SWRK - G3 Team Leader; Community Alarm Service

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE:
Applications must be received by 1 November 2026 at 11:55pm.

Cambuslang Gate (Rutherglen/Cambuslang Alert)

35hrs per week, permanent

Monday - Thursday 8.45am - 4.45pm, Friday 8.45am - 4.15pm

£52,392 - £53,177

We are seeking a Team Leader to lead our Community Alarm Service, ensuring people can live safely, independently, and with confidence in their own homes.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a 24/7 Technology Enabled Care and Response Service, including the responder services, community alarms.

The successful candidate will have significant management experience within a Care at Home, or social care setting, together with strong leadership, partnership working, and change management skills. You will be committed to innovation, continuous improvement, and delivering positive outcomes for people who use our services.

If you are a forward-thinking leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can inspire teams to deliver excellent services, we would welcome your application.

For anyone wishing to find out more about the role to contact Andrew.

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Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may automatically be withdrawn from this position.

Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Scotland Act 2020.

This post is considered a Regulated Role with Adults, in respect of the Disclosure Scotland Act 2020. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with Adults.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

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An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants born outside the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of 12 months in the past 10 years.

Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check. The check must be translated into English and should come from the police, judicial authority, government department or home embassy of the country or countries concerned. The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending criminal record proceedings. Checks may be carried out to authenticate the documents provided.

The Council is committed to fostering equality, diversity and inclusion in its workforce. Therefore, we welcome applications from all sectors of the community, including under-represented groups within our workforce. We are keen to receive applications from candidates who have a disability, who are from a care experienced background, who are from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background, from a military service background and from those who are new Scots.

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile for this position.

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