Lead Practitioner (Driver only) - Irvine - 489671

Cornerstone; Irvine; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 26 days

Family friendly leave options

Employee assistance helpline

Training Academy access

Driving lessons support

Job summary

Cornerstone is recruiting a Lead Practitioner to guide and mentor a team of Support Practitioners in Irvine. The role focuses on delivering high-quality, person-centred care while ensuring services run within budget and in line with contractual requirements.

You will support service improvement, develop colleagues and maintain relationships with service users and families. A full UK driving licence is preferred for travel between sites.

Qualifications

• Experience of managing people and teams.
• Knowledge of running an effective service within Health & Social Care.
• Passion for delivering high quality, person-centred care and support.
• Solid understanding of SSSC Codes of Practice and Health & Social Care Standards.
• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with service users, families and stakeholders.
• Ability to lead others and collaborate across teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Commitment to achieving SVQ Level 7 and PDA in management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of Support Practitioners in Irvine.
• Support teams to deliver high quality care and support within budgets and contracts.
• Provide guidance, coaching and development opportunities.
• Travel may be required; driving licence and access to own car preferred.
• Contribute to service improvements and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Managing people

Health & Social care

Person-centred care

SSSC Codes of Practice

Relationship building

Leadership

Communication skills

Professional boundaries

SVQ & PDA qualification goals

Education

SVQ Social Services & Healthcare SCQF Level 7

PDA in Health & Social Care Supervision

Job description

Are you an experienced Health & Social care professional looking for an exciting new role? We've got a great opportunity for you!

We have an exciting opportunity for an organised and dedicated individual to join our fantastic #TeamAyrshire as a Lead Practitioner on a full-time (39 hours), permanent basis.

The role

As a Lead Practitioner, you'll demonstrate great communication, organisational and interpersonal skills and will lead and inspire your team of Support Practitioners in Irvine.

You’ll provide support, guidance and mentor your teams to ensure that they are professional, accountable, engaged and motivated resulting in them delivering first class, high quality care and support. Alongside our Service Lead, you’ll also contribute to ensuring that our service(s) are running within agreed budgets and in conjunction with our contractual requirements.

As you will be covering a variety of areas, we will need you to have a full UK drivers licence with access to your own car. Travel expenses would be reimbursed as per our expenses policy and HMRC guidelines.

For a full list of key responsibilities, please see our role profile attached to this advert.

About you

What we’ll need you to bring:-

• Experience of managing people
• Knowledge of what it takes to run an effective service within the Health & Social Care sector
• A passion for and experience of delivering high quality, person-centred care and support
• Sound knowledge of SSSC Codes of Practice and Health & Social Care Standards
• Proven record of building and maintaining positive and professional relationships with supported individuals, their families and other stakeholders
• The ability to lead others and work collaboratively
• Great communication skills; both verbal and written
• A sound understanding of professional boundaries, accountabilities and responsibilities and how they relate to supporting vulnerable individuals
• A commitment to undertake and achieve a SVQ Social Services & Healthcare SCQF Level 7 qualification and PDA in Health & Social Care Supervision (if not already attained)

Shift patterns

As a Lead Practitioner, you will work 5 out of 7 days. There may be occasions where we will need you to be flexible to work evenings, sleepovers, waking nights and weekends due to the needs of our services. On call duties will also form part of your role on a rotational basis.

What makes Cornerstone a great place to work

• You’ll have a meaningful job doing things that you enjoy - it often doesn't feel like work
• Your job actually changes and improves lives - you'll make a difference in your local community
• We have a culture of empowering our colleagues and teamwork
• No uniform - we wear our own casual clothes
• We fund up to £500 towards driving lessons
• We reimburse your yearly SSSC registration fees
• Access to funded qualifications through our SQA approved, award winning Training Academy
• Ongoing continued professional development and career progression opportunities
• Recommend a colleague bonus scheme
• Long service awards
• Access to a 24/7 independent employee assistance helpline
• 26 days annual leave (rising by 5 days after 5 years) plus 4 paid bank holidays
• Family friendly leave options, including family, parental, bereavement and special leave
• Access to lots of discounts, including the cinema, gym memberships, holidays and shopping to name a few

The successful candidate will be required to join the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme and be committed to working towards a relevant SVQ in Social Services and Healthcare and a PDA in management with the support from our Training Academy.

If you’re successful in joining our team, we will need you to register with the SSSC within 3 months of starting your employment with us.

Please note - If you have spent more than 12 months out with the UK (excluding France, Germany. Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania or Spain) within the last 10 years while over the age of 18, you will be asked to provide a criminal record certificate from the relevant government/police authority as part of our pre-employment checks.