SWRK 5808 - G3 Team Leader (Community Alarm Service) - 492459

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

Please ensure that you read the full advert text and do not submit a CV, as these will be disregarded as they do not form part of SLC application process. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE.

Location: Cambuslang Gate (Rutherglen/Cambuslang Alert)
Hours: 35hrs per week, permanent
Work Pattern: Monday - Thursday 8.45am - 4.45pm, Friday 8.45am - 4.15pm
Salary / Hourly Rate: £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 contactAndrew.McInnes@southlanarkshire.gov.uk

View the Team Leader job profile.

Please answer the following questions as part of your application submission, your answers should be uploaded under supporting documents

Personal Statement and Motivation for Application - please outline your motivation for applying for the Alert Team Leader post and explain how your skills, knowledge, and experience demonstrate your suitability for the role.

Leadership and People Management - provide an example of a time when you led a team through significant change. In your response, describe:

• Describe what prompted the change
• Describe the steps you took to support and engage your team
• What were the results achieved and any impact on service delivery

Risk Management - Provide an example of a time when you identified and effectively managed a significant risk to a service user, staff member, or service. Describe the steps you took and the impact of your actions.

Service Improvement - Explain how you would ensure services remain person-centred while meeting organisational priorities, performance expectations, and regulatory requirements. Please provide examples of the approaches you would use to balance individual outcomes with service objectives.

If you require to submit any further additional information to support your application (not a CV), please upload this under supporting documents.

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address

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.

Legislative Information

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.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Overseas Criminal Records Check

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.

Equal Opportunities and Inclusion statement

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.

As proud holders of the UK Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, the Council is also committed to supporting members of the armed forces community, including service leavers, veterans, reservists and their families. In line with this commitment, service leavers, their close family members, veterans and reservists will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• To increase the value of their pension pot, Local Government Employees can opt to join the Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme.
• Up to 33 days annual leave
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave enhanced leave.
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)