Company Description
Social Care Alba is the foremost Care at Home provider in Scotland. We are an Investor in People and Healthy Working Lives award winner. Following significant success and growth, Social Care Alba is actively recruiting experienced “Team Leaders” to complement our existing staff of care-workers.
As the exclusive supply partner of Edinburgh City Council, we are looking for the right candidates to work and provide support to staff currently operating in the central and south-central areas of Edinburgh City (Specifically the EH3, EH9 and EH10 postcodes) for the next five years.
Job Description
Leading by example, you would be complementing our staff in Edinburgh by providing support to both our service-users and staff of care-workers. This is your opportunity to be part of company who makes a real difference to people lives in a leadership capacity.
We are accepting applications from candidates who are passionate about caring for others, and who want to work in an exciting environment with significant career and learning opportunities.
Your day to day tasks would include:
• Administering the Support Program, maintaining personal files, preparing reports as required. To liaise with other community services and resources to ensure effective levels of care.
• You will be expected to provide hands on support to service users to maintain quality and consistency.
• Support, educate, supervise and develop your own staff team.
• Providing advice to staff and service users based upon your specialism. To complete service user assessments and agreed plans of care. To review support plans on a regular basis.
Qualifications
About You:
• Hold an SVQ 4 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
• One years’ experience in a supervisory position.
• Have a qualification in Health and Social Care.
• Have experience in caring and supporting others.
• Be able to work 40 hours per week (including evenings, weekends and on call on a rota basis)
• Have skills or experience in management.
• PVG Certification.
Additional Information
Benefits
· Full and part-time hours available depending on your schedule and availability
· Full training given
· Supervision and support
· Workplace pension scheme
·28 days Paid holiday
· Support with SVQ 2, 3 and 4
· Support with your career development
· Health plan
· Guaranteed hours following probationary period
· You will LOVE it.
· We strongly believe in investing in our staff and we are currently support staffs’ education with e-learning, workshops, SVQ 2, 3, & 4 all the way up to MSc.