Social Care Team Leader: Lead & Inspire Exceptional Support

Job Description

Overview

Are you an experienced social care professional ready to take the next step in your career or looking for a fresh challenge? If yes, we’d love to hear from you! We’re looking for a compassionate and proactive individual to join our service in Stoneywood as a Team Leader on a full-time (37.5hrs per week), permanent basis. As a team leader, you’ll provide first line leadership to a dedicated team of Support Practitioners across our services, ensuring exceptional standards of care and practice. You’ll take an active role in shaping the quality of support provided, leading by example, and creating a culture of respect, learning and continuous improvement while supporting the Services Manager. You must hold a full UK driving licence.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the day to day running of the service, including rotas, records and quality standards.
• Supervise, mentor and coach staff to deliver exceptional support.
• Develop and review personalised support plans.
• Work directly on shift to build strong relationships with the people you support.
• Promote inclusion, community participation and meaningful opportunities.
• Maintain clear communication with families, professionals and partners.
• Take part in on call duties.

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in social care, including supporting individuals with complex needs and behaviours of concern.
• Experience supervising or coordinating staff.
• Working knowledge of budgets and targets.
• Strong communication, planning and motivational skills.
• SVQ Level 3 in Care (or willingness to achieve it).
• A values driven approach built on inclusion, respect and empowerment.

About Us

The Richmond Fellowship Scotland provides personalised and outcome focused support to over 2800 individuals in their own homes across Scotland, making us the country’s largest provider of social care. We support individuals with a variety of different needs such as physical and/or learning disabilities, ongoing mental health issues, alcohol or substance abuse and autism. Some of the people we support can present challenging behaviour or require a high level of personal care.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We encourage applications irrespective of race, ethnicity or national origin, religion, disability, age, marital or parental status or sexual orientation. Our aim is to welcome everyone and build inclusive teams.

We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us.