Learning Disability Resource Team Leader

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Team Lead: Empowering Independence at the Montrose Centre

Join our dedicated team in Fort William as a Team Lead at the Montrose Centre and help adults with learning disabilities and autism thrive.

The Role

As a Team Lead, you will provide practice leadership and operational oversight to a committed team of support staff. You will be instrumental in delivering a service that encourages, maintains, and maximises the potential of every individual within a community environment.

• Lead & Inspire: Supervise, mentor, and develop a dedicated team to deliver high-quality, person-centred care.
• Champion Inclusion: Foster community participation and help individuals become active, independent citizens.
• Integrate Care: Work closely with the wider Integrated Health and Social Care Team to minimise health inequalities for the people we support.
• Operational Excellence: Manage staff rotas, oversee support plans, and ensure compliance with Care Inspectorate and SSSC standards.

About You

We are looking for a motivated professional who brings:

• Passion: A deep commitment to working with people with a learning disability and/or autism.
• Wellbeing Focus: A keen interest in promoting health and wellbeing, including sports and fitness, to help the people we support lead active, healthy lives.
• Community Drive: A strong desire to work within the local community and a focus on developing employment opportunities and community projects.
• Leadership: Proven experience in supervising staff and managing resources effectively.
• Qualifications: Ideally hold or be willing to work toward an SVQ Level 4 in Social Care (or equivalent) and be registered with the SSSC.
• Skills: Excellent communication, IT proficiency, and a full UK driving licence.

Informal enquiries to : Shona Macdonald :
07974124883

Additional Information For Candidates

• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
• Applications are welcome from Gaelic speakers. / Tha fàilte air tagraidhean bho luchdl

NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

We employ over 10,700 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the area. As an organisation, we make a very significant contribution to the local economy.

Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through .