Care Team Leader – The Meadows

NorseCare are a specialist and award-winning provider of exceptional care services, operating throughout 36 care homes and schemes in Norfolk and Suffolk. We are focused on ensuring that we create a safe and empowering environment for all our tenants, prioritising our relationships and engagement with them to tailor our support.

At The Meadows our Housing with Care Scheme in Norwich we are recruiting for a Night Team Leader to work 33 hours per week on nights (19:30-07:30) on a temporary basis for approximately 6 months.

Joining us as a Care Team Leader will give you the chance to make a huge difference to our tenants, their families and your colleagues. You will manage the support provided daily whilst offering training and guidance to others. You will lead by example with your ability to build relationships and working with the team to define care plans to suit individual needs.

Our Successful Candidate:

• Background delivering personal or professional care
• Previous experience in a supervisory or team lead position
• An understanding of excellent service levels in care
• The desire to learn and develop
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Completion of The Care Certificate is desirable but not essential
• Full UK driving licence and access to vehicle would be an advantage

We Offer:

• Competitive rates of pay with excellent benefits
• Enhancements for working weekends and Bank Holidays
• Annual Leave entitlement plus bank holidays
• An enhanced DBS check paid for by NorseCare.
• Clearly defined progression routes supporting career development, offering fully-funded NVQ Level 2-3 qualifications (after probation)
• Full induction and training programme including the Care Certificate and specialist training.
• Reward & Recognition scheme, including the opportunity to be awarded Love2Shop vouchers
• NEST Auto-Enrolment pension scheme (subject to eligibility)

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer. Please click here for details of our DBS policy relating to the recruitment of ex-offenders.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Due to the high numbers of applications we receive for our vacancies, if you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the date you apply, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful for this position.

Our core values are at the heart of everything we do. We expect all our employees to embrace and share our values:

               Compassion – Aspiration – Respect – Empowering