Job Title:                              Team Leader

Responsible to:                 Unit Manager/Home Manager

Main Job Objectives:

• To lead a team of care staff in the delivery of care to residents in a designated unit/area.
• To take responsibility for the home, and be accountable for decision making in the absence of the Manager or Unit Manager, including managing the home in the absence of senior managers during CQC inspections.
• To be responsible for the management and administration of medication.
• To work effectively with others within the home to ensure residents’’ needs are safely met.
• To champion person-centred approaches to the care of residents