Team Leader - Stravaig Project

Together, improving lives

38 Hours per week | £21,677 - £24,545 per annum | Permanent

Closing Date: Monday 10th October 2022

Do you want to make a difference by helping us to improve lives?

Can you be a great team member and be supportive, creative and excellent at what you do?

Then why not join our fantastic organisation and be part of a first-class team delivering quality care and support.

Here at The Mungo Foundation, we are proud to be one of the most diverse providers of social care and support for vulnerable people in Glasgow, West Central Scotland and beyond. At any one time across our fantastic projects, we are supporting up to 1,500 individuals, their families and communities helping them to live better lives.

Our Stravaig Project based in the Partick area of Glasgow, provides direct access to supported accommodation, giving a safe environment for young vulnerable homeless people who have various levels of support needs and who may be experiencing or at risk of homelessness and may be excluded from other services.

We are looking to recruit a Team Leader to join our dynamic team who is motivated and enthusiastic with the ability to effectively ensure the delivery of safe, compassionate and high-quality care and support. As a Team Leader, you will be managing, supporting and guiding a team of Support Workers who strive to deliver quality care whilst making a difference to all our young people. As well as leading your team, you will also be responsible for actively safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the young people in their home.

As the Team Leader your responsibilities will include ensuring the Young People receive high quality of care. You will support the manager with effectively managing rotas and supervisions for your

team, oversee training and development of the team, providing informal practical and emotional support to colleagues in addition to developing and maintaining key relationships with the young people, staff and all professional agencies.

The working pattern will be (rolling rota??) working 5 over 7 including weekend work.

To carry out the role you must possess excellent organisational skills and IT skills.

If successful but unqualified, you will have to work towards a suitable qualification for a post at this level, in line with the SSSC Regulatory requirements but don’t worry we will support you with this.

We value our staff very highly. Alongside competitive terms and conditions we also offer membership of a great employee benefits’ scheme with fantastic discounts, a credit union and workplace pension plus numerous training and development opportunities, including SVQ registration level qualifications. If you would like to apply for this position, please email recruitment@themungofoundation.org.uk to request an application form.

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.