Team Leader

BROTHERS OF CHARITY SERVICES IRELAND – WEST REGION

1 X TEMPORARY FULL-TIME TEAM LEADER (CNM1)

CAISLEAN SERVICES

JOB REF: 91160

DESCRIPTION AND VISION OF SERVICES

The Brothers of Charity Services Ireland – West Region provide a community based, person centred service focusing on the needs and abilities of children and adults with intellectual disabilities. The vision of the service is to support people with intellectual disabilities to achieve a full and valued life in their community, in line with best practice both nationally and internationally. Working in partnership with each person supported by services, we aim to create opportunities for people supported by services to have ordinary life experiences and to be closely connected to family and friends. We are committed to supporting people to live a life of their choosing.

Caislean Servicesprovide a range of community-based servicesincluding day, residential, respite, community outreach, family support and a range of multidisciplinary support services. People are supported in various types of day settings – day centres, supported employment, social and micro enterprises, training and education and these can be in groups or individualised. People are supported in residential settings in their own homes in the community individually and in groups with different staffing support levels depending on their levels of disability. Our Services are person centred focusing on the needs and abilities of adults with intellectual disabilities and autism. We wish to create opportunities for people who use our service to have valued social roles in their communities and to form friendships.

We wish to recruit innovative, creative and motivated people who will relish the opportunity to assist in achieving this vision as part of a team. We are looking for people who will be flexible and dynamic, can adapt to the needs of particular individuals they supportand be open to change.

The Role:

The Team Leader has a pivotal role in managing the day to day delivery of services.

The Team Leader will provide leadership and supervision to teams while ensuring the development of the service in line with national standards and best practice.

The main responsibilities are to assist the Team Manager with the management of the services, such as – person centred planning in line with Personal Outcome Measures ethos and practice, resource management and staffing - includingrosters, staff development, facilitating communication and professional leadership in order to ensure a good quality of life for the people supported.

It is the Team Leader’s responsibility to ensure that the life of each person reflects the organisation’s core values:

· Dignity, respect and a rights based model

· Promoting independence in all areas of life through exposure, experience and education

· Promoting friendships and relationships in ordinary places in the community and making a contribution

· Making choices

Reporting To/ Responsible To:

Team Manager/Service Coordinator or delegate

Qualifications/Experience:

· A current Live Register Certificate from the NMBI (An Bord Altranais) is an essential requirement; RNID 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.

· Previous experience of effectively managing a staff team and demonstrating proven ability to pro-actively lead, motivate, empower and achieve results through people is an advantage.

· A minimum of three 3 years’ post qualification experience, working with people with an Intellectual Disability is essential.

· Demonstrate a clear commitment to community integration and active citizenship for all people with disabilities with experience in the area of human rights and advocacy.

· Experience of working in the area of autism and behaviours of concern would be an advantage.

Skills:

· Candidates should be able to demonstrate leadership and communication and team working skills.

· Knowledge and experience managing people’s well-being using an evidence based approach to person centred planning e.g. Personal Outcome Measures.

· Knowledge and understanding of the National Standards for Residential Services for Children and Adults with Disabilities, the Health Act 2007 (Care and Support of Residents in Designated Centres for Persons (Children and Adults with Disabilities) Regulations 2013 and New Directions for Day Services.

· Must have the ability to exercise good judgement, discretion and confidentiality, be creative and self-motivated, communicate effectively in both written and verbal forms and co-operate in a team environment with a person-centred philosoph-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.

· Fluency in verbal and written English is an essential requirement of this post.

Working Hours:

75 hours a fortnight (CNM1 grade) rostered flexibly on a 7 day duty roster.

The Team leader will work as a frontline member of the team with protected time to carry out specific team leader duties.

In addition, a sleep-in and/or night duty commitment may be a requirement of posts in residential services for which the appropriate allowance will be paid.

The Brothers of Charity Services model of service is based on Personal Outcome Measures requiring employees to be flexible in their working hours to provide a quality service delivery for each individual.

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 (01/08/2025) - €56,642 x 7 increments - € 66,705 per annum pro rata.

Tenure:

This post is a temporary full time linked on a specific purpose basis to a permanent staff redeployment arrangement.

Probation:

A probationary period of 9 months from the date of appointment applies to the post. The employment may be terminated at any time during the probationary period should the employer find that the appointee is unsuitable to continue employment. The probation period may be extended at the Employer’s discretion.

To view full job description please see attacheds

Informal enquiries for this post to: Marcella Kennedy Acting Area Manager or Claire Keane Service Co Ordinator on 091 – 721410

Closing date for receipt of completed application form /CV’s on-line is 5pm, Sunday 25th January 2026

Interviews will take place February 2026

The Brothers of Charity Services Ireland is an equal opportunities employer