Team Leader, Social Work

Team Leader – Penryn

Full-time | 37.5 hours per week

£16.33 – £17.31 per hour

Ready to take your next step in social care leadership? Are you an experienced Support Worker or social care professional ready to take the next step in your career? We’re looking for a Team Leader to join our team in Penryn, Cornwall, providing confident, visible and supportive leadership to a team delivering high-quality, person-centred support within the home.

At Brandon Trust, we work alongside autistic people and people with learning disabilities, supporting them to make their own choices, find their own path and live the lives they want. It’s about creating opportunities, building confidence and supporting people to develop their independence.

As a Team Leader, you’ll play an important part in making that happen.

Working closely with the Locality Manager, you’ll lead, support and develop Support Workers within the Penryn home, helping them deliver consistent, high-quality support.

• Leading and motivating the team to provide outstanding, person-centred support
• Supporting people to live the lives they choose, with freedom, choice and independence
• Providing day-to-day leadership, supervision, coaching and guidance to Support Workers
• Supporting the Locality Manager with team development and performance
• Coordinating rotas and helping ensure safe and effective staffing levels
• Promoting positive outcomes and helping people achieve their goals and aspirations
• Supporting safe medication practices and effective medication management
• Maintaining high standards of safeguarding, quality and compliance
• Ensuring support is delivered in line with Brandon Trust policies and relevant regulatory requirements
• Working flexibly alongside your team and providing hands‑on support when needed
• Helping colleagues develop their skills, confidence and practice

You’ll bring a calm, resilient and positive approach, with the confidence to make decisions, manage competing priorities and support your team through challenges.

You don’t need to have been a Team Leader before. If you have strong experience in social care and are ready for your next career opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.

• Has experience supporting people with learning disabilities, autism or complex needs
• Has experience in a supervisory, senior support or leadership role within social care
• Is passionate about delivering high-quality, person-centred support
• Can lead, motivate, coach and inspire others
• Has strong communication, organisation and decision‑making skills
• Can prioritise workloads and respond confidently when things change
• Understands the importance of safeguarding, quality and compliance
• Is reliable, flexible and resilient
• Takes pride in helping both people we support and colleagues achieve their potential
• Has a relevant social care qualification, or is willing to work towards one
• Has a full UK driving licence – desirable

We know that great support starts with great people. That’s why we’ll invest in you, your development and your wellbeing.

• Ongoing training and career development, including professional qualifications
• Contributory pension
• DBS costs covered
• Rotas planned in advance
• Wagestream access for flexible pay and financial wellbeing support
• Shopping discounts, including Blue Light Card, EE perks and Costco membership
• Refer-a-friend payment
• Wellbeing helplines
• Health Cash Plan

At Brandon Trust, enabling people to live freely is at the heart of what we do. We work alongside autistic people and people with learning disabilities, supporting them to make choices, develop confidence, grow their independence and achieve what they want. We…