Lead Practitioner

**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 a creative and proactive individual to join our fabulous teams in the Scottish Borders as a Lead Practitioner.

**The Role**

As a **Lead Practitioner**, you'll demonstrate great communication, organisational and interpersonal skills and be able to inspire and motivate 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.

We'll be looking to you to put your creative and proactive nature into researching new opportunities for the people we support both local and further afield along with creating connections with the community.
- For a full list of key responsibilities, please see our role profile attached to this advert._

**About you**

**What we'll need you to bring:

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- 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**

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 services. On call duties will also form part of your role on a rotational basis.

**Have questions?** Please contact **Andrew McInnes on 07876897656.**

If you’re successful in joining our team, you will be expected to join the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and must be willing to work towards a SVQ in Social Services and Healthcare and a PDA in management as required for SSSC registration. We will need you to register with the SSSC within 3 months of starting your employment with us.