Are you an experienced people manager with experience in social care who s looking for an exciting and challenging new role? We've got a great opportunity for you! We have an exciting opportunity for an organised and dedicated individual to join our fantastic team in North Lanarkshire as a Lead Practitioner (Team Leader) on a full-time (39 hours) permanent basis. The Role As a Lead Practitioner, you'll demonstrate great communication, organisational and interpersonal skills and will lead and inspire your teams of Support Practitioners. You'll provide support, guidance and mentor your teams to ensure that they are professional, accountable, engaged and motivated resulting in them delivering first class, high quality care and support. Alongside our Service Lead, you ll also contribute to ensuring that our service(s) are running within agreed budgets and in conjunction with our contractual requirements. For a full list of key responsibilities, please see our role profile attached to this advert. About you What we'll need you to bring:- Experience of managing people Knowledge of what it takes to run an effective service within the Health & Social Care sector A passion for and experience of delivering high quality, person-centred care and support Sound knowledge of SSSC Codes of Practice and Health & Social Care Standards Proven record of building and maintaining positive and professional relationships with supported individuals, their families and other stakeholders The ability to lead others and work collaboratively Great communication skills; both verbal and written A sound understanding of professional boundaries, accountabilities and responsibilities and how they relate to supporting vulnerable individuals A commitment to undertake and achieve a SVQ Social Services & Healthcare Level 7 qualification and PDA in Health & Social Care Supervision (if not already attained) Shift patterns As a Lead Practitioner, you will usually work Monday-Friday with hybrid working options, however, there may be occasions where we will need you to be flexible to work evenings, sleepovers, waking nights and weekends due to the needs of our service. On call duties will also be a requirement on a rotational basis. Sound interesting? What are you waiting for? Apply today! We're waiting to hear from you. Still have some questions? You can call Robyn Broadley on 07867313350 Successful candidates will be required to join the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme and have a commitment to working towards a relevant SVQ in Social Services and Healthcare with the support from our Training Academy. Cornerstone welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce. Please note - If you have spent more than 12 months out with the UK (excluding France, Germany. Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania or Spain) within the last 10 years while over the age of 18, you will be asked to provide a criminal record certificate from the relevant government/police authority as part of our pre-employment checks.