Personal Assistants and Volunteers, who provide the highest standard of support to service users visiting the Oakwood Service.
Principal responsibilities include:
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- To support the Head of Day Opportunities in monitoring and adapting the staff team to meet the needs of the service users
- In the absence of the Head of Day Opportunities, to be responsible for the management of the service
- To undertake the day to day supervision of Activity Leaders, Activity Support, Personal Assistants and Volunteers, ensuring that they have everything in place to carry out their job
- To be the first point of contact for any staff issues and carry out staff supervisions
- To actively contribute to the team and mentor staff in the planning of activity sessions
- To build and maintain appropriate relationships with service users, relatives, colleagues and external professionals
- To complete individual assessments of need for all service users in partnership with Local Authority, family members, advocates, service users and other interested parties
- To be responsible for all recording systems and ensure that accurate and complete records relating to each service user are kept up to date
- To be flexible and willing to work across a variety of settings to meet the needs of the service
You can read the full job profile here
What we can offer you:
- Fortnightly pay and double pay on all Bank Holidays
- Health cash plan
- A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
- Life Assurance (qualifying period applies)
- Career progression opportunities
- Long Service Awards
- Team building and social events
- Pension Scheme
Salary:
£19,336.05 per annum.
Hours:
24 hours per week, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8.30 am – 4.30 pm
If you wish to discuss the role in more detail, please get in touch with Jason Blythe on 01260 251501, or email [email protected]
You can apply online for this role here
