Apprentice Team Leader
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Company: CARE GIVERS LTD
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Location: Colchester, CO1 2JS
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £16,640.00 per year
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Sector: Care services
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Ref: NAS-2000057050
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Application Deadline Date: 01/11/2026
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Start Date: 04/01/2027
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Positions Available: 3
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Working Week: Working days: 5 days a week, covering a 7-day shift pattern. Alternative weekend and bank holiday working will be expected as part of the role. Working times: There will be a mix of shifts covering 7.00am to 10.00pm with regular breaks/lunch break.
Brief Description
Join Care Givers as a Team Leader and make a meaningful difference every day. You will lead and support colleagues to deliver high-quality, person-centred care, coordinate support packages, oversee care plans and risk assessments, and promote the choice, dignity, independence and wellbeing of the people we support.
Training to be Provided
- The apprentice will be working towards the Level 3 Lead Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship Standard including the City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care
- Apprentices will receive 1-to-1 tutor support from an assessor with tuition arranged on an individual basis
Future Prospects
- We would want to develop the apprentice into a manager within 2 years.
Vacancy Detail
Responsibilities / Overview of Role:
- Provide high-quality, person-centred care and outreach support
- Coordinate care packages, referrals and new opportunities alongside the Registered Manager
- Assess support needs, identify risks and maintain care plans, risk assessments and activity plans
- Manage a group of care packages and liaise with service users, families, Social Services and other stakeholders
- Allocate daily tasks to Support Workers and monitor delivery of care and support
- Ensure documentation and practices meet CQC, PAMMS and company requirements
- Complete quality audits and address concerns regarding staff practice or service delivery
- Uphold the rights, wishes and choices of the people we support
- Manage administrative duties, records, databases and confidential information in line with data protection requirements
- Handle telephone enquiries professionally and coordinate service user visits
- Maintain the organisation’s quality documentation, policies and procedures
- Participate in quality management meetings, including preparing minutes
- Support recruitment, staff induction, training and shadowing
- Conduct spot audits of service delivery
Other Information
- Applicants must be aged 18+ due to the requirements of the role working within people's own homes.
- The role will also involve working at our other locations.
- Applicants must demonstrate strong values and a positive work ethic. The people we support rely on colleagues who are dependable, punctual, patient and empathetic. A caring, proactive, can-do attitude is essential, alongside a commitment to respecting each person’s rights, dignity, choices and independence.