Team Leader - Isleshavn Care Services - SIC08216

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Mid Yell; On-site; GBP 3,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority council is seeking a Team Leader – Locality Manager to oversee community care services in Mid Yell, Scotland. This full-time role involves providing professional advice, managing resources, and supporting strategic decision-making while ensuring compliance with statutory obligations. The position includes a relocation package and encourages flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Relocation package

Flexible working arrangements

Payment for interview expenses

Qualifications

• Provide professional advice to ensure statutory requirements are met.
• Manage locality-based community care resources effectively.

Responsibilities

• Reports to Executive Manager and supports decision-making.
• Oversee delivery of community care services.

Job description

Advertisement Details

The Team Leader – Locality Manager Community Care reports to the Executive Manager- Community Care Resources and is a member of the service management team. The Team Leader provides information and advice to the Executive Manager to support service and directorate decision taking and the provision of support to Elected Members in determining the Council’s overall strategic objectives and priorities.

Manage the locality based community care resources and the customer focussed, efficient and effective delivery of services in accordance with the Council’s values, objectives, targets and statutory obligations. This includes the following functions: residential and support services for adults.

Provide professional advice to the Executive Manager with respect to the development, planning and delivery of services to ensure the Council fulfils all statutory requirements and implements relevant policies in respect of these services.

More detail is provided in the Job Profile, Person Specification and Conditions of Service Summary attached to the bottom of this advert.

Additional Information

• The grade of this post is L
• Salary shown in the advert is inclusive of Distant Islands Allowance of £2,859 per annum (pro rata)
• Permanent Full Time post for 37.0 Hours per Week , 52.18 weeks per year
• Preferred candidates will be required to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update prior to a formal offer of employment being made
• The successful candidate will have to complete registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) when they begin in post
• A relocation package does apply to this post
• We will pay interview expenses from within the UK
• We are happy to talk flexible working

During the application process you are required to give the names of two persons not related to you, who we can contact to provide a reference to support your application.

This post is based at Isleshavn Care Centre, Mid Yell, Yell, Shetland.

For further details relating to this post, please contact: Heidi Wharton-Baum, Executive Manager on 07554 117340 or e-mail [e-mail]

If you have a disability which prevents you from applying online, please call 01595 744032.

Information about Shetland

Shetland is an archipelago in the north of the British Isles where you'll find freedom, wildlife and wild beauty, but also a rich culture and dynamic, forward-looking society. The Islands have a thriving and diverse economy full of opportunities and offer residents the ideal work/life balance. Shetland combines stunning coastal landscapes and wide open spaces with friendly, bustling island communities. Factor in Shetland's impressive modern amenities, highly regarded schools and the Islands offer a work life balance rarely found elsewhere.

Find out more about:

Living and working in Shetland: here

The Shetland Islands Council: here