Care Services Team Leader (Internal Applicants Only)

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

WorkLocation:Melton Short Breaks & Supported Living Services LE13 0GG

WorkerCategory:Fixed Location Worker

Salary:per annum (pro rata for part-time)

WorkingHours:30 hours per week (Must be able to work flexibly and participate in a work rota and work weekends and bank holidays when required)

ContractType:Fixed term (6 months)

Closing Date: 28^th December 2025

Interview Date(s): 13^th January 2026

Two positions available

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a direct difference to peoples lives Our friendly team at Melton Short Breaks & Supported Living Services are looking for two Care Services Team Leaders to join our team on a fixed term basis for 6 months (pending a service review). Melton Short Breaks & Supported Living Services is a purpose-built short break centre alongside 5 supported living bungalows providing respite and supported living care for adults with learning disability Autism Physical disabilities and Sensory impairments. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to work as part of our team to provide person centred care.

In return you will have the opportunity to develop and progress within a large public sector organisation with opportunities to thrive in a modern and flexible working environment have access to an excellent Local Government Pension Scheme along with a generous annual leave entitlement.

About the Role

We are looking for people with supervisory or managerial experience who can help us to continue delivering high quality care and support to adults with learning differences (disability) in our Short Breaks and Supported Living services.

You will help us maintain high quality services through effective audit systems and ensure we deliver outcome focussed care and support. You will have the skills to identify risks and have knowledge a good knowledge of safeguarding procedures.

You will provide direct care and support to people who use our services and have the ability to motivate and support our committed team and promote the right values and celebrate individuality and diversity.

You will work in accordance with Leicestershire County Councils Employee Code of Conduct Skills for Care Code of Conduct for Adult Social Care Workers.

We will provide the training and you will have a team behind you to mentor coach and support your journey.

We will meet the training costs and the DBS enhanced check (Adults Barred List) for a regulated activity required for this post.

About You

To apply for this postyou must be able to meet all the following:

• Demonstrate a commitment to providing high quality care and support and maximising independence;
• Be responsive to meet the changing needs of a 24/7 service. Must be able to work flexibly and participate in a staff rota that incorporates working weekends and bank holidays;
• Have the ability to assist with the moving and handling of people using available equipment;
• Have a suitable level of experience in a supervisory or managerial position in a social care setting;
• Have the ability to analyse information to be able to reach defensible decisions (demonstrating the use of risk management tools);
• Demonstrate sound regulatory knowledge on the Fundamental Standards set by the Care Quality Commission.

You must also have an understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities and the ability to apply this to all situations.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in theOur Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion please contact:

Name: Sharon Duffus (Resourcing Co-ordinator)

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Or

Claire Elliot (Care Service Manager)

Telephone:

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How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click Apply Now. You will need to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section more information see theHow to Applysection on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

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