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Look Ahead Care Support and Housing
Tower Hamlets (On-site)
Up to £33131 per annum + Free DBS, Annual Leave
Full-time
Job description

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Team Leader to join Learning Disabilities Service located in Tower Hamlets. No personal care or experience required, just the right values.

£33,131.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week.

Want to feel valued? You'll feel at home here.

Our benefits include:

  • Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
  • Free DBS
  • Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
  • Fully paid induction programme and further training

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

The post holder will be fully involved in all aspects of the day to day management of their designated service, including line managing the relevant front line staff. You will lead and develop competence of direct reports as well as carry caseloads of customers requiring support. You will work closely with the contract manager to ensure that the service delivers on all targets, both financial and those around the quality of the service.

What you'll do:


This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

  • Lead and motivate your team to ensure the championing of and maintenance of a positive local culture within your service
  • Deliver effective supervision and team meetings with staff and ensure that information, reporting and communication
  • Responsible for the personal development of staff, identifying high performers and feeding into the organisations succession plans
  • Ensure that Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) required as part of the Contract are met and recorded correctly
  • Develop key business relationships with all appropriate relevant customers/external parties to ensure service delivery excellence and maximise new business opportunities in own patch
  • Participate in and monitor the initial and continuous assessment of needs and ensure that support planning is carried out in line with assessed needs of the customer
  • Carry out other administrative tasks as relevant to the service and directed by the Contract/Heads of Operations

About you:

  • Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, networks in local business community
  • Approachable and open behaviour
  • Prefers working as part of a group or team
  • Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement

What you'll bring:

Essential:

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent

Desirable:

  • Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications are desirable

About us

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

Posted on: 28 April 2026
Closing date: 26 May 2026 at 09:42
Job ref: REQ006836
Tags: Social / Support Work