Team Leader

CORLANN - WEST REGION

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

CHILDREN’S SERVICES ROSCOMMON

JOB REF: 100657

Location:

Spraoi Respite is based in Roscommon town and provides a respite service to children and young people from 6 years of age to 18 years 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.

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:

Team manager /Service Coordinator / Sector Manager.

Qualifications/Experience:

• 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 and be registered in the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board - CORU Or Be eligible under the Section 91 (existing practitioner) route for registration in the Social Care Workers Register maintained by the Social Care Workers Registration Board -CORU (evidence of application status is necessary).

• 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.

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.

Tenure:

This post is permanent, full-time and pensionable,

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.

Full Job Description attached

Informal enquiries to Margaret Hannon, Children’s Service Coordinator on 0873804106

The closing date for receipt of all applications on-line is: 5PM, Wednesday 22nd July 2026

Interviews will take place on week of 10th August 2026.

Corlann is an equal opportunities employer.

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