Team Leader – Adult Residential

Job Description

Team Leader – Adult Residential

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced care/support practitioner, to line manage our team of Support Workers within our fabulous residential service based in Elderslie.

At Wallace Court we support adults with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and sensory impairment, to live independently within their private accommodation on site. For the people we support, this is home. Our days are filled with laughter, with a focus on activities on site and externally, from football day trips to visits from traveling zoo’s, our service prides itself on being customer led.

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.

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 work on the floor 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.

Competitive salary – £34,142.00 per annum (£16.79 per hour).

Hours: 39 hours per week (Full-time).

Location: Wallace Court, 191 Main Road, Elderslie, PA5 9ES.

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Perks at Work.
• £600 Refer a Friend.
• We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts.

Benefits are subject to contractual terms.

This post is subject to membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and a satisfactory PVG Scheme Record/Update. The successful candidate will be required to undergo the appropriate Disclosure Scotland vetting checks prior to appointment.

Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and 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.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme.

For more information on this role, you can contact using reference CS.

Closing date – 13 Sept 2026.