Team Facilitator

Enable Scotland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in social care is seeking a passionate Team Facilitator to lead and support a dedicated team. This role involves mentoring staff, providing direct support, and ensuring high-quality care for individuals with learning disabilities. The ideal candidate will have experience in team management and person-centred approaches, along with strong communication and organizational skills. Join a mission-driven organization that values your contributions and offers extensive learning and development opportunities to make a real difference in the community.

Benefits

Extensive learning programme

In-house career development opportunities

Equal opportunities employer

Qualifications

• Experience with adults and children with learning disabilities and support needs.
• Strong facilitation skills to encourage ownership of support quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of frontline staff to support individuals.
• Create and deliver service designs, support strategies, and risk assessments.

Skills

Team Management

Facilitation Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Person Centred Planning

Support Practices

Education

SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

£28,961 per annum + additional on call payment.

Enable are recruiting for a Team Facilitator

Location: East Renfrewshire.
Salary: £28,961 per annum + additional on call payment.
Contract: 39 hours per week – 20 hours providing direct support and 19 hours management time.

Full Driving License required.

Enable is one of the most impactful social care charities in the country, providing self-directed and human rights-driven social care support for over 1,100 people across Scotland, through our industry leading model.

We have an exciting opportunity within East Renfrewshire for a driven and motivated individual with experience managing teams within the social care sector. You must have the passion and drive to lead a team of frontline staff to support a young man to achieve his personal outcomes and live life to the full.

This is a unique opportunity to invest your skills and time strengthening and developing the current team of PA’s. The role will involve a practice leadership approach where you will mentor and support the team as well as working alongside them providing direct support.

About You

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:

1. Experience working with adults and children with learning disabilities, epilepsy, autism and physical support needs.
2. Experience in using person centred planning techniques in addition to delivering and leading excellent support practices.
3. Strong facilitation skills to encourage staff teams to take ownership and responsibility for the quality of support they deliver.
4. The ability to effectively communicate with the people we support, staff teams, families and external care professionals.
5. Creating and delivering robust service designs, support strategies and risk assessments whilst managing individual budgets.
6. Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise your workload whilst working under pressure.
7. SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
8. Full driving licence with access to your own vehicle for business use.

About Us

At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities. These include, but are not limited to:

1. Person Centred approaches, planning and thinking
2. Introduction to autism
3. Epilepsy awareness
4. Moving and Handling
5. Adult support and protection
6. Child support and protection
7. First Aid
8. Positive Behaviour Support

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

Note: The successful applicant will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 3 months of their start date.