About the role
Are you an experienced Team Manager, or interested in the opportunity to progress, with a background in Adult Social Care, and some experience of working with care homes?
We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent, full time, Team Manager role in our adult countywide ‘Living in Care Home Review Team’. We are looking for a manager who has the passion to enhance the team from the excellent start by the existing post holder since the team’s inception resulting from an organisation restructure in April 2022. The countywide team is established for 24 practitioners and senior social workers.
Co-production and collaborative work with a wide range of stakeholders is essential in this role to ensure the best outcomes for our citizens. The team work diligently to complete yearly reviews and work alongside care home providers to ensure continuous improvements in practice standards, during the past year the team have also supported with home closures in Cambridgeshire.
Due to the geographical size of Cambridgeshire the team are all mobile workers, and can be based in care homes for part of the week, all team members utilize the council buildings in offices across Cambridgeshire. The successful candidate and will be expected to work in the office for 2 days per week, predominately in Huntingdon and St Ives alongside team practitioners.
The team support adults over the age of 18 who have physical disabilities, and older people, alongside their families and informal carers.
The service welcomes applicants from a varied background as all social work backgrounds and skills are relevant and transferable to the service for those with an interest in developing new skills and knowledge around disability, complex needs and leadership.
For more information, or an informal discussion, please contact Head of Service, Sherri Freed at: sherri.freed@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Closing Date 9 November 2023. Interviews will be held in person on 16th November 2023.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
What will you be doing?
The role is varied on a day-to-day basis and allows for a high level of multi-agency working, creativity and autonomy. The successful candidate will be part of an established group of Team Managers working across our Adult Social Care services and will manage a team of Senior Social Workers, Social workers and Adult Support Coordinators providing robust leadership, guidance and good quality support. The postholder should be able to professionally utilise a Strengths Based Approach, and be able to make evidence-based decisions to promote the safety of others.
The service is busy, lively and interesting and would ideally suit a manager who is proactive and adaptable in leading a team, and who has a passion for ensuring that the adults receiving care and support in our area receive a positive experience when having their needs met.
About you
You will hold a current Social Work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.
You must have experience of managing people and performance, and also leading and managing change. We are looking for someone who is a skilled communicator, with strong organisational skills, and the ability to coordinate and manage the competing demands for services. Knowledge of working with care homes would also be beneficial.
Experience of working with adults with care and support needs and carers is essential along with a good understanding of the underpinning legislative frameworks which guide practice, including; The Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and Continuing Health Care guidance.
The successful candidate will need to be able to travel independently between locations within Cambridgeshire.
For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description and Person Specification.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
For our Social Workers, we offer more specific benefits like:
- Generous annual leave provision (28 days, plus bank holidays)
- A supportive management team that will champion your learning and development
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to free support 24 hours a day
- Payment for business mileage expenses (45p per mile, and for the 2022/2023 financial year)
- A relocation package of up to £8000 for eligible candidates
- Plus, 6 days of protected time each year to enable our Social Workers to maintain their Continuous Professional Development.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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