Job Title: Care Team Leader
Company: Belong
Location: Chester - City Road
Hours: 39 hours available (Shifts include Full Time Days, Part Time Days and Nights)
Pay Rate: £15.45 per hour (minimum)
Job Overview
At Belong, we provide high-quality, person-centred care to people in the comfort of a warm and supportive residential setting. Every individual we support has unique needs, and we tailor every care package to them, building a compassionate and skilled team around their requirements.
This is a fantastic role for someone who really cares about health and wellbeing in people's later years. The right person will be an exceptional role model who is an excellent planner of both their time and team, while remaining supportive to individual needs.
The Role & Key Responsibilities
As a Team Leader at Belong, you will be responsible for providing professional leadership, coaching, and development to a team of dedicated support workers.
Your day-to-day duties will include:
- Taking responsibility for medication on the household and ensuring accurate records are kept.
- Ensuring customer care plans are kept up to date.
- Providing professional leadership, coaching, and development to support workers.
- Managing day-to-day challenges with effective planning and resilience.
- Acting as an exceptional role model for the team while supporting residents' individual needs.
About You (Requirements)
- An NVQ Level 3 in Care (or working towards it) is required.
- Demonstrable experience with an awareness of how to face and manage daily care challenges.
- Excellent time-management, planning, and team leadership skills.
- Experience in a dementia care setting is preferred.
- A shared commitment to our core values: being stronger together, wanting to be your best, having respect for everyone, believing in a better tomorrow, and caring from the heart.
Who We Care For
Our customers come from a diverse range of backgrounds and have varied interests and needs. Some might love listening to music and spending time with friends, while others might be keen readers or gardeners.
The bond that unites all our clients is that your support with daily routines and encouragement to remain independent helps maintain a healthy and happy life in their later years. As we like to say, this isn't just a job — it's your opportunity to make a real difference in someone's life.
Sponsorship Restrictions
Please note that Belong does not hold a sponsorship licence. Therefore, we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require sponsorship to work in the UK, either currently or in the future. We welcome applications from eligible applicants; it is with regret that we do not have the facility to sponsor overseas staff.
What We Offer & Benefits
- Competitive hourly pay with enhanced pay for Bank Holidays.
- Regular confirmed rotas with flexible scheduling and every other weekend off.
- Reward and recognition programme.
- Early Pay Scheme and flexible financial assistance.
- Paid DBS check (as per our terms and conditions).
- Paid Blue Light Card and enhanced colleague referral scheme.
- Paid induction (3 days, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm) and paid on-site training.
- Access to gain an NVQ and clear career progression opportunities.
- 5.6 weeks holiday (pro-rata for part-time).
- Medicash, auto-enrolment pension, and Death in Service payment to a chosen beneficiary.
- Subsidised meals in our Bistro, plus a freshly prepared meal provided when you dine with residents during Marvellous Mealtimes.
- Access to an Employment Assistance Programme (EAP) providing confidential counselling, mental health support, and financial advice.
- Full PPE is provided on-site, and free Wi-Fi.
Compliance & Background Checks
All applications will be subject to an enhanced DBS Check and a full employment background check. The DBS code of conduct can be found by copying and pasting the following link into your web browser: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-code-of-practice
