Temporary Team Leader (Maternity Cover) - Mental Health Service

VSA is a well-respected local social care charity helping support the people of Aberdeen for over 150 years.

Our mission is to provide the best of care to enable the best of lives; supporting individuals and communities to fulfill their potential.

VSA provides vital support and services to people of all ages. At VSA we support a persons physical mental emotional and social wellbeing through a range of residential and outreach support Services.

Working in social care is a hugely rewarding career and you can help change the lives of vulnerable children and adults. At VSA we are looking for motivated and compassionate individuals to join our team.

VSA currently have an exciting opportunity available to join our Queen Mother House as a Temporary Team Leader based in Aberdeen. This will be a full-time position and in return you will receive a competitive salary and benefits.

Hours: 39 hours per week

Rota: 5 shifts over 7 days including ever 2^nd weekend and occasional late shifts and sleepovers.

Salary/Rate: 15.46 per hour (unqualified) or 15.98 per hour (qualified)

We offer our Support/Care Workers fantastic benefits including:

• Company pension
• Generous annual leave
• Refer a friend programme-Receive 225 when you introduce a family member or friend to VSA
• Investment in your personal development and career through our learning and development programmes
• Gain recognised SCQF Qualification

About the role:

To provide a quality service to meet the identified needs of service users in line with specified VSA standards policies codes of practice and regulatory requirements managing resources effectively within an agreed financial framework.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Using systems to communicate record and report; ensuring that records are updated accurately and reports are produced when required so as to provide reliable data to support decision-making for management purposes and to meet regulatory requirements.

• Overseeing the communication systems and processes needed to enhance and develop the work of staff teams and address the needs of service users taking appropriate action to progress issues arising from communication processes relating to both staff and service users.

• Maintaining and evaluating systems to promote the rights and responsibilities of service users ensuring that practice is non-discriminatory and that service users personal beliefs and preferences are appropriately acknowledged.

• Ensuring that practices are in place to encourage and facilitate service users to participate in social activities develop social networks access services and facilities and to live as independently as possible in accordance with their needs and preferences.

• Maintaining healthy and safe practices in the work place through the effective Implementation and monitoring of risk assessment procedures relating to the protection of staff and service users including the administration of medicine; complying with health safety and security regulations and procedures.

• Monitoring the development implementation and review of personal plans with service users ensuring that their needs and preferences are met.

• Ensuring that services are delivered and reviewed to promote the best possible outcomes for individual service users.

• Ensuring that procedures are in place to support service users and staff appropriately when experiencing a significant life change or loss.

• Identifying staffing requirements in relation to operational objectives and establishing procedures to ensure that staffing cover is maintained at appropriate levels to meet regulatory requirements.

• Participating in the selection and recruitment of staff identifying job and person requirements in accordance with specified standards and procedures.

• Developing teams and individuals to enhance performance identifying development needs and implementing plans to meet these needs.

• Ensuring that staff performance is assessed and conveyed to individuals and teams in accordance with VSAs appraisal/supervision procedures and where appropriate shortcomings are addressed with reference to agreed procedures.

• Establishing maintaining and developing an effective working environment in respect of working relationships identifying and minimising interpersonal conflict.

• Developing and maintaining good working relationships with regulatory bodies (Care Inspectorate) to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and codes of practice. Reporting any alleged or actual breaches of practice to the necessary bodies following both VSA and regulatory guidelines.

• Developing ones knowledge and practice continuously through participation in training and development activities.

• Carrying out other duties from time to time provided they are reasonable and within the post holders capabilities.

Qualifications/Training/Education:

Essential:

• Must be registered with SSSC and required qualification to be obtained within 3 years of registration.
• SCQF Level 6 in Social Services and Healthcare and willingness to achieve SCQF Level 7 plus PDA

( or equivalent )

• Evidence of continued learning

Experience:

Essential:

• Experience within a care home or housing with support setting.
• Working to specified standards involving the concept of good practice

If our Team Leader role sounds like you then click Apply below and start your career journey with VSA today!