Team Leader - Nights

Team Leader - Nights

Ref: 26-221-NTL-TM-WEB
Role: Team Leader - Nights
Location: The Mews, 143A Glen Road, Belfast BT11 8FU
Salary: £19.31 per hour
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Rota basis - 3 x 12.5-hour shifts including working weekends)

The Service

The Mews is a Positive Behaviour Support Service (PBS) which consists of 12 single occupancy apartments located in West Belfast. The service provides a Person-Centred approach through supported living solutions to service users with Learning Disabilities, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and complex needs. The Service operates under the Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Framework and provides 24hr care and support.

The Role:

As part of the Living Options services, the Team Leader will be a part of the management team and will support the Registered Manager/Deputy Manager to meet the Domiciliary Care Agencies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and the DHSS&PS Domiciliary Care Agency Minimum Standards. They will:

• Ensure that NIHE "Supporting People" contractual requirements and standards are met and maintained.
• Support the Registered Manager to develop and implement personalised care/support plans and individual risk assessments to meet individual needs.
• Support the Registered Manager to ensure the delivery of quality care and support.
• Support with the management budgets and resources.
• Mentor and supervise the Support Team.

Team Leaders must be available to work flexibly and be available to work unsociable hours and public holidays on a rotational basis.

Benefits

• Annual Leave 6.4 weeks days pro rata in each leave year (inclusive of statutory days). This increases to 7.4 weeks after 5 years' service and 7.8 weeks after 10 years' service.
• Paid breaks.
• Free car parking as well as tea and coffee.
• Paid annual NISCC registration fees.
• Investor in People accredited organisation with commitment to development of employees through paid training and learning opportunities, including QCF Level 3.
• Enhanced rate of pay for working on statutory days.
• Auto-enrolment pension scheme, 5% employee contribution and 4% employer contribution.
• Occupational Sick Pay that increases with service, up to 6 months full pay and 6 months half pay after 5 years'.
• Employee Assistance Programme including access to 24/7 Doctors support.
• Health Cashback Scheme.
• Special offers at over 600 leading high street and online retailers.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Essential Criteria:

• A minimum of RQF Level 3 qualification (or equivalent) in a health & social care or related discipline AND at least 2 years' experience in a social care setting providing support/care, of which 6 months of working with behaviours which challenge.
  OR
  A minimum of GCSE English & Maths (A - C) or equivalent AND at least 3 years' experience in a regulated care or support environment, of which 6 months of working with behaviours which challenge.
• Working knowledge of the needs of people with learning disabilities.
• Effective communication and experience of IT systems (eg. digital record keeping)

For further information and to submit your application, click the apply icon.

Closing Date: Tuesday 3rd November 2026

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