Night Team Leader

Contract type: Permanent, Full-time- 42 hours per week (average) 12 hourshifts

Work Pattern: Nights - working on rolling rota of 3 consecutive nights on and 3 consecutive nights off (8pm to 8am).

About Us

Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, we have been supporting older people for over 120 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.

About Friends Place, Calcot

Due to open in July 2025, Friends Place, Calcot will be more than just a care home - it will be a vibrant, welcoming community designed to provide exceptional residential, dementia, and respite care.

Run by Friends of the Elderly, where we pride ourselves on delivering personalised, compassionate care in a state-of-the-art facility.

Located in the heart of Calcot, Reading, our home will feature:

• A cinema for residents to enjoy movie nights and entertainment.

• A stylish salon offering professional pampering.

• A peaceful library for reading and reflection.

• A vibrant bar for socialising and relaxation.

The modern facilities are designed to create a warm and homely environment where residents feel safe, valued, and supported.

We are recruiting for Night Team Leader to join the team.

Joining us as a?Night Team Leaderyou will be working as part of a dedicated team. You will plan, monitor and deliver the highest standards of personalised care to residents, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and dignity, and that individual's rights to privacy, dignity, independence and choice are met. You will also lead, supervise, monitor and evaluate the care delivered to resident's, checking legal requirements are met along with the high levels expected within the care home.

We are looking for a care professional with good experience of working in older peoples care services and leading a team.

With good knowledge and understanding of the 'Care Certificate', you will also hold an NVQ Level 3 in Adult Social Care (or be working towards it).

To succeed in this role, you will need great communication and interpersonal skills, so that you can form great relationships with your clients and colleagues. Numeracy and digital skills are required along with the ability to problem solve and adapt to situations. With a compassionate nature and a positive can-do attitude, you will be able to supervise your peers and take the initiative.

This isn't just a job; it's about making a difference to older people's lives every day.

Why Join Friends of the Elderly?

Heritage of Care: Work with a trusted organisation backed by over a century of expertise.

Non-Profit Mission:Be part of a charity that prioritises people, not profit. While we take a commercial approach to our work, we are not for profit and we are committed to our charitable values.

State-of-the-ArtFacilities:Lead a cutting-edge care home designed for comfort and community.

Professional Development: Access training and career development opportunities.

Make Your Mark

This is a unique opportunity to shape the culture and success of a brand-new care home, leaving a lasting impact on residents' lives and the community.

In return for your hard work and dedication, you can look forward to a wealth of benefits:

• Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us.

• Generous annual leave.

• Wellbeing support through various initiatives, including an employee?assistance?programme.

• Learning, development, and progression opportunities.

• Monthly prize draw, with 3 prizes to be won.

• Retail discount schemes to make your salary go further.

• Access to loans at affordable rates, saving directly from salary and advance pay already earned.

• Health cash plans for you and your family.

• Cycle to work scheme.

• Long service awards that increase with length of service.

• Refer a friend to work for us and receive a £200 bonus.

• Free DBS checks.

Safeguarding:

Keeping everyone safe is one of the charity's?core values, and?is central to everything we do at Friends of the Elderly. All staff follow our Safeguarding Policy & Procedures and, if they see or suspect abuse, we expect staff to report it straight away.

Criminal record checks:

As this role involves a regulated activity, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, with barred lists check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:

Friends of the Elderly strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each other's differences. A charity where everyone is equal but?definitely not?the same.

Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, all working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts and?retains?the best people. People that care and can make a difference.

We currently do not provide?sponsorship?but we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.

Don't?delay in sending your application as we may need to close the vacancy early if we manage to appoint before the advertising closing date. We interview applicants as they apply.