Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £42,498 - £46,344 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 22nd January 2025
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Accommodation and Supported living Review team as a Team Leader. This is a permanent position based at County Hall in Glenfield.
You will be responsible for managing a team of Community Support Workers in the Accommodation and Supported living Review team, who will focus on the completion of assessments in line with The Care Act 2014. The team also supports provider fee reviews and you will work closely with our Quality and Contracting teams.
The Accommodation and Supported Living Review Team are a county wide service.
The ideal candidate for this role will have extensive knowledge of working in an Adult Social Care setting.
Job Purpose
* To improve outcomes for people by ensuring 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
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
* Have substantial adult social care experience
* Have a sound knowledge of the Care Act 2014
* Significant experience in people and performance management
* Experience in managing and implementing change and performance improvement programmes
* Proven experience in budget management and in delivering significant efficient savings
* 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 individual’s 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 term-time working, part-time 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 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:
Angela Parker-Cole
Strategic Service Manager for North West Leicestershire
Phone: 0116 3055231
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
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 the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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