Assistant Team Leader - Breakaway Short Stay - Internal Only

This vacancy is open to internal applicants only.

We are recruiting a temporary Assistant Team Leader for Breakaway Short Stay Service. This is an opportunity for an experienced member of staff to step into a short term leadership role within a regulated short break service for adults with learning disabilities and complex needs.

About the service

Breakaway provides planned and emergency short stays for adults with learning disabilities and associated health or behavioural support needs. The service operates as a registered care setting and works closely with families, social workers, health professionals, and commissioning teams. Practice is grounded in the Social Services and Well-being Act, RISCA, and Care Inspectorate Wales requirements.

The role

You will support the Registered Manager with the day to day running of the service. You will provide visible leadership on shift, support staff practice, and help maintain safe, high quality, and compliant care.

In this role you will:

- Provide shift leadership and support staff on duty

- Act as a role model for person centred and outcome focused practice

- Coordinate shifts, delegate tasks, and support problem solving

- Ensure care and support plans and risk assessments are followed in practice

- Promote dignity, choice, and positive risk taking

- Support safe medication practice in line with BCBC policy

- Respond appropriately to incidents, safeguarding concerns, and changes in need

- Work closely with families, carers, and professionals

- Support new staff and learning on shift

- Escalate concerns to the Team Leader or Registered Manager as required

What we are looking for:

- Experience supporting adults with learning disabilities and complex needs

- Experience working in a regulated care setting

- Confidence supporting and guiding staff on shift

- Clear written and verbal communication

- Understanding of safeguarding, MCA, and risk management

- Commitment to person centred support

- Registration with Social Care Wales, or willingness to register

What we offer:

- Temporary development opportunity within Breakaway

- Support from the Registered Manager and wider management team

- Opportunity to build leadership experience in a CIW regulated service

- Access to training and development linked to the role

- Staff wellbeing and occupational health support

- Annual leave entitlement in line with terms and conditions.

This role is suitable for staff who want to develop leadership skills while staying close to practice and making a direct difference to people's experiences of short breaks.

The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.

Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.

An Enhanced with Adults Barred list criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) is a requirement for this post.

A valid driving licence is requirement for this post.

Night Duties, Sleeping In, Weekend Working are a requirement of this post.

Closing Date: 11 March 2026

Shortlisting Date: 16 March 2026

Interview Date: 25 March 2026

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