Team Leader - Adult Residential

Swanton Care and Community; Scotland; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Scotland seeks a Care Team Leader to manage day-to-day operations at Caidreach House. This role requires prior care experience and leadership skills, ideally with an NVQ Level 3 qualification. You will empower support staff, oversee care plans, and ensure high-quality service delivery. Attractive benefits include referral schemes, employee discounts, and career advancement opportunities.

Benefits

Refer a friend scheme

Long service awards

Employee benefits app

Cycle to work scheme

Pension contributions

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Training qualification center

Mental health support

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Voice initiatives

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a care role supporting people with learning disabilities.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership in a team setting.
• Ideally working towards or holding NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care.

Responsibilities

• Support the Service Manager in day-to-day management of the shift.
• Provide practical assistance and emotional support to team members.
• Ensure development and management of Support Workers.
• Create and update person-centred support/care plans.
• Maintain service user records to support excellent quality service.

Skills

Experience in care

Team leadership

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

About The Role

Are you ready to take the next step in your Health and Social Care career to meet the challenge of this exciting role? As Care Team Leader you'll support the Service Manager by leading the day-to-day management of a shift at our residential service.

Job title: Care Team Leader

Location: Caidreach House, Falkirk - Reddingmuirhead

Hours: 40 hours per week

WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP.

About you

Do you have previous experience working in care, leading a team and want to further your development within a Care Team Leader role?

This is an opportunity for a pro-active Team Leader to join an evolving Care Company. You will need:

• Previous experience of working within a care role, supporting people with learning disabilities / behaviours that challenge
• Be able to demonstrate your ability to lead a team/shift
• Ideally, you will be working towards or hold a NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Here at Swanton, we are looking for people who share our core values and are able to apply these to the work that they do. At the heart of our ethos are five key words, these underpin the PRIDE we take in our services.

‘Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy’

The Role

• Provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower their team in supporting the people they support to achieve their goals and aspirations.
• You will be proactive and support the development and skills of Support Workers. This will include recruitment, induction, supervisions, annual appraisals, training, coaching, rota management, sickness and absence management.
• Take the lead to help Support Workers understand their responsibilities and by doing so ensure that safe, effective, caring, responsive and well lead support and care is delivered at all times.
• Ensure that all the people we support have person centred support/care plans. You will be able to create and update these plans as per any changes that are required.
• To oversee and support the development of excellent quality within the service. You will design, develop and maintain excellent service user records. Working in a supportive manner that empowers the service user to live their life in their chosen manner.

What we can offer:

• Refer a friend scheme we know that you will know fantastic people who will be make a great contribution, you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made *
• Above and beyond we recognise that our staff teams do amazing things for the people we support and their teams. We award contributions for those who go the extra mile and for good inspection feedback with vouchers for high street shops and other surprises!
• Long service awards we recognize your contribution to the team and celebrate long service
• Employee benefits app stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities.
• Cycle to work you can save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme
• Pension we will auto enrol you into our salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Life cover you will be entitled to the death in service benefit.
• Funded qualifications earn whilst you learn! we aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton *
• Career pathways we invest in our people and offer apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn has never been easier!
• Swanton Educates we have our own training qualification centre which can further support your development
• Trained mental health first aiders available to support you when you need someone to talk to
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) free confidential access to 24hr assistance program for counselling, advice and support
• Employee Voice we hold regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback about working with us

*subject to eligibility & criteria

About The Service

Caidreach House, a brand-new service in the residential area of Reddingmuirhead, is offering an incredible opportunity for those passionate about making a real difference.

With fantastic public transport links and easy access to the heart of Falkirk, we're perfectly located at the centre of a welcoming and active local community.