Social Care Team Leader

Beelieve Health and Wellbeing Services are a health and social care provider. We ensure a person-centred approach by offering a bespoke service to suit individuals and their families/carers. Taking into consideration their lifestyle, aspirations and specific care requirements.

Full job description

Are you an experienced Health & Social care professional looking for an exciting new role? We've got a great opportunity for you!

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team for a caring and experienced individual with a can do attitude to join our team in Glasgow on a full time, permanent basis as a Lead Practitioner (Team Leader). This role will be overseeing support practitioners and services .

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 in Glasgow.

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
• Hold a SVQ Social Services & Healthcare SCQF Level 7 qualification (or equivalent).

Shift patterns

The contracted hours will typically be worked between 0900 and 1700 hours Monday-Friday however, you will also take part in formal on-call duties and may be required to pick up support shifts in an emergency. The role will involve occasional on-call weekend duties (on-call premium rate paid).

We are looking to fill this vacancy as soon as possible and reserve the right to close our advert early if we find a suitable candidate before the closing date. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

The successful candidate will be required to join the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme and a PDA in management with the support from our Training Supervisors.

If you’re successful in joining our team, we will need you to register with the SSSC within 3 months of starting your employment with us.

Employee benefits:

• All training is paid time and certificated
• Paid Mileage
• Additional annual leave after 2 years service
• Company pension
• Competitive rate of pay
• Employee assistance program
• Card scheme discounts
• Company Car Benefit (optional)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £29,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company car
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus

Experience:

• overseeing staff team: 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• SVQ3 (required)
• UK Driving licence (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Hillington