Senior Social Care Worker Supervisor - Children's Residential - Children's Social Work - SIC09008

Senior Social Care Worker - Supervisors are responsible for providing support to individuals in a variety of settings ensuring a high standard of service delivery of support to individuals to live well through their own strengths, skills, community, personal gifts and people who play a key role in their life.

The Senior Social Care Worker - Supervisor role includes ensuring that individuals receive high standards of care and support in accordance with relevant legislation and national guidance associated with the service. You will be responsible for providing person-centred support and maintaining a positive ethos that promotes people’s independence within their personal capabilities and outcomes.

This vacancy is being advertised as a Career Graded post, which is a career development opportunity. This means that the Council is committed to supporting the successful candidate to obtain the necessary skills, abilities and knowledge to become fully competent in the role. Please see the Career Grade document attached to this advert that outlines the entry level requirements for the job and the expected career progression route. The successful candidate will be supported to become fully competent in the role and progress through the career grade. Where there is a requirement to achieve a qualification, this will be fully funded by the Council.

More detail is provided in the Job Profile, Person Specification and Conditions of Service Summary attached to the bottom of this advert.

Please follow the link(s) below for further information -

www.shetland.gov.uk

During the application process you are required to give the names of two persons not related to you, who we can contact to provide a reference to support your application.

This post is based at Hayfield House, Lerwick, Shetland

For further details relating to this post, please contact: Paul Williamson, Team Leader, Tel - 01595745307, Email - paul.williamson@shetland.gov.uk

If you have a disability which prevents you from applying online, please call 01595 744032.

[delete if not a care post]If you’re a kind, compassionate person who’d like to make a difference to people’s lives, then social care could be the right career for you.

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