Job Description:

Team Leader and Support Worker

Vacancy Type: Part-Time

Location: Maidstone

Rate: £17.33 per hour (£75 weekly allowance for team leader role)

Experienced support worker needed, leadership experience desirable. Experience with working with clients with an acquired brain injury desirable.

Energy, enthusiasm and a great sense of fun essential!

Are you looking for a role where you can genuinely change someone’s life for the better?

Do you want to expand your knowledge of brain injury while supporting someone to live life to the fullest?

If so, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Role

Head‑First is recruiting caring, motivated Team Leader/Support Worker to join an established 24/7 care team supporting a woman with a profound brain injury living in her own home in Maidstone.

Our client has a brilliant sense of humour and a zest for life. He enjoys trips to the local pub, cafes, garden centre, local swimming pool and goes on holiday to Australia every year! Your role will be to help him enjoy the activities he loves, maximise his independence, and make each day meaningful.

Shifts & Pay

£17.33/hour

£75 weekly allowance for team leader role

Shifts: 3 hour evening shifts 6-9pm (Monday to Friday)

Team leader admin responsibilities, 3 hours a week flexibly, Monday-Friday 9-5 to be contactable

What You’ll Gain

• A full, supportive induction and comprehensive training package
• Regular supervision and guidance from your Case Manager
• Ongoing support from the wider therapy team
• Opportunities for CPD, development and progression
• Experience leading a team of support workers
• A relaxed, friendly, home‑based working environment where no two days are the same
• The chance to work within a skilled multidisciplinary team

What We’re Looking For

An experienced support worker who would like to be a team leader.

If you're compassionate, reliable, enthusiastic, and eager to learn, we can teach you the rest.

We welcome people who can bring their own interests and strengths to the team and who are excited to engage our client in meaningful, fun activities.

You’ll need:

• Full UK driving licence, access to own car, and business-use insurance
• Flexibility to provide shift cover when there is sickness or annual leave, including weekends
• A willingness to learn about acquired brain injury, management of diabetes and medication management.
• Strong teamwork skills to manage and support the existing support worker team and the ability to advocate for a client with limited communication
• Commitment to supporting the client's individual therapy goals
• An Enhanced DBS (paid for if needed)

About Head First

Head First provides:

• All mandatory and brain‑injury‑specific training
• Regular 1:1 supervision
• 24/7 on‑call emergency support
• Dedicated HR and payroll support

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Head First, please do not hesitate to apply.