Team Leader in Kilmarnock

Do you have the skills to lead a team who support others to live a fulfilling life while achieving their dreams and goals? Sound like you? If so, then we have a great opportunity for you to join Quarriers East Ayrshire Supported Living Service as a Team Leader!

Your new opportunity

Quarriers EASL Service are currently recruiting a Team Leader offering a full time permanent contract. The service supports individuals with learning difficulties to live in their own home or family home.

The team work together to create opportunities for people and assist in helping them to achieve their dreams, goals and aspirations. The EASL team are dedicated to delivering person centred care and ensuring each person supported has the opportunity to live full happy lives.

As a Team Leader you will support the staff and promote excellence and best practice while providing supervisory support to staff as they develop and learn skills on the job. You will work closely with the Project Manager and Deputy Manager ensuring service delivery is first class and lead/manage a number of support workers day-to-day while promoting Quarriers organisational core values and working towards our mission of making Scotland a better place.

What you will need to bring to the role

• Compassion and kindness to support people in their day to day lives.
• Proven experience of working with the social care sector and an understanding of best practice.
• Enthusiasm and self-motivation.
• Ability to apply transferable life experience and skills to support and enable individuals.
• Excellent problem solver who is driven by positive outcomes.
• Resilient, reliable and an excellent listener.
• Good IT & communication skills.
• Due to the location of the services and shift patterns we recommend candidates have access to their own transport.

Whats in it for you?

• Opportunity to gain SVQ qualifications via our SVQ accredited centre.
• Generous holiday entitlement, 29 annual holiday days + 4 public holidays for support staff, rising to 34 days annual leave and 4 public holidays after 5 years.
• Training, support, learning and development.
• Opportunity to make a difference to someones life.
• Family friendly working policies and procedures.
• HSF Health Cash Plans.
• 24/7 free and confidential Employee Assistance programme.
• £500 refer a friend scheme (t&cs apply)
• Life Assurance Benefit.
• Workplace Pension.
• Registered with Concert for Carers.
• Access to health services free of charge (physiotherapy & occupational health)
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Christmas saving scheme.

Full details of this role can be viewed on the attached Job Role Profile.

Where applicable, successful candidates will be required to register with the SSSC within 3 months of start date.