Team Leader - Children's Residential Services

Capability Scotland; Lanark; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

SVQ funded

Holidays 32 days increasing to 37

PVG checks

Pension scheme

Death in service

Perks at Work

Cycle to work

Employee assistance program

Carer discounts

Job summary

Capability Scotland in Lanark is recruiting a Team Leader for Stanmore House Residential & Life Skills Service to support a dedicated team delivering person-centred care for children and young people with complex needs.

You will manage rotas, supervise staff, develop care plans, ensure medicines procedures and health and safety, and liaise with families and professionals. The role is full-time, with on-call responsibilities.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Rota management
• Staff management, supervision, recruitment, and development
• Managing customer activities
• Health and Safety
• Compiling and checking Care and Support plans for customers
• Management of medicines procedures
• Financial management for customers
• Liaising with families, health and care professionals and social workers
• Sleepovers & on-call support (dependent on service – if appropriate additional payments are provided)

Job description

Team Leader - Children's Residential Services

If you’re looking for the next step on your career in social care, you’ve just discovered it.

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Stanmore House Residential, Stanmore Road, Lanark, ML11 7RR

About Stanmore Residential & Life Skills Service

Stanmore House Residential acts as both a boarding element to Stanmore House School and a residential and respite service for the children of Scotland. The young people we support are aged between 5 & 20 with a variety of complex disabilities. We support them to live independently in our bright, fully adapted, residential & school campus based in the outskirts of Lanark.

Our amazing life skills service, supports young people up to age of 26, in a mock-home set up, to learn life skills such as cooking, domestic tasks and money management to prepare them for independent living.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a Team Leader who will support our Service Manager in managing our team. As an experienced social care practitioner, you will ensure that our people continue to receive exceptional, person-centred support we provide by being responsible for:

• Rota management
• Staff management, supervision, recruitment, and development
• Managing customer activities
• Health and Safety
• Compiling and checking Care and Support plans for customers
• Management of medicines procedures
• Financial management for customers (dependent on service)
• Liaising with families, health and care professionals and social workers
• Sleepovers & on-call support (dependent on service – if appropriate additional payments are provided)

Location – Stanmore House Residential, Stanmore Road, Lanark, ML11 7RR

Hours – 37 hours per week, shift working with on-call therefore a flexible approach to working is required.

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• Competitive salary - £32,391.00 pa (£16.79 per hour).
• We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
• 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

*Benefits are subject to contractual terms.

We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.

For more information on this role, you can contact Catherine on 01555 665041 ext. 2369 / [e-mail] using reference CS141026

Closing date – 30th Sept 2026

General Information

Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.

Due to the high volume of applications expected, we advise that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply to work with us.

This post is subject to membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and a satisfactory PVG Scheme Record/Update. The successful candidate will be required to undergo the appropriate Disclosure Scotland vetting checks prior to appointment.

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Company: Capability Scotland

Salary: from £32,391 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Lanark, ML11 7RR

Working pattern: On-site

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 14 Oct 2026

Closing date: 30 Oct 2026