Team Manager - Hinckley

Team Manager Hinckley Learning Disability & Autism Team

Organisation:Leicestershire County Council

WorkLocation:Coalville / Hybrid

Salary:Grade 13

WorkingHours:Monday Friday 37 hours per week

ContractType:Permanent

Closing Date: 13 April 2025

Interview Date(s):TBC

The Team

The Learning Disability and Autism team provides support for all adults over the age of 18 who approach the Local Authority for social care support in relation to either Learning Disability or Autism. The Service will work to a social model of Learning Disability and Autism but the expectation is that people are likely to need specialist support.

You will be responsible for the day to day management of a team mix of Community Reablement Workers who support people for a time limited period to achieve independence goals Community Support Workers who deliver Care Act assessment support planning commission eligible services and case management and Social Workers who are responsible for more complex work including Care Act Assessment Safeguarding VARM Mental Capacity Assessments/Best Interests decisions Court work.

Job Purpose

• To ensure that staff can provide good outcomes for people by implementing the departments operating model and ways of working to deliver social care
• To provide technical and professional support to team members
• To improve ways of working for staff by supporting and implementing improved working between teams and partner agencies
• To manage staffing budgets and staff performance using departmental and corporate policies ensuring effective and efficient team capacity capability and delivery
• To ensure the effective management of team performance and resources
• To provide performance and delivery reports to Strategic Service Managers and the Head of Service
• To partake in Out of Hours Rota and DOLS sign offs.

About You

To apply for this post you must:

Have a sound knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and of managing Social Workers holding complex caseloads

Experience of stakeholder and relationship management

Experience of business planning

Proven experience in budget management and in delivering significant efficient savings

Theoretical practical and procedural knowledge of social work and social care legislation policy and best practice

An understanding of and commitment to Equal Opportunities and the ability to apply this to all situations

We also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for termtime working parttime hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion please contact:

Anne Goodwin Strategic Service Manager

Claire McWilliams Head of Service

We are on a journey to be an inclusive department where a culture to celebrate equality diversity and inclusion is embedded and discrimination challenged at every level together as a department. We warmly welcome those from all cultures ethnicities and beliefs this diversity is vital to our journey and is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer the adults we work with and their families. We particularly welcome applicants from black minority ethnic (BME) communities disabled people and lesbian gay bisexual and trans (LGBT) communities as they are currently underrepresented within our workforce.

You can find out more about the Councils Equality Strategyhere

To apply for this job please click Apply Now. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see theHow to Apply section on our career site.

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