Shift Leader

Real Life Options Group; Cupar; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Northeast Fife seeks a dedicated Shift Lead to manage daily operations at the Cupar service area. The role involves supervising staff, providing personal care, and ensuring compliance with documentation and support plans. With a passion for supporting individuals with learning disabilities and autism, you will be part of a team making a meaningful impact in their lives. This position offers competitive pay, training, and a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

Minimum of 28 days paid holiday

Employer contributory pension scheme

Health Cash Plan

£10,000 Life cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus

Qualifications

• Enhanced AdultPVG required for this role.
• Experience or qualifications in care or support work preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day running of services.
• Provide hands-on support including personal care.
• Plan staff rotas for effective service coverage.
• Complete audits ensuring documentation accuracy.
• Develop support plans and risk assessments.
• Liaise with families and health professionals.

Skills

Experience in support or supervisory role

Understanding of personal care

Medication administration

Staff supervision

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Shift Lead
Location: Beechwood- Cupar Area Northeast Fife Services

Hours: 39 hours per week
Hourly Rate: £13.82

About Real Life Options
At Real Life Options, we believe everyone has the right to live their best life. We provide tailored support to people with learning disabilities and autism, empowering them to live independently, engage in their communities, and achieve meaningful outcomes.

We’re currently recruiting a dedicated Shift Lead to join our team. If you have experience in a similar support or supervisory role have a genuine passion for making a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

An enhanced AdultPVG Is Required for this role.

Responsibilities

• As the Shift Lead, your duties will include:
• Managing the day-to-day running of services.
• Participating in hands-on support, including personal care, medication administration, and household tasks.
• Planning and managing staff rotas to ensure consistent and effective service coverage.
• Providing staff supervision, observation, and ongoing performance management.
• Completing audits and ensuring all service documentation is accurate and compliant.
• Developing and reviewing support plans and risk assessments.
• Reporting and recording accidents and incidents accurately.
• Liaising with families, local authorities, and health professionals to ensure effective partnership working.

You will have dedicated off-rota time to complete management and administrative tasks, in addition to working as part of the staff team when required.

Pay

£13.82 per hour Mon - Fri

£16.80 per hour Sat - Sun

Fife Council through Fife Health and Social Care Partnership have introduced an hourly rate enhancement until the end of March 2026.

Benefits and Rewards

• A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Accreditedtraining giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first-rate job
• An employer contributory pension scheme
• Mileage paid at 35p per mile at flat rate up to 10,000 miles per year

In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:

• Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
• £10,000 Life cover
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
• Recognition Initiatives

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.

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