Team Leader

Team Leader

Cambian Whinfell - Shap Road

Contract type: Full Time (42 Hours per week)

Contract term: Permanent.

Starting Salary: £32,672.64 per annum

An exciting opportunity to join our team is here!

We are looking for a Full-Time Team Leader to join us at Shap Road! The ideal candidate will need to be qualified to at least an NVQ Level 3 standard.

There will be staff training and professional development opportunities also available when joining this home recently graded as "Outstanding" by CQC.

Location: Kendal, Cumbria

We are looking for the best to join the best!

With an Outstanding CQC judgment. Cambian Whinfell Shap Road Home is probably one of the best residential care homes of its type in the county. Located in the picturesque town of Kendal it provides exceptional care and support for young adults with Learning Disabilities and or challenges within the autistic spectrum. The home is a registered 4-bedroom house for young adults and they are closely supported to live as independent a life as possible and be a big part of the local community. We aspire for all of our people to be the best they can be as themselves.

If you join us you will be working in Shap Road with a group of young adults who are very happy and safe and who show high levels of respect and kindness towards each other. The education and care that we provide makes a significantly positive difference to their lives and parents have commented that the exemplary support their children receive has, 'changed their lives and given them hope'.

You may have the skills to support our young adults in their activities to raise money for charities such as our local homeless shelter or to help them prepare for a more independent life by arranging personalised activities and social events for them. Alternatively, you may be interested in becoming involved in our innovative outdoor learning provision that develops their leadership skills, resilience and confidence.

If you are an experienced support worker then we would love to help you develop your career within our calm, caring and supportive environment. Alternatively, if you are new to the sector then we can't think of anywhere better to start your exciting new career.

What we need from you?

Successful applicants for this role of Team Leader must be qualified to an NVQ Level 3 standard. They will be part of a large supportive care team who work holistically across Care, Education and Therapeutic services supporting each other's practice to deliver specialist residential educational services to those with additional and complex needs; including Autism & Asperger's. This is a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with trained, qualified professionals from across our multidisciplinary team and to join an expanding and successful organisation.

Cambian Whinfell Shap Road is currently working towards reshaping the way in which specialist's support our young adults and seek to prepare them for possible employment and/or lifelong fulfilment.

We are looking for a Team Leader who is:

Passionate about improving the lives of others;

A positive and consistent role model to others;

Experienced in supervising and leading teams;

Innovative, engaging, enthusiastic and inspirational;

A creative thinker and implementer;

Flexible in working shift patterns on a rota basis including days, evenings and weekends;

An excellent communicator and team player;

Seeking career development and training.

Due to the nature of this role we do require you to hold a full UK driving licence so that you have the ability to drive our work vehicles.

Successful applicants will be rewarded with access to gaining further qualifications and full training courses for career and personal development will be provided.

About the Cambian Group

We are one of the largest providers of specialist education and behavioural health services for children in the UK.

Although our work embraces many specialist disciplines, we all have the same purpose: To enable all people in our care to achieve their personal best.

Requirements for DBS and reference checking will be undertaken in line with government regulations and safer recruitment best practice.

The Cambian Group are an equal opportunities employer.

Cambian will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

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