Team Leader - L’Arche Ipswich : Job Details

L’Arche Ipswich are looking to recruit a Team Leader (Adult Social Care) to join ourteam based in Ipswich. You will be working 40 hours per week (including evenings and weekends). The successful candidate will earn a competitive salary of £27,336 per annum.

• Are you a qualified and experienced Team Leader looking for a new challenge? 
• Do you want to be part of a team that strives to be inclusive and supports its members to develop and reach their full potential? 
• Are you organised, outgoing and passionate about making a real and positive difference to people’s lives? 

If this sounds like you, then L’Arche Ipswich may be what you are looking for!

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Team Leader for our Supported Living Service in Ipswich, Suffolk. Someone who will go above and beyond to make life amazing for our service users and our enthusiastic and professional support workers. Our Charity supports 13 adults with Learning Disabilities/Autism to lead fulfilling and independent lives whilst being active members of the community. 

L’Arche Ipswich is an Excellent CQC rated Supported Living Service that provides individualised and proactive support to enable individuals to become as independent as possible within the community. The service comprises of three beautiful houses set in spacious grounds designed to meet a variety of individual needs and preferences. 

Main purpose of the role

As our Team Leader, you will be responsible for the smooth and safe running of one of our supported living houses. This will include managing and creating the monthly rotas, updating and managing digital care plans and risk assessments, supporting and supervising assistants (including inducting new team members). Overseeing reporting such as medication records, health and safety, and quality assurance checks, implementing the planning and undertaking of meaningful activity, taking part in support reviews, ensuring training is relevant and up to date, and working as part of the senior leadership team to maintain a high quality of care.

You will work with our Registered Care Manager to ensure:

• we continue to provide high quality, person-centred care and support; supporting practical, social and spiritual needs of our service users
• leading the service delivery is in line with L’Arche’s values and standards, and the requirements of the Care Quality Commission [CQC].

You will:

• be capable of leading and motivating a small team of support workers to provide excellent support and build a sense of community
• have gained this experience in a supported living or care setting
• be able to encourage each person in the house – with or without learning disabilities - to have a voice, share their views, have choice, and feel at home
• have a relevant Health and Social Care qualification (or comparable experience) to at least Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care (adults)
• have relevant skills in Microsoft packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook
• have experience in (or be willing to learn) digital care planning and risk assessment systems
• have previous knowledge of CQC regulations and the ability to apply them in a care setting.

About us

L’Arche Ipswich is more than just a service provider; we are a diverse, inclusive community of 30+ people with and without learning disabilities who live, work and celebrate together. Our aim is to provide a place of belonging to help people with learning disabilities live independent yet connected lives.

We pride ourselves on being diverse and inclusive, with our service users being at the heart of all that we do in a safe, caring, dynamic and fun way.

Alongside our regulated person-centred support, we also have a strong spiritual ethos within the organisation, maintaining close meaningful working relationships with our service users, their families, and those living outside of the immediate L’Arche Ipswich community. Attendance to festivals, weekend breaks, community gatherings and birthday celebrations are a consistent tradition for all of us that brings everyone together on a regular basis.

"Quite simply being part of L'Arche is being loved for who you are." L’Arche Support Worker

Place of work: L’Arche Ipswich, supported living houses in the IP1 and IP4 areas, comprising of 13 service users.

We will offer you:

• £250 onboarding payment upon successful completion of your probationary period
• blue light card eligibility - 15,000 discounts from large national retailers to local businesses across categories such as holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones, and many more
• kind, caring, professional colleagues and homely work environment
• excellent support from our dedicated teams
• commitment to ongoing professional development
• workplace committed to staff well-being
• a vibrant and joyful place to work and to be a part of an international federation of L’Arche communities in over 35 countries worldwide
• our personal development or "Formation" programme offers opportunities for reflection, mentoring and growth for everyone in our community
• opportunities to travel both in the UK and internationally to visit other L’Arche communities
• 28 paid day’s annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays (increasing to 33 per year after your first year)
• pension
• life insurance
• employee assistance programme providing free confidential well-being support including counselling
• cycle to work scheme.

Closing date: 5pm, 26 July 2024. 

If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this Team Leader role, please click apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.