Job Details
The successful candidate must have the ability to undertake a range of management, leadership, and care tasks, demonstrating these skills in an encouraging and supporting role. Providing “on the job” coaching as necessary, overseeing, and monitoring staff practice. Working alongside other professionals, utilising sound practice and knowledge.
You will be responsible for providing regular formal supervision to all staff and for the Induction of new starts to the team.
Monitoring and evaluating services and meeting service user requirements, ensuring policies, procedures and guidelines are adhered to. Establishing and maintaining professional relationships in respect of service users, families, carers, and colleagues by participating in open and sensitive dialogue.
As a Senior Social Care Worker, the successful candidate will routinely work Monday – Friday but may be required to work on shift where cover is required. This may include day, evening and/or weekend work, sleep-ins, and/or wakened nights, including public holidays.
Flexibility will be required in the way the days/hours are worked for each post dependent on the needs of service users.
Successful applicants will be provided with all necessary corporate and service mandatory training as per organisations requirements.
The role of the Senior Social Care Worker can be physically and emotionally demanding.
The Person
Must have or be willing to achieve in the first period of registration, the Social Services and Healthcare SCQF level 6 (equivalent to SVQ3) or equivalent to meet Scottish Social Services Council registration.
Duties include overseeing staff carrying out all aspects of their role, including assisting service users with personal care, eating, and drinking and administration of medicines.
You will have the ability to support service users and staff with CALM physical intervention and escapes.
There is a requirement to take part in the on-call out of hours rota which covers weeknights, weekends and public holidays, there is a standard rate of payment for this.
The successful candidate will promote social inclusion by using person centred approaches, including Active Support to maximise service users’ personal independence, health, and wellbeing to access opportunities in their local communities.
The successful candidate must demonstrate good communication skills, organisational skills, an ability to manage and prioritise workload, ability to work with minimal supervision, team working skills, literacy skills, and have IT skills and the ability to lead and mentor Care Assistants and Social Care Workers.
Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland.
You are required to register with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up employment in this role and to complete the required Post Registration Training and Learning (PRTL) over the first