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About Our Service:
Do you want to make a difference to people in Dumfries and Galloway through rehabilitation, enablement and independent advice and support services?
We are looking to recruit a Team Leader who will support our Service Manager in delivering building-based and community-based services across the region.
Our service supports people to engage in employment, education, volunteering, and activities of their choice in their communities. To do this, Capability Scotland provides:
* Wrap-around rehabilitation service for people with an Acquired Brain Injury
* Community facilitation service for people with physical disabilities
* Self-directed support brokerage and payroll service
* Life skills work for young people with learning disabilities
Responsibilities:
As an experienced social care practitioner, you will ensure that our people receive exceptional, person-centered support by being responsible for:
* Coordinating the day-to-day delivery of community-based facilitation services for people with a physical disability
* Coordinating and developing the community brokerage service that provides independent advice and support to those accessing Self Directed Support
* Staff management, supervision, recruitment, and development
* Managing, coordinating, and supporting customer activities
* Liaising with families, health and care professionals, and social workers
* Working in partnership with the finance and social work team in supporting self-directed support packages
What You Need to Know:
Hours: 35 hours per week
Example Shifts: Monday – Friday: 7.5 hours, 08.30-16.30
Location: Compass House, Afton Drive, Dumfries, DG2 9ES (with travel)
Driving licence and access to a vehicle essential due to travel requirements of the role.
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 - £30,640.00 (£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 x annual salary death in service
* Cycle to work scheme
* 24/7 employee assistance
* Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts
Applying to Capability Scotland:
Applying to join Capability Scotland is easy. At the bottom of this advert, you can submit your CV and a covering letter directly to the hiring manager. You’ll then hear from us within three weeks of the noted closing date.
You can keep track of your application in your profile management settings.
For more information on this role, you can contact Rebecca at Rebecca.queen@capability.scot quoting ref: CW055039E810.
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.
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