About Camphill Village Trust:
Camphill Village Trust is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental ill health support. Our focus on humanity and nature was inspired by our past and remains as key to the Trust’s ethos today. This is reflected in our focus on social and green care integration, valuing everyone’s contribution, enabling personal pathways to development, celebrating the changing seasons, and respecting the rhythm of natural life. We operate in both rural and urban communities, building on our care (social) farming legacy. Our historical focus on enabling potential for people with support needs through farming, organic horticulture and enterprise centred on nature and traditional skills, continues to play to our strengths.
Purpose:
Do you want the autonomy and freedom to enhance the lives of the People We Support?
Reporting to the Registered Manager, our Team Leaders organise and deliver high quality support/care to the residents and fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion, and control on a daily basis in accordance with CQC regulations and standards.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Main responsibilities:
1. Plan and organise the delivery of support and care by your team on each shift, ensuring that there are up-to-date person centred needs assessments, support plans and risk assessments in place that are regularly reviewed; safeguards, accidents & incidents, complaints, are recorded, medication is administered and recorded appropriately and there are adequate records and rotas in place to evidence the provision of support and care in accordance with contractual and regulatory expectations.
2. If required, assist residents with personal care where required (eg. bathing, hair washing, toileting etc).
3. Liaise professionally with residents’ parents, social workers, CPN’s and other professionals to make sure that the network of support around each resident is functioning effectively.
4. Ensure that new members of staff are inducted into the service and that they are provided with the support needed to complete the Care Certificate where relevant.
5. Ensure that there is a full handover at the beginning and end of each shift.
6. Ensure that debriefs are held after incidents, and that Trust briefings and new initiatives are communicated to the team via regular team meetings, the communication chats and email.
7. Supervise the activity of any staff or contractors working in or around the properties (eg. cleaners, maintenance men, gardeners, etc).
8. When requested, to take on the role and responsibilities of the Care and Support Manager in their absence.
Person Specification:
1. At least three years previous experience of working within a care or support setting, ideally with adults with additional/complex needs, with at least one year at a more senior level is essential.
2. You must have held a full, valid, UK driving license for at least two years.
3. Working knowledge of person-centred support, positive behaviour approaches and care planning, needs and risk assessment, safeguarding protocols, first line supervision, health and safety, and equalities and human rights essential.
Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunity employer.
Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including a DBS check.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £13.88 per hour
Expected hours: 37.5 per week
Application question(s):

• Which Right to Work in the UK do you currently have?
• Have you held a manual, UK driving license for two years or more?

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person