Relief Social Care Coordinator

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Relief Social Care Coordinator

Council Offices, Kirkwall

Hours are offered on an as and when required basis

£21.14 per hour (including Distant Islands Allowance)

A shift allowance will be paid for unsocial hours worked where applicable

You will be reporting to Tracy Breck, Interim Registered Manager

Your working pattern is on an as and when required basis.

The purpose of this role is to play a vital role in the management and provision of Care at Home services on the Orkney Mainland and throughout the Isles. You will support the Registered Manager and our geographically based teams to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of a high-quality Care at Home service to those individuals on service.

You will work with individual service users, families and partner agencies to develop person-centred care at home packages that will ensure that the individual’s outcomes are met and individuals are supported to remain as independent as possible in their own homes. You will assess the needs of each service users’ outcomes and create support plans that demonstrate they meet the individual’s needs.

You will have active participation in quality assurance systems such as observing staff practice, reviewing of care packages, risk assessments and auditing of files. Social Care Co-ordinators play an important role in the recruitment and induction of new staff and are actively involved in the delivery of in-house training.

Line management and supervision of a number of care at home staff, organising and chairing Team Meetings and ensuring the care at home staff are well supported in their roles are key elements of a SCC’s remit.

The necessary qualification, experience and skills required for this role are - hold either an SVQ4 or an SVQ 3 or HNC in Health and Social Care, or other relevant practice qualification to allow registration with the SSSC. Candidates will also hold a supervisory or management qualification but where the supervisory or management qualification is not held, this qualification must be achieved within the first period of registration. You must be able to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Orkney to meet the operational requirements of the Service.

This post may involve shifts which have the requirement to:

• work unsocial hours, click here for Unsocial Hours Information.

This post is a regulated role with adults and requires Level 2 Disclosure with PVG membership.

For a discussion about the role, contact Tracy Breck at tracy.breck@orkney.gov.uk or on 01856 873535.

Applications close at 23:59 on 13 September 2026, with shortlisting taking place week commencing 14 September 2026 and interviews following. 

For information on applying and our recruitment process, click here for Information for Applicants.

We would welcome your feedback on our recruitment process.

Orkney Islands Council is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, gender, race or ethnicity, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity status or gender reassignment status.