Home Care Supervisor - EAD09955

East Dunbartonshire Council; Kirkintilloch; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

East Dunbartonshire Council is seeking a Care at Home Supervisor to join our team on a temporary maternity‑cover contract. This post is only available to permanent and temporary employees and agency workers currently on assignment within East Dunbartonshire Council.

You will support and supervise our care team, help ensure safe, high‑quality, person‑centred care, contribute to care plans and staff development, and work closely with service users, families and colleagues to make a real difference

Qualifications

• Previous senior or supervisory care experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Supporting and supervising our care team
• Helping ensure people receive safe, high-quality, person-centred care
• Supporting care plans, reviews and staff development
• Responding to concerns and helping resolve issues
• Working closely with service users, families and colleagues
• Helping make a real difference every day

Skills

Senior care experience

Supervisory experience

Job description

Job Summary

This post is only available to all permanent and temporary employees and agency workers currently on assignment within East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note this post is temporary to cover a period of Maternity Leave

Are you an experienced care professional ready for your next step?

We're looking for a caring, enthusiastic and motivated Care at Home Supervisor to join our team and help us deliver an outstanding service to the people we support.

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting and supervising our fantastic care team
• Helping ensure people receive safe, high-quality, person-centred care
• Supporting care plans, reviews and staff development
• Responding to concerns and helping resolve issues
• Working closely with service users, families and colleagues
• Helping make a real difference every day

What we're looking for:

• Someone who is passionate about care, confident supporting others, organised and a great communicator. Previous senior or supervisory care experience is desirable.

If you're looking for a rewarding role where no two days are the same and you can make a genuine difference to people's lives, we'd love to hear from you!

Charter of Commitment

The commitment by East Dunbartonshire Council to job applicants is as follows:

Individuals will be treated in a polite, friendly and welcoming manner.

Equalities monitoring will be conducted to ensure a fair and equitable process with

screening being carried out to anonymise sensitive information such as age, gender and disability.

The information that we receive will be treated in confidence and with discretion. Only the relevant HR representative/team and the relevant service will see the application form.

We will encourage and welcome applications from applicants under the disability symbol. Where the essential criteria are met an interview will be offered to those applying under the disability symbol.

We will be pleased to make any reasonable adjustments to ensure accessibility at the interview.

We will advise you within reasonable time after the closing date if you have not met the interview criteria. (Normally within 4 weeks)

We will advise you of meeting the criteria for interview normally within 3 weeks.

We will advise you if you have been successful or unsuccessful at the interview stage as soon as practically possible.

PVG / Disclosure Scotland

The following criteria applies to all roles within East Dunbartonshire Council where PVG/Disclosure checks are essential criteria.

Where the post you are applying for is considered a Regulated Role under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020, successful candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by East Dunbartonshire Council.

Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant check which will be deducted from the successful candidate's first salary payment. Successful candidates who withdraw their application after the check process has started will be invoiced for the cost of the check.

In specific circumstances the payment could be deducted in instalments from an employee's wages following commencement of employment. Approval in such circumstances will be made by the HR & OD Manager.

Should an employee leave in advance of the payment being deducted, the full amount will be deducted from the employee's final salary.

The criteria outlined above will apply to existing employees of East Dunbartonshire Council who apply for roles for which a PVG/Disclosure check is required.

Websites

www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk