Team Manager - Community Wellbeing Teams – Huddersfield Hub - Internal

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Kirklees
Adults & Health
Adults Social Care Operation
37
1
Civic Centre I, Huddersfield & also working from home
Permanent
Grade 13

£45,441 - £47,420

Internally restricted job. To apply for this role you must be an employee of Kirklees Council for the duration of the recruitment process – up to and including the start date – and have successfully completed your probationary period. Please note that if you work for an Academy you are not an employee of the Council.

The Community Wellbeing Teams support adults to maintain their health and wellbeing, maximising independence, choice and control.

The Huddersfield Social Care Hub is based in South Kirklees and supports people with complex health and social care needs, with physical and sensory disabilities and older people. The teams provide assessments, ongoing support and regular reviews to service users within the locality.

As a Team Manager you will lead and manage a team of staff including qualified Social Workers. You will have a fundamental role in the safeguarding of some of the most vulnerable people in Kirklees. You will have ownership of the safeguarding processes including overseeing safeguarding cases within the team whilst promoting rights and choices for the vulnerable individuals. To support you in your role, there are four Deputy Team Managers, who also provide the majority of supervision to the frontline staff.  

Change management skills are vital to ensure that changes are embraced positively by your team, whilst fostering a creative ethos to guarantee vulnerable adults are supported with care that is individual to them. You will support your team to adopt enabling approaches and appropriate levels of intervention keeping them to a minimum where required to facilitate individuals independence and positive risk taking as far as possible.

As well as having regular supervision from your line manager, you will also have an annual appraisal, as well as a full induction plan when you commence in post.

As part of our approach to a healthy work-life balance there is a range of flexible work patterns available. Our special leave provisions and family friendly policies combined with flexible ways of working across the council aim to both improve work life balance and service delivery.

You must hold a Social Work England recognised Social Work Qualification and be registered with them.

At interview, you will be expected to demonstrate your ability to lead and manage a team, including providing supervision and controlling budgets and resources.

The ability to travel as part of this role is essential. Kirklees covers a large geographical area, therefore if you don’t drive, you will need to be able to utilise other forms of transport.

Interviews will be held 22nd June 2023.

Alistair Paul is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile.  A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

29 May 2023, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.