Service Lead
Be the difference every day, provide compassionate, person-centred care, build life skills, and empower the people we support to live with choice, dignity, and independence.
Location
Long Eaton
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time
Salary
£14-15ph
Closes
14/11/2025
We are unable to offer employment to any individuals who require sponsorship either now or in the future.
Do you want to be part of an awesome team with the drive to make a real difference?
Do you have a great sense of humour and the resilience to make it in the Health and Social Care Sector?
Can you adjust your leadership and communication style to meet the needs of the team and the people we support
If you’ve answered yes to the above, then this could be the place for you!
Prudent Supported Living are offering an amazing opportunity to become a Service Lead within our supported living organisation!
We provide the highest level of care and support to the individuals that we support in the local area. We are proud to say that CQC gave us an OUTSTANDING in care!!
We want someone who can lead and empower a team to ensure that we provide the very best level of care to the vulnerable individuals that we support.
We are a hard working team that love what we do and are proud of what we do as well! We support and promote independence, kindness, innovation and honesty with the hope that the individuals in our care transition into self-sufficient lives with the same values.
We are looking for Service Leads who want to join us and continue to support others to the highest level and as one of the rewards for your hard work, we would like to support you in completing further qualifications such as an NVQ level 4 or even an NVQ level 5!
As a Service Lead you will be expected to oversee more than 1 home, supporting the staff team and ensure that we are working efficiently and achieving the highest level of care and support that we can. Our individuals all live in sole accommodation and have staff teams we support on 12 hour shift patterns. You will will oversee staff supervisions and appraisals as well as the daily running of the home.
Excellent written , oral communication is essential for the role as you will be part of the team updating and writing care plans, health action plans etc. Daily, weekly and monthly paperwork, supervision, team meetings, spot checks, are all part of the responsibilities that you will hold as a Service Lead. Full Job Description can and will be provided.
Experience and Required skill set:
- Minimum of 3 years working as a team leader in a care or support setting.
- Minimum Level 3 in Health and social care in place.
- Full driving Licence desired but not essential.
- On-call service cover on a rolling rota, this is taken in turn with other members of the management team. This is the out of hours cover that is provided for staff team to contact a senior team member.
We at Prudent Supported Living push the limits of support work and reach the goals and set new challenges every day with our Service users and want to continue this in the Manchester area.
- Help cover the work of the team, during absence, vacancies, of when a colleague is under pressure.
- Liaise and coordinate with other team members to provide a cohesive, high quality service and ensure that CQC legislation and guidelines are followed.
- Participate in and contribute to team meetings.
- Share with other team member’s previous experience, skills and knowledge, which may be relevant to the team in providing its service.
- Be supportive, respectful and empathic to service users, colleagues and visitors.
- A Full Job Description can and will be provided for you to read at any point that you wish.
Job Types:
- Full-time, Permanent
Pay:
- £14.00-£15.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Long Eaton NG10: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you hold a NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care?
Education:
- A-Level or equivalent (required)
Experience:
- Team Leader: 3 years (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location:
- In person
