Regional Live-in Team Leader


Company:	Kingsley Healthcare
Salary:	from £30,000 a year
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Lowestoft, NR32 1EP
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	2 Nov 2026
Closing date:	30 Nov 2026

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Summary

About the role

- £14.42 per hour (£15,000 a year for 20 hours, £30,000 FTE), with scope to increase your hours as our live-in service grows

- Paid mileage on all your travel across the region

- Home-based role with no office commute, so you shape your own diary

- Up to 5 extra days’ holiday that build up the longer you stay with us

- Free Blue Light Card, giving you discounts at over 15,000 brands, plus holidays and days out

- Free Enhanced DBS check, paid for by us

- Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support whenever you need it

- Full induction, ongoing training and real routes to progress within a growing, family-owned group

You’ll be the face of Kingsley Live-In Care across East Anglia. You’ll visit families in their own homes, assess what support they need, write person-centred care plans and help match them with the right live-in carer. Once a placement starts, you’ll keep it running brilliantly through spot checks, supervisions, competency checks and care plan reviews.

You’ll work alongside our Live-In Care Manager (who you’ll report to), our Live-In Care Coordinator, our East Anglia branch teams and local professionals such as GPs, district nurses, OTs and social workers. You’ll also be part of the live-in on-call rota.

Reports to: Live-in Care Manager

Key duties and responsibilities

- Respond quickly to new live-in enquiries and carry out assessments in clients’ homes, supporting families through their decision

- Complete care needs and risk assessments covering medication, moving and handling, nutrition, environment and equipment

- Write clear, person-centred care plans so carers can deliver safe, consistent care from day one

- Help match the right carer to each client based on their needs, personality and preferences

- Support new placements through carer introductions, handovers and first-week check-ins

- Carry out spot checks, competency assessments, supervisions and welfare checks with live-in carers

- Review and audit care plans, daily notes and MAR charts to keep records accurate and up to date

- Follow up on incidents, complaints, safeguarding concerns and changes in clients’ needs

- Support carer breaks and handovers to keep care consistent

- Build strong relationships with clients, families, carers, GPs, district nurses, OTs and social workers

- Manage your own diary and travel, prioritising new assessments and urgent support

- Take part in the live-in on-call rota

Skills and attributes

- At least two years’ experience caring for vulnerable adults, including time as a senior carer, team leader, field care supervisor or similar

- Experience of care assessments, care planning, spot checks, competency assessments and supervisions

- Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (or equivalent), or willingness to work towards it

- Good knowledge of CQC fundamental standards

- Confidence using digital care systems (Birdie or similar)

- A full UK driving licence and your own car with Class 1 business insurance

- Flexibility to occasionally work outside standard hours

Bonus points for live-in care experience, supporting people with dementia, Parkinson’s, stroke recovery or end of life care, trainer or assessor qualifications, and good local knowledge of East Anglia.

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