Team Leader CNM

BROTHERS OF CHARITY SERVICES IRELAND – WEST REGION

POST OF: TEMPORARY FULL-TIME TEAM LEADER (CNM1)/Social Care Leader

CHILDREN’S SERVICES GALWAY

JOB REF: 90429

Location:

Initial assignment to Crannmór Respite Service, Co Galway. Crannmór Respite provides a respite service to children and young people from 6 years of age to 18 overnight respite to children who have an Intellectual Disability, who may be on the Autistic Spectrum and present with behaviours that challenge and/or sleep difficulties.

There may also be a requirement to cover hours in the other Children Services including Crannóg 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 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.

Reporting/Responsible To:

Service Coordinator / Sector Manager.

Qualifications/Experience:

• A current Live Register Certificate from the NMBI (An Bord Altranais) is an essential requirement; RNID/RMHN qualification is desirable. A relevant 3rd level qualification in the Social Care or Health Sector e.g. Nursing qualification and current Live Register Certificate from NMBI or Social Care qualification registered with or eligible to register with CORU by November 2025. View Social Care approved qualifications on https://www.coru.ie/health-and-social-care-professionals/education/approved-qualifications/social-care-workers/

• 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 years’ experience the Health/Social Care Sectors is essential.

• 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.

• 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 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.

Skills:

Candidates should be able to demonstrate leadership, communication and team working skills and be a flexible and dynamic individual who will relate to people in a range of situations with an understanding of and commitment to the principles of public accountability as they apply in the health service.

The Team Leader must demonstrate leadership and planning skills and the ability to set goals, put into action and follow through. The Team Leader 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 philosophy.

Working Hours:

Contracted hours will depend on the grade of the successful candidate - i.e. 78 hours a fortnight (SCL grade) or 75 hours a fortnight (CNM1 grade) rostered flexibly on a 7 day duty roster.

This is inclusive of supernumerary hours, which will be assigned to the successful candidate. 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:

Leave will be granted according to the agreed leave assigned to the grade of the successful candidates i.e. Social Care Leader or CNM1. Annual leave must be planned in advance with the Team Manager to ensure appropriate and adequate cover is provided for the service.

Remuneration:

Based on the salary scale attached to the grade of the successful candidates i.e. Social Care Leader or CNM1.

Probation:

A probationary period of nine 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.