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Team Leader Opportunities - Edinburgh / Part-Time & Full-Time Posts Available
Part-Time Team Leader – £16,.46 per annum
Hours: 18.5 hours per week
Full-Time Team Leader – £32,.92 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Mercury House, Riccarton Hub, Research Avenue North, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP
***Benefits - 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service, Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme, Perks at Work, £ Refer a Friend & much more!***
About Riccarton (Day Services) Hub
At Capability Scotland Riccarton Hub, we provide specialist daytime support and occasional 24-hour short break respite services for adults with physical, learning and complex disabilities, promoting independence, inclusion and wellbeing through personalised care and enriching activities.
We provide fun and meaningful activities for our customers to get involved in during the day. We pride ourselves on enhancing outcomes and life experiences and, within our Hub, we focus on health and wellbeing as well as creating smiles. We're focused on making our customers' time at Riccarton all about them and offer tailored and bespoke support plans.
About the Role
We are looking to recruit Team Leaders who will work alongside a small group of team leaders to support our Service Manager in managing our team. As experienced social care practitioners, you will ensure that our people continue to receive the exceptional, person-centred support we provide by being responsible for:
1. Rota management
2. Staff management, supervision, recruitment and development
3. Managing customer activities
4. Health and Safety
5. Compiling and checking Care and Support Plans for customers
6. Management of medicines procedures
7. Financial management for customers (dependent on service)
8. Liaising with families, health and care professionals and social workers
9. Sleepovers and on-call support (dependent on service – additional payments are provided where appropriate)
Hours of Work
Part-Time Post
18.5 hours per week, predominantly Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 5.30pm. We are open to discussing hours worked over 2 or 3 days.
Full-Time Post
37 hours per week, predominantly Monday to Friday between 8.30am and 5.30pm.
Both posts will require flexibility to provide occasional on-call cover within our respite service.
Experience / Qualifications / Key Skills Required
Experience of working in a similar role and environment is desirable, as is a willingness to take on personal development opportunities. You should hold an SVQ Level 4 in a care-related subject, or be willing to work towards this qualification within an agreed timescale.
You should have:
10. Good interpersonal and communication skills
11. The ability to work effectively as part of a team
12. The ability to work on your own initiative
13. A person-centred approach to support delivery
Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:
14. Competitive salary
15. Part-Time: £16,.46 per annum - £16.79 per hour
16. Full-Time: £32,.92 per annum - £16.79 per hour
17. Fully funded SVQ qualification – yours for life
18. 32 days holiday per year, increasing to 37 with service
19. Free PVG checks throughout your employment
20. Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme
21. Up to 3x annual salary death in service benefit
22. Perks at Work shopping discount scheme
23. Cycle to work scheme
24. 24/7 employee assistance programme
25. Blue Light Card and Concert for Carer discounts
26. £ Refer a Friend scheme
One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability
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A full job description for this role is available by clicking here: Team Leader (Res Resp)