Job Title: Female Shift Lead
Location: Glasgow
Hours: 39 hours per week
Hourly Rate: £13.32
Female Applicants only
About Real Life Options
At Real Life Options, we believe everyone has the right to live their best life. We provide tailored support to people with learning disabilities and autism, empowering them to live independently, engage in their communities, and achieve meaningful outcomes. We’re currently recruiting a dedicated Shift Lead to join our team. If you have experience in a similar support or supervisory role have a genuine passion for making a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
All applicants must have a SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care (or willingness to work towards this qualification).
A driver is preferred for this role.
An enhanced Adult PVG Is Required for this role.
As the Shift Lead, your duties will include:
1. Managing the day-to-day running of services.
2. Participating in hands-on support, including personal care, medication administration, and household tasks.
3. Planning and managing staff rotas to ensure consistent and effective service coverage.
4. Providing staff supervision, observation, and ongoing performance management.
5. Completing audits and ensuring all service documentation is accurate and compliant.
6. Developing and reviewing support plans and risk assessments.
7. Reporting and recording accidents and incidents accurately.
8. Liaising with families, local authorities, and health professionals to ensure effective partnership working.
You will have dedicated off-rota time to complete management and administrative tasks, in addition to working as part of the staff team when required.
Shifts - 39 hours per week
Benefits and Rewards
9. A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
10. Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first-rate job
11. An employer contributory pension scheme
12. Mileage paid at 35p per mile at flat rate up to 10,000 miles per year
In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:
13. Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
14. £10,000 Life cover
15. A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
16. A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
17. Cycle to Work Scheme
18. A financial wellbeing scheme
19. Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
20. Recognition Initiatives
Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.
Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.
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