Team Leader

Community Development & Social Enterprise

Disability

Equality & Law

Health

Housing & Homelessness

Learning

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Older People

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Social Care

Youth

• Closing: 20th March 2025
• Advertised from: 20th February 2025
• Reference: REQ00874

Role

We are looking for someone who will support the Registered Service Manager, to implement innovation whilst maintaining a positive environment for both those we support and our amazing staff group. This role is ideal for those ready for the next step on the career ladder.

Based in East Dunbartonshire, Ravenswood and its attached outreach service provides support for people who are at risk of or have experience of homelessness. It’s a safe, supportive environment where people can gain skills and confidence and start to plan the rest of their lives.

As a Team Leader, you will support the Registered Service Manager with the delivery of the service. You will also be responsible for ensuring a high-quality person-centred approach is delivered. It's a chance for you to showcase your confidence in your own abilities to effectively manage a team.

Shift working including evenings and weekends is a requirement of the post; night shift may also be required on occasion as well as out of hours on call. Previous working experience with the client group is preferred, and previous supervisory experience is desirable.

Great leadership skills are essential to inspire your team through leading by example and delivering high-quality, flexible person-centred support while communicating effectively across all levels and with various external professionals.

We will ensure you have all the training and development you need to do a great job and help you build a successful career within the foundation.

What’s more, you will be part of a foundation whose mission is to improve and enrich the lives of the most vulnerable people in our communities.

The successful candidate must possess excellent organisational and IT skills. Experience of MS Office is essential, particularly Word and Excel.

If you are looking for a new and rewarding challenge, this may be the ideal opportunity for you.

We value our staff very highly. Alongside competitive terms and conditions, we also offer membership of a great employee benefits scheme – Mungo Money. Joining Mungo Money provides full access to supermarket, fuel, cinema, restaurant discounts, discounts off your next family holiday, savings on gym memberships and equipment, Cycle to Work scheme, and more. We also offer access to a credit union and workplace pension plus numerous training and development opportunities, including SVQ registration level qualifications.

Appointments are made subject to satisfactory membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme, SSSC registration, and appropriate safer recruitment checks, but we will guide you through this.

TMF is delighted to be joining the Enable family from 1st April 2025. Enable has been championing the rights of individuals for over 70 years, focusing on self-directed health, human rights practice in social care, inclusive employment, and empowering communities.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team at Shetland Rape Crisis (SRC), based in The Compass Centre in Lerwick. As our most senior employee, the Managing Director provides strategic leadership and direct day-to-day service management for the organisation in order to achieve our Mission & Vision.

You will inspire a culture of trust, progress, and justice through a strong intersectional feminist ethos and approach, driving change and development, and promoting empowerment, courage, equity, diversity, and collaboration at all levels. You will ensure that The Compass Centre continues to meet its strategic priorities and outcomes via the safe, sustainable, and impactful delivery of our charitable activities and services for Shetlanders affected by sexual violence.

You will be supported to grow in your own practice and values base, and robust training and induction will be provided to ensure you can carry out the full responsibilities of the role.

Reporting to: Board of Trustees

Member of: Senior Management Team (SMT)

Managing Director

Finance & Office Manager

Support & Development Manager

Line-managing: Finance & Office Manager

Support & Development Manager

Restrictions: Only women need apply under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

We encourage applications from those with lived experience, but we cannot consider applications from current service users or ex-service users who are less than 1 year since leaving service.

Contracted to: The post is funded until 31 March 2026 by The Scottish Government’s Delivering Equally Safe Fund. Contracts are re-issued annually upon confirmation of funding. The post holder will be responsible, alongside senior management and the Board, to ensure continued funding thereafter.

• On site: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Galashiels, Girvan, Fife, Inverness, Stornoway, Duns and more
• Closing: 30th April 2025

The Supported Housing Worker role requires assisting in the management of the development, thus ensuring the tenants are able to enjoy an acceptable standard of living in an environment which is clean, safe, and friendly. You will be responsible for overseeing the wellbeing of the tenants and for assisting them in maintaining their independence.

As Housing Care Worker, your role will involve working with our tenants to ensure they receive the support and personal care identified in their care plans. You will directly support tenants in their homes by providing individual advice, practical housing support assistance, and personal care.

Both roles are to ensure that we are able to offer the best service to our tenants and make it possible for our tenants to continue enjoying as much independent living as they’re able.

