Team Leader
Location: Elder Street, Edinburgh
Salary: A GBP 26,459 : A GBP 30,828 pro rata (A GBP 13.57 : A GBP 15.81 per hour equivalent)
Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time
Closing Date: 30 th September 2025
The Role
The Team Leader will assist the Operations Manager in the day:to:day delivery of services within your area. This will include supporting and at times taking operational leadership and direction to frontline staff whilst ensuring the compliant and safe delivery of high:quality services. Working in partnership with the management team you will help build a culture that aligns with their values whilst demonstrating a positive leadership approach.
As part of the management team, you will support the implementation of the delivery plan for your allocated services and the delivery of the overarching organisational strategy. Integral to this is the development of person:centred and recovery:focused services that support people to achieve their personal outcomes and live a satisfying, hopeful and contributing life.
Skills and Qualifications
* A relevant professional qualification at Social Services and Health Care SCQF level 7 and a PDA in Health and Social Care Supervision or a qualification that contains at least 15 credits at SCQF level 7 of supervision or management theory and practice specifically for a supervisor of a care service
* Experience in delivering recovery:focused services that support people with complex mental health issues.
* Experience of participating in multi:disciplinary teams/approaches.
* Experience of managing or supporting the management of a diverse team
* Experience of supporting and supervising colleagues.
* Experience of effectively assessing and allocating available resources i.e rota management.
* Experience of engaging with management and colleagues to innovate and improve service delivery and to ensure quality approaches and drive continuous improvement across your area.
* Core I.T skills and ability to input data
* Knowledge of health and social care sector, including an awareness of the National Care Standards and SSSC Codes of Practice and how they inform the work they do
* A good understanding of local and an awareness of national strategies relevant to your area of work.
* A good understanding of and connection to local stakeholders and networks.
* A good understanding of internal policies and procedures, and the ability to translate these to improve service delivery and the outcomes for the people they support.
* Knowledge of mental health support tools, such as recovery models and structured intervention techniques, with the ability to adapt these to the differing needs of supported people.
* To understand and to be able to clearly and confidently verbally articulate core aspects of their approaches and values : e.g. recovery models, personal outcomes, trauma informed practices, use of I.ROC.
Benefits
* 33 days per annum including public holidays, plus an extra day for each years service, rising up to 38 days after 5 years service.
* Flexible working.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
* Employee Discount Scheme with Vivup : 100s of lifestyle savings.
* Payroll Pay with Vivup : pay monthly available across a variety of options including home and electronics, discounted gym memberships and more.
* Death in Service benefits.
* Full training and professional development.
* Refer a friend scheme : earn up to A GBP 400.
* Salary sacrifice pension.
* Additional day of annual leave for each year of service, up to 5 days of annual leave after 5 years of service.
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