Team Leader

As a Team Leader with Leonard Cheshire, you will become part of a fantastic team. You will provide effective supervision of a team of Support Workers, lead with passion and enthusiasm promoting positive outcomes for disabled people with a flexible and proactive approach.

You will ensure our customers receive the very best care, personal support and assistance with daily life tasks. Supporting our Person-Centred approach, you will ensure maximum independence for our customers and helping them to achieve individual aspirations.

This is a challenging yet exciting opportunity, offering you the chance to grow and develop as a member of the Leonard Cheshire team, further enhancing your already successful career as a care professional.

• Ideally have a level of professional development and registration (NVQ/SVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care, L4 NVQ/SVQ) or willing to work towards a relevant qualification.


• Have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively.


• Have experience in supervising a team.


• Work flexibly and creatively with customers and their families.


• Be experienced in working within a care setting.


• Flexibility to work within rostered hours / prepared to participate in an on-call rota where required., Disability Confident

About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

Birnbeck House is home for thirteen adults with learning disabilities. We're in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset and are a short walk from the town centre with its restaurants, cafes, theatres, libraries, and leisure centre.


• Free Blue Light Card.


• Contributory company pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit.


• Access to a Cash Health Plan at very favourable rates.


• Great development opportunities through our apprenticeship schemes and chance to gain recognised qualifications.


• Unlimited payments through our Refer a Friend bonus scheme.


• Free DBS check.


• Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!