Care at Home Service Manager (2 posts)

Job Description

We have an exciting leadership opportunity within Care at Home Services in West Dunbartonshire HSCP as Team Lead (2 posts). Care at Home services includes Care at Home, community alarms, sheltered housing and a new reablement service.

Working closely with the Integrated Operations Manager, the ethos of compassionate leadership, continuous quality improvement and clinical and care governance is nurtured and encouraged, delivering a high standard of person centred care.

As a Team Lead you will be the Registered Manager responsible for meeting all the regulatory requirements. You will provide strong leadership which inspires others: empowering teams to work towards effective, safe and person centred care.

There are a range of key objectives within Care at Home Services, and you will have the ability to drive change forward, supporting service users and employees as the service implements a redesign process. The post holder is responsible for effective and efficient management of the workforce, ensuring an appropriate environment for all staff to function to their maximum potential and for ensuring that the organisational policies, procedures and guidelines including that of the professional and other relevant bodies are implemented and adhered to.

This is a challenging, dynamic and exciting role and an opportunity to be part of a team committed to providing a quality service to the citizens of West Dunbartonshire by supporting service improvement and embedding quality within Health and Social Care provision.

You should have considerable post qualifying experience within one or more of the central functions of the service and registered with (or be willing to be registered with) the SSSC, and be able to demonstrate relevant experience at a Grade 7 or 8 within HSCP or other relevant community based services.

Requirements

This post is considered as Regulated Work with Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 and as such membership with the PVG scheme is essential. Further details of this scheme can be found here.

Preferred applicants will be required to become members of the relevant PVG scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer being made by West Dunbartonshire Council.

Responsibilities

The employment for which you are applying is excepted from the provisions of section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order 1975. Applicants are, therefore, not statutorily entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are "spent" under the provisions of the Act. In the event of employment any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action.

The Individual

The successful candidate will benefit from the following:

WDC was voted one of the top ten flexible employers and prides itself in providing flexible working to support work life balance. In addition to this there are also additional benefits:

• Access to the Local Government pension scheme (LGPS) with an employer’s contribution of at least 19.3% and all associated benefits
• A minimum of 25 days annual leave, increasing a day each year up to 35 days as well as 8 fixed public holidays each year
• Access to employee wellbeing supports including occupational health & counselling if ever you need help and support
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