Lead Practitioner - Dundee, United Kingdom - Cornerstone

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

    Due to a promotion within our team, we have a rare and exciting opportunity for an organised and dedicated individual to join our fantastic #TeamFairfield as a Lead Practitioner on a full-time, permanent basis.

    The Role

    This is an off-rota role where 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 teams to ensure that they are professional, accountable, engaged and motivated resulting in them delivering first class, high quality care and support. Alongside our Service Lead, you'll also contribute to ensuring that our service(s) are 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.

    The Service

    Fairfield is a well-established, fully staffed and dedicated team where everyone works together to ensure we deliver the best possible support to the nine amazing individuals. Each individual has their own flat within the same supported living complex, there's never a dull moment at Fairfield, every day is different

    About you

    What we'll need you to bring:-

  • Experience of managing people
  • 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 SCQF Level 7 qualification and PDA in Health & Social Care Supervision (if not already attained)

  • Shift patterns