Team Leader (complex needs) | Eastbourne | New Service!

Join SDR Care as a Team Leader – Lead, Inspire, and Shape a Brand-New Service!

Salary: £15.25 per hour
Hours:  38 hours per week (Days) 30 hours on the floor and 8 off
Driving: Essential for community activities
Contract: Permanent, full time or part time

As a Team Leader at SDR, you’ll play a key role in a brand-new service, helping to shape and lead care from the ground up. You’ll oversee the support of a young individual with autism, a learning disability, ADD, and episodes of dysregulated behaviour, ensuring their transition into their new home is smooth, safe, and empowering.

This is more than a support role – as a Team Leader, you’ll mentor and guide your team, promote best practice, and make sure daily routines, activities, and community experiences are consistent, positive, and person-centred. Your leadership will set the tone for the service, helping your team deliver exceptional care.

At SDR, we live by Kindness, Dignity & Respect, Calmness, Creativity, and Responsibility – and as a Team Leader, you’ll model these values every day while helping this exciting new service thrive.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a small team as a Team Leader, ensuring high-quality, person-centred support


• Mentor, support, and develop team members, helping them build confidence and skills


• Use positive behaviour support techniques to manage dysregulation effectively


• Help establish structured daily routines, activities, and community outings


• Work closely with management to maintain safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act principles, and best practice


• Support the growth and success of this brand-new service

Who We’re Looking For

• Experience supporting individuals with complex autism, learning disabilities, or dysregulated behaviour


• Strong safeguarding knowledge, emotional resilience, and proven leadership skills


• Calm, adaptable, and confident in challenging or high-need situations


• Previous experience as a
  Team Leader or in a senior/mentoring role in care


• Positive, flexible approach with a sense of humour and a passion for helping a new service succeed


• PSB experience

What We Offer

• Career development and further leadership opportunities


• 29 days holiday per year, including bank holidays (pro-rata)


• Pension scheme (eligibility applies)


• Life insurance (post-probation)


• Structured induction and onboarding


• Strong management support


• Employee referral bonus (£200 on appointment, £300 at one-year anniversary – T&Cs apply)


• Company sick pay (post-probation)

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We celebrate diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds. We focus on strengths, potential, and what matters most to the people we support.

Apply Today!

Make a real impact with your skills, experience, and compassion as a Support Worker.

Email: [email protected]  Call 07484 482896

No CV? No problem – get in touch today!

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

DBS check required following a successful offer.