Advertised from 22 July 2025

Role

About us: 

For nearly 300 years, Dean & Cauvin has been dedicated to caring for young people, young parents, babies, and families. Our mission is simple: to provide the highest quality of care in settings that feel like home. We believe everyone should grow up safe, loved, and respected, with every opportunity to thrive.

We’re proud of our deep history and our unique model of residential, fostering, and community support—and most of all, we’re proud of our young people, young parents, babies and families. 

Our values of Care, Perseverance, Acceptance, and Hope guide everything we do.

Role: 

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join us as Team Leader in our newly opened, custom-built home in Granton, supporting up to five young people aged 15–21. As part of our commitment to #KeepThePromise, you’ll help create a safe and nurturing environment where young people are empowered to grow, heal and learn as they move towards adulthood.

You’ll lead a dedicated residential house team working in close partnership with our young people, supporting their:

• Emotional and physical wellbeing
• Independent learning and life skills
• Education, employment, and training pathways
• Family, social and community connections

As Team Leader you’ll also work closely with families, social work, health services and other colleagues to keep the strengths, aspirations and voice of the young person at the heart of all we do while ensuring their safety and welfare is always maintained.

You will lead the day-to-day operations of the house, you are expected to lead, support and supervise a staff team to create a home - full of nurture and care for young people and maintained and resourced to meet the needs of young people and your staff.  

We want a passionate leader who:

• Can inspire, support, and supervise others effectively
• Is values-driven and rights-focused
• Welcomes honest, courageous conversations
• Brings strong experience in group living environments
• Can build meaningful relationships with young people, families, and professionals
• Understands trauma-informed, restorative, and developmental approaches
• Can confidently coordinate referral, assessment, and care planning processes

If you are someone who can make a difference for children, young people and families and have relevant experience with social work, youth/community/family work or other relevant experiences then we want to hear from you. 

Additional details 

• May include weekend working and sleep-ins when required
• Participation in on-call rota
• Access to training, development, and employee benefits

Ready to help us build a future full of care, connection, and opportunity? Apply now!

Application notes

The successful applicant will be required to register with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme and reference checks will be carried out.

To apply please download and complete the application and equal opportunity forms from our website: https://www.deanandcauvin.org.uk/jobs-database/team-leader-cw . Completed forms should be sent to recruitment@deanandcauvin.org.uk by 12.00pm 7th August 2025.

The post holder must be eligible and prepared to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC). The minimum educational requirements for this post is SCQF level 8 in Social Care or similar course with an expectation to work towards a management SCQF level 10.