Job Title: Team Manager
Location: Bishop Auckland Durham
Salary: £12.51 per hour (plus excellent benefits)
Job type: Full time
EXTRAORDINARY TIMES CALL FOR EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE!
6 to 12 months fixed term contract
Supervisory experience essential.
Kingsway is a ground floor adapted apartment for the use of 4 people in motorised wheelchairs.
Do you want to make a difference to the lives of others? Could you support some of your community’s most vulnerable members to live a more independent, fuller life?
If you have the ability to empathise, care and support those who need your help, we’d like to speak with you.
About you
We are looking for caring, compassionate and hands on people to join our team. Experience in Social Care is necessary, as well as the compassion and integrity to treat people with dignity and respect is. We will provide you with all the training you need (online and in person)
Making it happen- Your Role
The job is all about giving people encouragement, guidance and support so they can live as independently as possible and have the freedom to make their own choices.
What we offer: Rewards and benefits
In return for your passion and commitment, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:
- 20 days paid annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays, pro rata for part time), which increases after 3 and 5 years’ service
- Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling and advice services
- Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications
- Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)
- Access to an online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailers
- Pension Contribution
Who we are
United Response is a leading national charity. We have a great team of people who are passionate about providing care and support. This role will see you providing support to people in their own homes. Our support staff champion the rights of the people we support to live, work, socialise and participate in the community, free of discrimination and unnecessary boundaries. In our work we aim to be creative, strong, honest, responsive and united.
If you want to make a difference in your community, join a team of dedicated professionals and support those we care for to live more independently, please get in touch today.
This position is subject to an enhanced DBS Check, the cost to be meet by United Response. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.
To help keep the people we support and our staff safe and continue the fight against COVID-19 all our frontline staff are tested regularly and have access to supplies of PPE and relevant training.
Staff Training needed; Fire, Safeguarding, MCA, Infection Control, Moving & Handling, Food Hygiene, Epilepsy (including rescue medication), Peg Feeding, Medication, First Aid, Dysphasia, Postural Care, Tissue Viability.We will provide you with all the training you need.
Diversity Statement
United response values and celebrates the diversity of its staff, the people we support and families. We are committed to achieving a fully inclusive environment that is free from discrimination to ensure that everyone feels safe, supported and has their voice heard.
We have set up a forum and specialist interest groups on diversity so that all staff can have their say.
Our aim is to strengthen our commitment to diversity further by making sure that the demographic profile and characteristics of people who work at United Response are reflective of the communities we work within.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; personal carer, care manager, support staff, Care Assistant, Enabler, Carer, Care Worker, Care Assist, Care Coordinator, Care Assistant, Social Worker, Vulnerable Adult, Support Assistant, Adult Support Worker, Special Needs Support, Adult Care Assistant, Mental Health Support will be considered for this role.
