Team Leader - Support Worker

Job description

LRL are currently recruiting for TEAM LEADERS / DEPUTY MANAGERS across the YORKSHIRE to work on a Permanent basis for a leading Healthcare Company.

Job Purpose
To provide operational leadership to a staff team delivering high-acuity support to individuals with complex
behavioural needs within 3:1, 4:1 and 5:1 staffing arrangements.
The Team Leader is responsible for ensuring safe and consistent implementation of care plans, PBS plans, risk assessments, DoLS requirements and behavioural management strategies across the staff team.
The role combines direct care with shift leadership, staff supervision, quality assurance and incident
management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the staff team during shifts and ensure appropriate allocation and deployment within enhanced staffing arrangements.
• Maintain oversight of risk and ensure staffing arrangements remain appropriate to the individual's presentation.
• Ensure staff understand triggers, early warning signs, preventative strategies and escalation protocols.
• Lead staff responses during significant behavioural incidents.
• Ensure de-escalation is the primary response and that restrictive interventions are only used as a last

resort where lawful, necessary, proportionate and authorised.

• Ensure only appropriately trained and competent staff participate in physical interventions.
• Coordinate responses to aggression, violence, absconding, self-injury, environmental destruction and

other high-risk behaviour.

• Ensure appropriate emergency escalation where risks cannot safely be managed by the care team.
• Conduct shift briefings and handovers.
• Review daily records, behavioural observations, incident reports and other documentation for

accuracy and completeness.

• Ensure incidents and restrictive interventions are escalated appropriately.
• Participate in post-incident reviews and identify learning or changes required.
• Monitor staff practice and immediately address unsafe or inconsistent care.
• Support staff supervision, competency assessments and performance management.
• Identify training and development requirements.
• Support implementation and review of PBS strategies and behavioural risk assessments.
• Liaise with the Deputy Manager, Service Manager, clinical team and external professionals.
• Promote safeguarding, dignity, independence, human rights and least restrictive practice.
• Ensure staff understand and comply...

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Huddersfield

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

21-10-2026

Profession type

Counselling and Social Services

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English