Lead Practitioner (Team Leader) - Driver

Cornerstone; Irvine; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Driving lessons funded up to £500

SSSC registration fees reimbursed

Training Academy access

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Cornerstone is seeking a Lead Practitioner to oversee a team of Support Practitioners across North Ayrshire and ensure delivery of high-quality, person-centred care. The role requires leadership, budget awareness and strong communication with families and stakeholders.

You will guide, mentor and develop staff while maintaining service standards, liaising with the Service Lead and ensuring contractual compliance. Driving licence and own car are required; travel across areas is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience of managing people.
• Knowledge of running an effective service within Health & Social Care.
• Passion for 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 relationships with supported individuals, their families and other stakeholders.
• Ability to lead others and work collaboratively.
• Great communication skills; both verbal and written.
• Commitment to SVQ SCQF Level 7 and PDA in management with Training Academy support.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of Support Practitioners in North Ayrshire.
• Provide support, guidance and mentoring to ensure high quality care.
• Help manage service delivery within budgets and contractual requirements.
• Collaborate with Service Lead to maintain service standards and compliance.
• Travel as required with own car and claim expenses per policy.

Skills

People management

Health & social care knowledge

Care quality

SSSC standards knowledge

Relationship building

Leadership & collaboration

Verbal and written communication

Professional boundaries

SVQ SCQF Level 7 / PDA management

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 North Ayrshire.

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

Sound interesting? What are you waiting for?

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.

We are looking to fill these vacancies as soon as possible so reserve the right to close our advert early if we find suitable candidates before the closing date.

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.