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We are currently recruiting a Home Support Team Leader to work within Wishaw Locality, within our Home Support Service.
The role includes operational responsibility for ensuring our community-based home support workers across North Lanarkshire deliver a high standard of responsive and proactive care to service users and their families. You will assist the Service Delivery Manager implement and maintain effective systems of accountability, quality assurance and performance management, ensuring all personal support plans are monitored and reviewed within statutory timescales. As this post involves co-ordinating and managing a team of dispersed Home Support Workers it is essential that you can demonstrate that you have excellent organisation, management and leadership skills to ensure effective use and management of resources.
Extensive working experience within a social work, home support, voluntary or independent sector setting is essential. Possession of a SVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent is desirable, successful applicants who do not currently hold a relevant qualification will be required to complete this within 3 years of commencing in the post.
You are required to become a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme prior to commencing in this role and be registered or eligible for registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
Monday - Friday: Flexible between 07:00am - 19:00pm.
This position is temporary until 30/09/2026.
This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.
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North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.
For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
This is one way North Lanarkshire is demonstrating our commitment to supporting Care-Experienced People.
The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live. Alternative Application Packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille, and Audio. To request an alternative Application Pack please phone
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