Team Leader

BROTHERS OF CHARITY SERVICES IRELAND – WEST REGION

POST OF: PERMANENT FULL-TIME TEAM LEADER (CNM1)

CHILDREN’S SERVICES GALWAY

JOB REF: 77598

Location:

Initial assignment to Crannog Respite Service, Co Galway. Crannog Respite provides a respite service to children and young people from 6 years of age to 18 with severe to profound intellectual disability, with a physical disability and complex medical needs. There may also be a requirement to cover hours in the other Children Services including Crannmor Respite, Rosedale School and the Child Development Centres located in Galway City. Candidates will be required to be completely flexible in this position and will be required to work a variety of hours including day and night duty hours and sleep ins as required.

The Role:

The successful candidate will have a pivotal role in supporting the coordination and management of children’s respite. The successful candidate will be the Person in Charge of the Designated Centre. The Team Leader has a pivotal role in managing the day to day delivery of services. The main responsibilities are to support resource-management and staffing - including rosters, staff development, facilitating communication and professional leadership in order to ensure a good quality of life for the Children in the services.

Qualifications/Experience:

• A current Live Register Certificate from the NMBI (An Bord Altranais) is an essential requirement; RNID/RMHN qualification is desirable.
• An appropriate Health Management qualification is desirable (QQI Level 6). On appointment, if the successful candidate does not already hold such a qualification, they must undertake to complete an appropriate management course within a specified time-frame.
• A minimum of 2 year's experience the Health/Social Care Sectors is essential.
• Experience of front line service management and leading teams is desirable.
• Experience of working as a Person in Charge would be advantageous.
• Be familiar with of the National Standards for Residential Services for Children and Adults with Disabilities and The Health Act 2007 (Care and Support of Residents in Designated Centres for Persons (Children and Adults with Disabilities) Regulations 2013.
• A full clean manual Driving Licence, which qualifies you to drive manual transmission vehicles on Irish Roads and use of your own car is an essential requirement. Candidates must have experience of leading and supporting a team.
• Candidates must have the ability to exercise good judgement, discretion, confidentiality, be creative, self-motivated, communicate effectively in both written and verbal forms, and co-operate in a team environment with a person-centred philosophy.
• Fluency in verbal and written English is an essential requirement of this post.

Working Hours:

75 hours a fortnight. This is inclusive of supernumerary hours, which will be assigned to the successful candidate. The successful candidate will be rostered flexibly over a 7-day basis. The roster varies in order to meet the individuals, needs and accordingly, you will be expected to be flexible in regard to the hours of duty and any changes in rostering in the future. An On Call commitment is an essential requirement of this post. Flexibility around this will be expected in order to meet service needs.

Annual Leave:

25 days per annum. Appropriate service related leave will be granted after 5 and 10 years’ service respectively. Annual leave must be planned in advance with your manager and in line to ensure appropriate/adequate cover is provided for the service.

Remuneration:

Department of Health Clinical Nurse Manager 1 salary scale (01/10/2024) - €54,981 x 7 increments - € 64,750 per annum.

Tenure:

This post is permanent, full-time and pensionable.

Full Job Description attached

Informal enquiries to Ciara Donoghue-Clarke, Children’s Service Co-ordinator 087 3999921.

Closing date for receipt of completed application forms/CV on-line is: 12pm, Tuesday 1st April 2025.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday, 8th April.

The Brothers of Charity Services Ireland is an equal opportunities employer.

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