• LinkLiving - Team Leader Supported Living West (Fife Support Service)

  Created: 26/08/2024
  News/Events Category: Job Vacancies
  
  
  

  Post: Team Leader Supported Living West (Fife Support Service)

  Job reference: LLTLFAUG24

  Hours: 37.5 hours per week (9.00-5.00 or 8.00-4.00 Monday to Friday. This could include some evening and weekend work)

  Salary: £32,986 - £36,237 per annum (dependent on skills and experience)

  Location: West Bridge Mill, Kirkcaldy

  
  Are you passionate about helping people to live a better life? Do you want to work for a charity where your health and wellbeing matter just as much as the people you support? Do you want to be part of a trauma-informed team where you will be supported to develop creative and flexible ways of working? LinkLiving's values and people are at the heart of everything they do including how they recruit staff. It is important for them to find people who share their values, which are: empathy (listen to and understand an individual's needs and circumstances), respect (treat others the way they wish to be treated), integrity (be honest and have strong moral principles), and caring (show kindness and concern for others).

  LinkLiving is a Scottish health and wellbeing charity that supports people to manage or overcome the effects of negative life experiences (including trauma, mental health challenges, poverty, and inequality) so that they can build on their strengths and aspirations in order to live their best possible lives. They support people through a range of models including: 

  • Personal development and employability programmes 
  • Self-help coaching
  • Supported accommodation
  • Care at home
  • Housing support
  • Befriending
  • Social cafes

  The Service

  LinkLiving's Fife Support Service is a visiting supported living, and housing support service which operates across Fife. Their service is underpinned by their trauma-informed approach to support delivery, and they work with people experiencing a range of issues to live as independently as possible within their own homes. For some, this includes supporting people with personal care and/or the administration of medication.

  As well as enabling people to live as independently as possible in their own homes, Link support people to take part in multi-agency working with a range of statutory and voluntary organisations. This is a key part of the service Link deliver, ensuring the people they work with get the support they need.

  The Job

  The purpose of the job is to provide leadership, support and supervision to a team of support workers whilst ensuring that objectives and targets are achieved, the service to individuals is coordinated, and that appropriate policies and local procedures are in place. The Team Leader is the first line manager and is responsible for ensuring the service is of high quality which meets all internal and external standards and reporting requirements.

  The Team Leader will combine a thorough knowledge of social care practice and processes with first class leadership, staff support, and development skills. Working closely with the Service Manager, the Team Leader will use their extensive knowledge and experience to ensure the delivery of high quality, person-centred services to people they support. You will also be expected to establish and develop effective working relationships with partner agencies and to actively promote opportunities for partnership working in order to deliver improved outcomes for the people Link support.

  About You

  You will have a general good standard of education and a SVQ Social Services and Healthcare at SCQF Level 9 PLUS SVQ Care Services Leadership and Management SCQF Level 10 or the ability to gain these qualifications within the required timescales.

  You will be able to demonstrate experience of coordinating complex support arrangements combined with knowledge of social care and housing issues, welfare rights, benefits, procedures, and entitlements.

  The successful candidate will have knowledge of issues affecting people who are excluded and marginalised, along with experience of leading and managing a team and carrying out support and supervision, combined with strong skills in mentoring less experienced colleagues and proven experience of contributing to development of colleagues. You will have a sense of judgement and ability to take decisions and be responsible for them, with a flexible, practical and reliable approach.

  You will be able to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, and public holidays. Due to the geographical area covered, access to a car and a full driving licence are also essential. For a comprehensive list of the essential and desirable criteria required for this post, please refer to the Job Specification.

  Benefits

  The benefits of being a LinkLiving employee (subject to the policies and benefit terms and conditions) include:

  • Competitive salary, reviewed annually, and opportunity for annual performance related salary increases and discretionary non-consolidated pay awards, subject to terms of the scheme 35 days' holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays) pro rata plus additional three days pro rata after three years' service
  • Opportunity to buy and sell holiday
  • Enhanced company sick and family friendly pay
  • Access to paid SVQ qualifications and a wide range of learning and development opportunities
  • Funded Disclosure Scotland and Scottish Social Services Council memberships
  • Defined contribution pension scheme with generous employer contributions plus salary exchange and additional voluntary contribution options
  • Access to an Electric vehicle leasing scheme, subject to the terms of the scheme
  • Life assurance scheme providing death in service benefits to named beneficiaries
  • Healthcare cash plan for employees (and dependents) to support health and wellbeing plus discounts on shopping, restaurants, and other services
  • Employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate household dependants to support health, mental and financial wellbeing
  • Annual flu vaccination access to a savings and borrowing scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Monthly bus pass scheme
  • Season/travel ticket loan

  For a full list of benefits available to employees, please see the following link - https://www.linkliving.org.uk/work-with-us 

  Successful applicants will be required to apply for registration with SSSC within three months of their start date and be registered within six months.

  This post is subject to Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme registration. Link will meet the cost of any new PVG scheme membership or scheme record update.

  If you have any questions about the role, please e-mail [email protected] and they can arrange for someone from the service to call you for an informal chat.

  To find out more about what LinkLiving do and to view the generous pay and benefits package, please visit their website at https://www.linkliving.org.uk 

  If you're thinking about working in adult social care, download the Guide to adult social care jobs in Scotland for in-depth information on everything you need to know to get started. In addition, you can enrol on a free, online six week part-time tutor-supported 'Introduction to a Career in Social Care' course. The course introduces the area of social care and can be a stepping-stone to employment or further training.

  How to Apply

  Complete an application form on LinkLiving's website.

  Instructions on how to complete the form are at the top of the page. Link can offer suitable alternative methods to apply if requested including although not exclusively; hard copy, Braille and audio. You can request these by e-mailing [email protected] and detailing which format you would require.

  Please note, should an internal applicant be successful in applying for this position on either a seconded or permanent basis, they will move to the terms and conditions associated with the role for the duration of the time they are in post. The terms and conditions are outlined in the job information pack. LinkLiving aim at all times to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and from anyone who shares their commitment to inclusion. Link's offices are fully accessible to wheelchair users and, as a Disability Confident Leader, they will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.

  The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on Wednesday 11 September 2024. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 18 September 2024 at LinkLiving's office in Kirkcaldy. 

  
  
  

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