Job Description

Edinburgh


16,195.46 pa


Permanent, Part-Time


18.5 hours per week


Closing Date: 16 January 2026
If you're looking for the next step on your career in social care, you've just discovered it.


Team Leader- 16,195.46 pa
Hours: 18.5 hours per week
Location: Riccarton Hub, Research Avenue North, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP


About Riccarton (Day Services) Hub


At Capability Scotland Riccarton Hub, we provide specialist daytime support and occasional 24-hour short break respite services, for adults with physical, learning and complex disabilities, promoting independence, inclusion, and wellbeing through personalised care and enriching activities.


We provide fun and meaningful activities for our customers to get involved in during the day. We pride ourselves in enhancing outcomes and life experiences and in our Hub, we focus on health and well-being as well as creating smiles. We're focused on making our customers' time at Riccarton all about them and offer tailored and bespoke support plans.


About the Role


We are looking to recruit a Team Leader who will work alongside a small group of team leaders to support our Service Manager in managing our team. As an experienced social care practitioner, you will ensure that our people continue to receive exceptional, person-centred support we provide by being responsible for:


Rota management
Staff management, supervision, recruitment, and development
Managing customer activities
Health and Safety
Compiling and checking Care and Support plans for customers
Management of medicines procedures
Financial management for customers (dependent on service)
Liaising with families, health and care professionals and social workers
Sleepovers & on-call support (dependent on service - if appropriate additional payments are provided)


Location - Riccarton Hub, Research Avenue North, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP


Hours - 18.5 hours per week. Predominantly Monday-Friday between 8.30am & 5.30pm (we are open to discuss doing hours over 2/3 days) & with occasional on-call cover required in our respite service, therefore a flexible approach to working is required.


Experience/qualifications/key skills required


Experience of working in a similar role and environment is desirable 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.


Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:


Competitive salary - 16,195.46 pa (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.
24/7 employee assistance programme.
Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts


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


Want to be part of this? Apply now.


Applying to join Capability Scotland is easy. At the bottom of this advert, you can submit your CV and a covering letter directly to the hiring manager. If shortlisted, you'll then hear from us within three weeks of the noted closing date. We'll invite successful candidates to an interview so we can learn more about what makes each other tick, in a safe and secure way.


For more information on this role, you can contact Liz Gold on Liz.Gold@Capability.scot using reference CS101225 (please note the service is closed over Christmas)


Closing date - 16/01/26


We reserve the right to close or extend this vacancy dependent on the number of applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.


General Information


Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense - this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.


A copy of Capability Scotland's Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.


Due to the high volume of applications expected, we advise that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply to work with us.


This role does NOT qualify for skilled worker visa sponsorship.


Pay: 24,420.00-51,847.66 per year


Application question(s):


This role involves shift working, please confirm your availability (days and times) This role does not qualify for skilled worker visa, please do not apply if you require this.
If relevant, what is your visa type/status & expiry date?


Are you comfortable providing personal/intimate hygiene care to adults with complex physical disabilities? Tell us about any relevant experience you have?
Work authorisation:


United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person