Team Leader – £32,391.00 pa
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Stanmore House Residential, Stanmore Road, Lanark, ML11 7RR
About Stanmore House Residential & Life Skills Service
Stanmore House Residential acts as both a boarding element to Stanmore House School and a residential and respite service for the children of Scotland. The young people we support are aged between 5 & 20 with a variety of complex disabilities. We support them to live independently in our bright, fully adapted, residential & school campus based in the outskirts of Lanark.
Our amazing life skills service supports young people up to age of 26, in a mock‑home set up, to learn life skills such as cooking, domestic tasks and money management to prepare them for independent living.
About the Role
We are looking to recruit a Team Leader who will support our Service Manager in managing our team. As an experienced social care practitioner, you will ensure that our people continue to receive exceptional, person‑centred support we provide by being responsible for:
Responsibilities
* Rota management
* Staff management, supervision, recruitment, and development
* Managing customer activities
* Health and Safety
* Compiling and checking Care and Support plans for customers
* Management of medicines procedures
* Financial management for customers (dependent on service)
* Liaising with families, health and care professionals and social workers
* Sleepovers & on‑call support (dependent on service – if appropriate additional payments are provided)
Experience / Qualifications / Key Skills
Experience of working in a similar role and environment is desirable as is a willingness to take on any personal development opportunities. You should have a care related SVQ Level 3, or the willingness to gain this qualification in a given timescale. You should have good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative.
Benefits
* Competitive salary – £32,391.00 pa (£16.79 per hour)
* Fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life
* 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service
* Free PVG checks throughout your employment
* Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme
* Up to 3 × annual salary death in service
* Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* 24/7 employee assistance programme
* Eligibility for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts
This role does NOT qualify for skilled worker visa sponsorship.
EEO Statement
Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.
A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.
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