About the role
Are you an experienced Team Manager, or interested in the opportunity to progress, with a background in Adult Social Care?
Due to an internal move, we have an opportunity for a permanent, full time, Team Manager in our adult social care community service, within the ‘East Adult Social Care Community Team’.
Our Community Teams are currently working to a hybrid model, with part-remote and flexible options available in line with our service needs. The successful candidate will be based at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Ely, and will be expected to work in the office for 2 to 3 days per week.
The team support adults over the age of 18 who have physical disabilities, and older people, alongside their families and informal carers. The team works closely with our health and social care partner organisations and are involved in a number of projects to promote community focused work to transform care provisions in East Cambs. We are proud to be involved in a 3 year project to change the way the Local Authority commissions support to enable people to remain in the community for longer. This includes the development of Individual Service Funds and preventative work with local health colleagues and community based agencies.
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 Karen West on 07824 596 531 or Aileen Stanford on 07776 679 563.
Closing Date 12th December 2023. Interviews will be held in person on 21st December 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 post holder 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.
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)
- 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 firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
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