Female Waking Night Team Leader

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Job description

Female Waking Night Team Leader

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Looking for a new challenge?

Sense are looking for a passionate and motivated person to join our fantastic team as a Waking Night Team Leader at our Residential Service in King's Norton, Birmingham.

This is a permanent role, working 37.5 hours per week. Your weekly shifts will be divided as follows; 3 nights on duty and 7.5 hours office based.

The 8 people we support live in individual flats within a purpose built home and the home is situated in the heart of a vibrant community in Kings Norton with access to good transport links to Birmingham City Centre and local amenities.

We are passionate about supporting individuals who are deafblind, have visual and/or hearing impairments, complex needs and learning disabilities.

As a Waking Night Team Leader, you will be an important part of the team, supporting the registered care manager to enable effective management of the service at night. You will be leading a team of approximately 10 Waking Night Support Workers.

For this role you will require:

• Experience of leading a team of staff and working in either a Residential or Supported Living Service.
• Experience working with individuals with complex needs and mobility difficulties is desirable.
• Knowledge of or qualification in British Sign Language or the willingness to learn is desirable ( BSL / Makaton etc.)

About Sense

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. Sense are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

Benefits

• 24 days of annual leave plus bank holidays .
• Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
• Free life assurance policy.
• Cashback and discounts on high street brands (and 10% off at Sense charity shops!).
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Travel season ticket loans.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Free DBS check if your role needs one.
• A 350 refer-a-friend scheme.
• Free access to over 100 online and face-to-face training courses, including the care certificate.
• Headspace app- free access for all employees to mindfulness application.

To apply

Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

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