Team Leader

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Team Leader

Employer Name: Resilience Healthcare Limited

Number of Positions: 1

Location of Employment: Maple Tree Lodge, Ardee, Co Louth

Salary: €41,600 to €43,831 per annum

Hours of Work: 40 hours per week

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Job Description

Promote the health, wellbeing, safety and rights of Service Users in line with company policies and HIQA standards.

• Support, guide and oversee Support Workers in fulfilling their roles and responsibilities.
• Facilitate Key Worker meetings and support Key Workers to deliver on individual responsibilities.
• Actively identify, mentor and develop potential future leaders within the team, ensuring a strong internal talent pipeline and succession readiness.
• Provide supervision to team members in line with supervision policy.
• Support the Service Manager with recruitment, selection and onboarding of new employees.
• Take the lead in delivering company induction for new starters at service level.
• Support the Service Manager in managing performance, attendance and conduct issues.
• Conduct fact-finding processes in line with the Disciplinary Policy, with outcomes reviewed by the Service Manager and HR.
• Work in full compliance with legislative requirements, HIQA standards and health and safety legislation.
• Ensure Person-Centred Plans are in place, implemented, reviewed and evaluated for each Service User.
• Oversee medication management processes and ensure adherence to medication policy.
• Carry out audits, monitor compliance and support implementation of corrective actions.
• Support the Service Manager with incident management, safeguarding concerns, restrictive practices and actions arising from HIQA or internal audits.
• Support the Service Manager in operating the roster system to meet the needs of the service within agreed budgeted hours.
• Maintain and update the HRIS accurately.
• Support the Service Manager in referral assessments, assessments of need, transition planning and discharge processes.

Essential Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years' experience working in a social care or disability service
• Proven experience supporting individuals with complex needs in a regulated environment
• Experience providing leadership, supervision or acting-up responsibilities within a team
• QQI Level 5 qualification in a relevant discipline (QQI Level 7 desirable)
• Commitment to completing QQI Level 6 in Management Essentials
• Sound knowledge of HIQA standards, safeguarding and regulatory requirements
• Excellent command of spoken and written English
• Full, clean driving licence