SWRK 3287 - G3 Team Leader (Home assessment team - Clydesdale) (605639)

Internal applicants MUST apply via Opportunity Marketplace.  Please ensure you complete your SKILLS and QUALIFICATIONS via “Me” tab/tile on Fusion or by clicking on the application link in the section of the application form titled “REVIEW SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS”. 

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by 28 December 2025 at 11:55PM

Location: Clydesdale locality 
Hours: 35 hours per week, Permanent 
Salary: £50,622 - £51,370 per year
 

We are continuing to transform the Care at Home services through multi-disciplinary approaches that bring positive and life changing improvements to those who receive our services with a focus on supporting service users to regain or attain skills and abilities. Helping them to achieve as much independence as they can in their own homes. 

To support this we are looking for a Team Leader for our Home Assessment Team (Clydesdale).

You will work a multi-disciplinary team that includes Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Community Nurses and Care at Home professionals with the aim of supporting, motivating and inspiring people to re-learn daily skills and enhance their quality of life. This may be required following a period in hospital or to prevent admission to hospital. 

As part of the Home Assessment management teams, the Team Leader will play a key leadership and management role, responsible for the management and supervision of a multi-disciplinary team and the management and oversight of the assessment function as well as the management, delivery and development of services. As one of the largest services provided by the Council and the HSCP, the service plays a critical role in enabling individuals to remain at home in a way that promotes their wellbeing, dignity, privacy, respect and personal choices. 

As an employee, you would have access to the employee benefits that you would expect from one of Scotland’s largest Council’s. 

It is essential that applicants either hold or are willing to work towards a SSSC recognised professional qualification in Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Social Care or Management and be able to provide the evidence of this by attaching the relevant qualification to the application (attachments section).

A minimum qualification that fully meets a supervisory level of registration is essential.  The successful candidate is required to maintain a registration with the Scottish Social Services Council as a manager in a care at home service.

View the Team Leader (Home Assessment Team) job profile

Please answer the following questions as part of your application submission, your answers should be uploaded under supporting documents

1. Give at least two examples of your experience of successfully managing change.  What was the situation, what was the role you played, and the overall outcome.
2. Please detail your experience of leading and managing a health and social care service.
3. Please provide your experience of managing the assessment and care management functions in a health and social care setting.
4. Please describe how you would ensure that Care at Home services are delivered in a way that meets national Health and Social Care standards.

If you require to submit any further additional information to support your application (not a CV), please upload this under supporting documents.

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address

Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may automatically be withdrawn from this position.

Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

This post is considered Regulated Work with adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or adults.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Overseas Criminal Records Check

An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants born outside the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of three months in the past 10 years.

Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check. The check must be translated into English and should come from the police, judicial authority, government department or home embassy of the country or countries concerned. The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending criminal record proceedings. Checks may be carried out to authenticate the documents provided.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. 

We are a Disability Confident Scheme Employer and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria of the person specification job description.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans & Service leavers are guaranteed an interview who meet the essential criteria of the person specification job description.

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• To increase the value of their pension pot, Local Government Employees can opt to join the Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme.
• Up to 33 days annual leave
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave enhanced leave.
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM.

 To be considered for this vacancy you must complete the application form.  All CV submissions will be disregarded.