Care Team Leader

Job Description

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Are you an experienced care professional looking for a change?

You may be looking for a new challenge within a different setting.

Come and join the Agincare family as a Care Team Leader!

Where you'll be working:

• Click here to view the care home - https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/dorset/chalgrove-nursing-home-poole/?utm_campaign=gbp&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=google&utm_content=chnhchalgrove
  
  
  

As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy:

• £13.50 per hour
• Refer a friend scheme
• Outstanding career development
• Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
• Blue Light care discount package
• Company pension scheme
  
  
  

What is required from you?

• A minimum of 24 months on your right to work in the UK
• Full time role - 42 hours per week
• At least two years experience working in a social care environment.
• Must have previous senior or team leader experience
• Qualified to at least a level 2 in health & social care, and have/or be willing to work towards a level 3 (NVQ or equivalent)
  
  
  

A day in the life of a Care Team Leader

• Companionship - Provide support, communication and engagement with our residents.
• Personal care - Support with a wash, bath or shower, dressing and oral care.
• Mobility - Ensure that the residents can live as independently as possible.
• Social Activities - In collaboration with the Activities Coordinator and care home management you will plan and participate in trips out, social engagements and activities within the home.
• Medication - You will support and oversee medication administration, including the upkeep of appropriate documentation.
• Document management - You will ensure all documentation relevant to those who use our service is accurate and up-to-date at all times.
• Collaboration - You will offer support and access to, as well as working collaboratively with other health & social care professionals.
• Management - You will hold line manager responsibilities to care and senior care assistants, and in the absence of the Deputy and Registered Manager will hold responsibility for the home.
  
  
  

About Agincare

We’re a family run business caring for people since 1986. With 4,000 team members, we’re one of the UK’s largest care providers and are continuing to grow. We have over 100 locations across our care homes, home care branches, extra care schemes, supported living properties and live-in offices.

Agincare are signatories of the Care Leaver Covenant and are committed to supporting care leavers to live independently. We are proud to be able to offer a guaranteed interview to care leavers, or an informal conversation about our career opportunities.

All of our care services are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Equal opportunities are important to us at Agincare and we welcome applications from all.