Team Leader - Adult Care

Team Leader – £16,195.46 pa

Hours: 18.5 hours per week

Location: Riccarton Hub, Research Avenue North, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP

About Riccarton (Day Services) Hub

At Capability Scotland Riccarton Hub we provide specialist daytime support and occasional 24‑hour short break respite services for adults with physical, learning and complex disabilities, promoting independence, inclusion and wellbeing through personalised care and enriching activities.

We provide fun and meaningful activities for our customers during the day. We pride ourselves in enhancing outcomes and life experiences and focus on health and wellbeing and creating smiles. We focus on making our customers’ time at Riccarton all about them and offer tailored and bespoke support plans.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a Team Leader who will work alongside a small group of team leaders to support our Service Manager in managing our team. As an experienced social care practitioner you will ensure that our people continue to receive exceptional, person‑centred support by being responsible for:

• Rota management
• Staff management, supervision, recruitment and development
• Managing customer activities
• Health and Safety
• Compiling and checking Care and Support plans for customers
• Management of medicines procedures
• Financial management for customers (dependent on service)
• Liaising with families, health and care professionals and social workers
• Sleepovers & on‑call support (dependent on service – if appropriate additional payments are provided)

Hours – 18.5 hours per week. Predominantly Monday‑Friday between 08.30 am & 05.30 pm (we are open to discuss doing hours over 2/3 days) and with occasional on‑call cover required in our respite service, therefore a flexible approach to working is required.

Experience/qualifications/key skills required

Experience of working in a similar role and environment is desirable as is a willingness to take on any personal development opportunities. You should have a care related SVQ Level 4, or the willingness to gain this qualification in a given timescale. You should have good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative.

Benefits

• Competitive salary – £16,195.46 pa (£16.79 per hour)
• 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 × annual salary death in service
• Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 24/7 employee assistance programme
• Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

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.

This role does NOT qualify for skilled worker visa sponsorship.