About The Job
Salary: £32,115 - £35,235 a year plus £963 essential car user allowance (subject to criteria)
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
Are you ready to make a positive impact in the lives of others? Luton Council is seeking an experienced and dedicated
Support To Live Well Team Leader to help manage a vital service aimed at enabling people, families, and carers to lead fulfilling, independent lives. This role calls for a compassionate leader who can bring a strengths-based approach to service delivery, driving better outcomes and maximising resources.
Role Purpose: As the Team Leader, you will play a key role in managing day-to-day operations, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory standards, and fostering an integrated, collaborative approach across the team. You will also be responsible for:
- Supervising and supporting staff to provide high-quality, person-centered support.
- Carrying out quality control procedures to maintain and improve service standards.
Applying your in-depth knowledge of the needs of older adults, individuals with learning disabilities, autism, and behaviours that challenge.
Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.
About You
Key Qualifications and Skills:
- QCF/NVQ Level 3 in Social Care or equivalent qualification.
- Proven experience in a strengths-based approach to care that delivers measurable outcomes for individuals and the community.
- Ability to organise, manage, and inspire a team within a high-demand environment.
- This is a public facing role so you’ll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English
If you have the passion to lead a team that makes a real difference, we invite you to apply today. Become part of a service that empowers individuals to live well and independently.
Apply now and help us shape a better tomorrow!
About Us
Our ambitious
Luton 2040 Vision – that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty – is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.
The people of Luton depend heavily on this council – and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?
Application Process
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.
Benefits
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:
- From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
- Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
- Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
- Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
- Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
- Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
- Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
- Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
- Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
- Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel
How To Apply
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