Can you help us with our ongoing mission?

At Capability Scotland, our mission is to deliver the highest quality services, tailored to the individual needs of disabled people. We work in partnership to create innovative solutions which enable our people to achieve their goals. We put our customers and learners at the heart of everything we do and will make sure their voices are heard loud and clear.

We love what we do here and are looking to recruit a Care and Support Manager for our Wallace Court Service. Wallace Court provides 24 hour residential and respite support, 7 days a week, to customers aged between 18 and 65 with physical and learning disabilities.

Job Purpose:

Working alongside the Service Manager, you’ll play a key role in supporting the day-to-day leadership of the service while helping to drive forward improvements in care quality, consistency and outcomes.

You’ll support and develop our Team Leaders, strengthen oversight of care and support, and help ensure that what we deliver is not only safe and effective, but genuinely person-centred.

A key part of the role will be working with colleagues and professionals to ensure that people’s needs are fully understood, clearly evidenced and appropriately supported. This is a role where you can bring people together, build confidence in the service, and help shape how support is delivered.

Why this role is different

Wallace Court supports individuals with a high level of complexity, and there is a real opportunity to build on the work already underway to ensure the service is as strong, consistent and responsive as it can be.

We’re investing in this role to strengthen our leadership team and create the space needed to focus on quality, improvement and good outcomes.

You’ll be joining a supportive environment where your ideas, experience and leadership will be valued, and where you’ll have the opportunity to make a visible impact.

Main Activities

1. Provide management support and direction to Team Leader and/or staff in their delivery of Care and Support to customers
2. Support the Service Manager, Team Leader and staff in meeting the requirements of organisational policy and procedure
3. Meet Regulatory Requirements (e.g. Care Inspectorate, SSSC)
4. Identify, quantify, and direct Customer requirements through their individualised budgets and costed support plans
5. Undertake Investigations and Risk Assessments
6. Manage Budgetary and Financial Controls, including SDS, ILF and Personalised Budgets and Care Plans that result thereof.
7. Service Promotion and Development
8. This role may also include:

- 8.1.Prescribed duties and responsibilities of the Service Manager delegated down to the Care and Support Manager.

-8.2.Deputise in the absence of the Service Manager

About you

You might already be in a management role, or you may be an experienced Team Leader ready for the next step.

What matters most is that you:

• Care about delivering high-quality, person-centred support
• Are confident leading and supporting others
• Have a strong understanding of care standards and good practice
• Are organised, proactive and able to see the bigger picture
• Want a role where you can make things better, not just maintain them
• An SVQ4 (or equivalent), or willingness to work towards it, is essential.

Capability Scotland’s benefits:

• A generous salary of £36,925 pa / £19.14
• We offer a fully funded SVQ’s – a qualification which is yours for life.
• 37 days annual leave per year
• A genuine opportunity for career progression and leadership development
• The chance to be part of a service that is developing and improving
• Ongoing support from an experienced management team
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts
• £600 Refer a Friend scheme
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.

If you’re looking for the next step on your career in social care, you’ve just discovered it.

***Benefits - 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service, Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme, Perks at Work, £600 Refer a Friend & much more!***

Housing Support, Care at Home, Residential and Day Services – there’s something for everyone in this role!

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a Team Leader who will support our Service Manager in managing our vibrant Day Centre and Community Outreach teams in Perth. If you’re passionate about supporting adults with complex disabilities and you want every day at work to truly make a difference, this is the role for you.

You will lead our support teams to provide care and support to disabled adults in our purpose-built day hub and within their own homes, residential spaces and communities.

Our Upper Springland Campus offers amazing facilities, including sensory spaces, craft and kitchen areas, hydrotherapy pool, rebound therapy, and an accessible gym all designed to promote independence, creativity, and wellbeing.

As an experienced social care Team Leader, you will ensure that our people continue to receive the exceptional, person-centred support we provide by being responsible for:

• Rota management
• Staff management, supervision, recruitment, and development
• Managing supported persons activities
• Health and Safety
• Compiling and checking Care and Support plans for people we support
• Management of medicines procedures
• Financial management for people we support
• Liaising with families, health and care professionals and social workers
• Regular on-call support – shared between existing group of Team Leaders – Across our Upper Springland Services.

