Lead Practitioner (Stonehaven)

Are you an experienced Health & Social care professional looking for an exciting new role? We've got a great opportunity for you!

We have an exciting opportunity for an organised and dedicated individual to join our fantastic #TeamCrudenlea in Stonehaven as a Lead Practitioner on a full-time (39 hours per week), permanent basis.

The Role

Working alongside our Service Lead, as a Lead Practitioner, you'll demonstrate great communication, organisational and interpersonal skills and will lead and inspire your team of Support Practitioners.

You'll provide support, guidance and mentor your team to ensure that they are professional, accountable, engaged and motivated resulting in them delivering first class, high quality care and support. You’ll also contribute to ensuring that our service is running within agreed budgets and in conjunction with our contractual requirements.

For a full list of key responsibilities, please see our role profile attached to this advert.

Our team

You'll lead a team of dedicated Support Practitioners who provide support to eleven individuals with different levels support needs to live in their own shared home. There's never a dull moment, every day is different.

Our team support the eleven individuals with all aspects of their daily living, including, shopping, finances, meal preparation, housework and personal care. They also support the individuals with their hobbies and interests too, including trips to the cinema and theatre, going to the football to watch Aberdeen FC, getting creative in the kitchen and various other indoor and outdoor activities too.

About you

What we'll need you to bring:-

Knowledge of what it takes to run an effective service within the Health & Social Care sector A passion for and experience of delivering high quality, person-centred care and support Sound knowledge of SSSC Codes of Practice and Health & Social Care Standards Proven record of building and maintaining positive and professional relationships with supported individuals, their families and other stakeholders The ability to lead others and work collaboratively Great communication skills; both verbal and written A sound understanding of professional boundaries, accountabilities and responsibilities and how they relate to supporting vulnerable individuals A commitment to undertake and achieve a SVQ Social Services & Healthcare Level 7 qualification and PDA in Health & Social Care Supervision (if not already attained)

Shift patterns

As a Lead Practitioner, you will work 5 out of 7 days. There may be occasions where we will need you to be flexible to work evenings, sleepovers, waking nights and weekends due to the needs of our service. On call duties will also be a requirement on a rotational basis.

What makes Cornerstone a great place to work

Your job actually changes and improves lives - you'll make a difference in your local community We have a culture of empowering our colleagues and teamwork No uniform - we wear our own casual clothes We fund up to £ towards driving lessons We reimburse your yearly SSSC registration fees Access to funded qualifications through our SQA approved, award winning Training Academy Ongoing continued professional development and career progression opportunities Recommend a colleague bonus scheme Long service awards Access to a 24/7 independent employee assistance helpline 26 days annual leave (rising by 5 days after 5 years) plus 4 paid bank holidays Family friendly leave options, including family, parental, bereavement and special leave Access to lots of discounts, including the cinema, gym memberships, holidays and shopping to name a few

Sound interesting? What are you waiting for? Apply today! We're waiting to hear from you.

We are looking to fill this vacancy as soon as possible and reserve the right to close our advert early if we find a suitable candidate before the closing date. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Successful candidates will be required to join the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme and have a commitment to working towards a relevant SVQ in Social Services and Healthcare with the support from our Training Academy.

Please note - If you have spent more than 12 months out with the UK (excluding France, Germany. Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania or Spain) within the last 10 years while over the age of 18, you will be asked to provide a criminal record certificate from the relevant government/police authority as part of our pre-employment checks.

Cornerstone welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce.