Embrace are recruiting Team Leads for our adult and children’s residential house in Lobinstown Navan Co. Meath. We are seeking applications from Team Leads who have a passion for supporting people in the community and helping them to develop within their homes. The successful candidate will be joining a strong team of existing Social Care Workers and Direct Support Workers and be overseen by a supportive management team.
Our ambition is to offer a strengths-based service that focuses on residents’ core interests and encourages their development of new skills. Underpinning all of this is an understanding that we are offering a home for people, and an assurance from us that these homes offer a range of home comforts, and on-site amenities and enable local engagement with community initiatives and organizations.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Holding a Level 7 qualification in Social Care / Applied Social Studies or equivalent or be pursuing same
• Experience working in a residential, respite or day service setting with people with an intellectual disability so as to be able to carry out the full range of duties, functions, responsibilities and activities required by the role
• A kind and compassionate personality
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Fluent English
• Eligibility to work in Ireland

• The primary purpose of this position is to work as part of a team to support our residents to live fulfilled and wholesome lives, enabling them to learn new skills and live happily and as independently as possible in their home.
• You will provide care and support through a person-centred approach which promotes the residents’ development and growth, social inclusion and activity in their local community. You will also provide residents with guidance, support, training and activities to help them achieve their goals.
• The Team Lead is part of the on-floor duty team and will also be responsible for coordination of the shift while on duty and for the supervision of other staff under his/her direction.
• In the absence of the Person in Charge (PIC), the Team Lead will be required to deputise for the PIC and assume appropriate management