What you need to know

Hours – 37 hours per week

Example Shifts - Monday – Friday: 7.5 hours, (8.30am or 9am – 4.30pm or 5pm)

On-call Support – 7 days out of 28 including evenings and weekends

Experience/qualifications/key skills required

Experience of leading a team within a social care environment is essential, as is a willingness to take on any personal development opportunities. You should have a care related SVQ Level 4, or the willingness to gain this qualification in a given timescale. You should have good interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative. Driving Licence preferred due to the travel requirements of the role.

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• Competitive salary - £32,391 (£16.79 per hour).
• We offer a fully funded SVQ – a qualification which is yours for life.
• 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• £600 refer a friend scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability.

What you need to know

This is a fixed term contact until 28th February 2026

Driving licence and access to a vehicle preferred – due to travel requirements of the role.

A full job description of this role is available by clicking here: Team Leader (Res Resp)

For more information on this role, you can contact our Admin Team at 01738 632995 quoting reference – CS2005261

You will be joining us at an exciting time as we continue to grow our reach to support people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus through our RNID Near You community services. These services are delivered in accessible local community settings through a local coordinator and volunteers to offer:

• practical hearing aid support

• information on hearing loss and tinnitus

• hearing checks

You will have responsibility for the successful management and delivery of these services across your area.

You will:

• Manage your service hubs to ensure high quality, standardised delivery of RNID Near You – meeting performance and KPI targets delivery within budget with an eye to continuous improvement.

• Support your team through positive and encouraging line management to deliver RNID Near You to the highest standards.

• Work with the Community Services Development Team to record and collate KPI information ensuring that your services are delivering to target and act quickly to ensure plans are in place to remedy poor performance.

• Liaise with key partners and stakeholders to deliver mutual satisfaction of performance and ensure long term funding of our services.

Essential criteria for the post:

• You will have a strong background in service delivery to target and to a high standard.

• You will have experience of supporting staff or volunteers to deliver high quality service activity.

• You will have an eye for detail and record keeping (monitoring and evaluation).

• You will have experience of preparing and managing budgets with knowledge of routine finance and budget processes.

• You can work remotely and use technology to not be limited by geography.

• You will be deaf aware and fully committed to the RNID EDI principles in every aspect of your work.

We are RNID: the national charity supporting the 18 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus. Together, we will end the discrimination faced by our communities, help people hear better now and fund world-class research to restore hearing and silence tinnitus.

We work with our communities and partners across industry, government, charity, education and more to change life for the better. RNID has a proud history and big ambitions. We also know the value of a friendly face in local communities to support people where they need it most.

We champion the value of difference and equality and celebrate our diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds or who are deaf or hard of hearing. With almost 20% of our employees having a disability we proudly hold Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum essential criteria.

Enable is a dynamic, forward-looking and vibrant charity dedicated to ensuring an equal society where everyone has the right to live, work and participate as active and respected citizens in the communities of their choice. Enable Cares provide human rights-driven, self-directed social care for more than 1,100 people across 27 local authority areas in Scotland. We do this through our industry-leading PA model.

Enable is seeking an experienced and dedicated Safeguarding Lead to oversee and strengthen our safeguarding practices across our services. This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in protecting the people we serve across Scotland. The Safeguarding Lead will work alongside both internal and external stakeholders to co-ordinate safeguarding repsonses and plans.

About You

The Safeguarding Lead will assume responsibility for advancing safeguarding practice across Enable The postholder will be the primary contact for advice, guidance and support across the organisation in respect of safeguarding matters. They will ensure organisational compliance with legislation, guidance and framework terms and conditions across Scotland; strengthening the safeguarding culture across the organisation and influencing strategic and operational focus.

About Us

At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.

We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:

• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loans*
• Blue Light Card
• Where required, Enable will fully fund SVQ Health and Social Care qualifications – required for SSSC registration

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

The cost of PVG is paid upfront by the organisation and deducted from your wage if successfully appointed.

Enable reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please submit your application as early as possible if this vacancy is of interest.

Note: The successful applicant will be required to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 3 months of their start date.

*Terms and Conditions Apply