As well as a competitive annual salary, our valued team also benefits from:

• Competitive hourly rates of £12.25 - £12.50 per hour (pay award pending)
• Guaranteed rota hours working between 7.30am & 10pm
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• A choice of pension scheme with employer contributions
• Flexible working policies
• Access to extensive paid training and development opportunities
• A supportive and inclusive culture.

Previous experience working in social care or the housing sector would be an advantage, but this is not always necessary. Our ideal candidate is someone with enthusiasm, a caring nature, and a willingness to learn as full training, support, and ongoing development will be provided.

Blue Triangle is a social care organisation that empowers people to thrive, by delivering solutions in connected communities which focus on the needs of each individual. We are looking for enthusiastic people who share our values (Kind, Passionate, and Creative) to join our services accommodating and supporting people experiencing homelessness and empowering them to thrive.

If successful, you will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 6 months of your start date. After registration, there is a requirement to be qualified and to maintain professional learning, which we will support you to achieve.

Blue Triangle recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

What we offer:

Aside from offering a supportive and friendly environment where our people are valued and appreciated, we’ll see that your hard work and drive to succeed is rewarded.

• Competitive Salary and Pension Options
• Full-time & Part-time hours available
• Double pay for festive bank holidays
• Long service awards
• Fully funded SVQ3
• Access to our benefits platform with high street voucher and tech discounts and cycle to work scheme to name a few!
• In-house training programmes
• Significant Gym discounts
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• 24/7 access to employee assistance programme, including counselling
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• Life Assurance cover of 3 times your salary
• Credit Union
• £200 refer a friend scheme

And many more!

About the Role:

As a Support Worker, you’ll work as part of a team in providing safe, secure, supported accommodation for the people who use our services. You’ll do this by providing practical and emotional support and encouraging them to achieve their own personal outcomes in all aspects of their daily lives.

Main Responsibilities:

This Support Worker role working at our Holland Street service involves working 3x 8 hour night shifts per week over a 4-week rolling rota, including some weekends. The Support Worker will:

• Work as part of a team providing safe, secure, supported accommodation for homeless people.
• Support, review, monitor and evaluate through our case management system, to achieve a positive person-centred outcome for the people we work with in line with organisational, statutory, and legislative requirements.
• Maintain and update all recording systems and documentation in line with relevant policies, procedures, and practice guidelines, including the occupancy agreement, within required timeframes.
• Provide, plan and facilitate key work meetings, key work sessions, meetings, reviews, and other internal/external meetings in conjunction with the person’s support plan.
• Provide general advocacy and advice to the people we support, including assistance to enable them to meet the conditions of their occupancy agreements.

About You:

• To join us, you need to have a genuine passion for helping people.
• Ideally, possess 1 year of experience working with vulnerable people and challenging behaviour which can be from personal, voluntary, and/or professional experience.
• Demonstrated commitment and ability to undertake care practice in accordance with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) code of practice, National Care Standards, Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care, and the Association's policies and procedures.
• Ability to relate empathetically to people and recognise their right to choice and independence.
• Ability to work flexibly and as a lone worker.
• Able to use Microsoft or equivalent applications competently.
• Ideally, hold an SVQ level 2 or above and be willing to work towards an SVQ 3.

We care about one another whilst taking pride in the service we offer. You will be working in a company with a strong identity, and with the guidance and support of experienced Managers, you will be able to develop in your career.

• On site: Madelvic Housing Support Services
• Closing: 23rd February 2025

Due to the development of our service, we have an exciting opportunity for a Team Leader to join our Madelvic Housing Support Services team.

Autism Initiatives Scotland provides a range of person-centred services throughout Scotland to people who are 16 years old and over.

Leading by example, the Team Leader will support the Area Manager in ensuring that all staff are managed and supervised effectively and that the highest level of autism-specific practice and standards are maintained. You will also manage the staff to deliver support plans to our service users and work with healthcare professionals to ensure support plans are of the highest quality. The role will involve supporting the Area Manager to implement the service development plan and lead on the achievement of the organisation's strategic aims at the service level.

The Team Leader will have responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service; therefore, you will be able to demonstrate excellent social care project management skills and have a working knowledge of current legislation relating to the social care sector.

Benefits of working with us include:

• Sleepover rate paid at £12.00 per hour
• Your birthday off every year, to treat yourself!
• Ongoing Learning & Development throughout your role
• Opportunity to undertake relevant qualification
• Career Progression Opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Eligibility to become a Blue Light Card Member for online & high street discounts

The successful applicant will be required to register with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).

This is a truly rewarding role, with the opportunity for you to develop your skills and knowledge and fulfil your career aspirations.