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Team Leader - Fife

Fife

£31,515.00 pa

Permanent, Driving licence required, Full-Time

36 hours per week

Closing Date: 19 December 2024

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We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced care/support practitioner, to line manage our team of Support Workers within our fabulous housing support and care at home services in Fife.  

Fife Team Leader 1

At Fife Services we support people with a variety of complex disabilities to live independently in their own tenancies throughout Fife or within our bright, fully adapted, small residential settings, based in Dunfermline centre and Rosyth. In these beautiful settings, each individual has their own bedroom, private or jack & jill bathrooms and shared communal spaces. 

Our days are filled with laughter, with a focus on activities on site and externally, such as; going shopping, to the football, the cinema or having a giggle at our games or themed days. 

Our closeknit team of Team Leaders, help our support staff to provide 24-hour support 7 days a week, and they require a motivated and enthusiastic leader to join the team.   

Maybe you are an experienced Team Leader, Senior Support Worker or Support Worker with transferable experience, looking to advance your career.   

Are you who we are looking for?    

About the Role 

You will be required to co-ordinate and supervise a team of support staff in delivering a high standard of social care practice using a person-centred approach that reflects individual customer's needs wants and aspirations. As a Team Leader you will occasionally be delivering direct care including medication administration, personal care and moving and assisting. Meaning it’s not all about paperwork, you still get some hands on practice.  

A key part of this role is to coach, monitor, mentor and develop the skill base within the staff team, you will do this by displaying Leadership skills such as role modelling, decision making, being an effective communicator, having a positive attitude, commitment and confidence in the role.   

What you need to know 

Hours - 36 hours per week 

Location – Throughout Fife, mainly Dunfermline, Rosyth & Glenrothes  

Travel - Driving Licence and access to a vehicle are essential for this role  

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits: 

  • Competitive salary - £31,515.00 per annum (£16.79 per hour).   
  • We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.  
  • 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.  
  • Free PVG checks throughout your employment.  
  • Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.  
  • Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.  
  • Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.  
  • Cycle to work scheme.  
  • 24/7 employee assistance programme.  
  • Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts  

A full job description of this role is available by clicking here: Team Leader (Res Resp) 

Closing date - 19th Dec 2024 

For more information on this role, you can contact [email protected] using reference CS2711242

We reserve the right to close or extend this vacancy dependent on the number of applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.  

General Information  

Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone. 

A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.  

Due to the high volume of applications expected, we advise that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply to work with us. 

Team Leader - Fife

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