Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
A full-time and permanent opportunity is available for an experienced and dynamic individual to lead the East Staffs Older People and Physical Disability teams. As an Operational Service Delivery Lead, you will be joining a well-established team of social care practitioners and working closely with the teams, managers, and partner agencies to deliver high-quality social care services to adults and their carers.
This is a dynamic post, and you will be working closely with multi-disciplinary teams and agencies in addressing a range of care and support issues to enable individuals to remain in their own homes using a strength-based approach. You will play a key role in ensuring that quality and performance are upheld across the service with scope and support to develop areas of specialism with the teams.
Main duties of the job
East Staffs has a thriving student hub and is committed to supporting students with a number of practice educators and work-based supervisors on the teams. There is a culture of engagement and initiative, and this is an excellent opportunity for an experienced manager to take their next steps. The successful applicant will need to be resilient and compassionate, committed to supporting and engaging with their teams and determined to provide the best service for the local communities. You will have the ability to use your initiative, work effectively across all service levels, and remain calm and focused in stressful situations.
The successful applicant should be experienced in managing a team of social workers and have significant experience in adult safeguarding and be able to support the district with complex casework and management of high-risk situations.
You should be able to demonstrate commitment, resilience, enthusiasm, effective communication, and strong decision-making skills and be either experienced and/or willing to develop and acquire skills, knowledge, and subsequent experience to take on the more senior operational responsibilities that come with this position.
The expectation is that the successful applicant will work from Edwin House for a minimum of 3 days per week, in line with the needs of the organisation, and the position is full-time and permanent.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities, and in return for this, we will support you by;
* Supporting your career development and progression
* Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
* Options for flexible working
* Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
* If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
* Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
* Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
* Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
* Free car parking at all trust sites
* Free flu vaccinations every year
* Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one-off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation, and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see attached the job description and person specification.
On appointment, the post holder will be auto-enrolled in the SWLA and aligned to the appropriate British Association of Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework. The relevant SWLA stage (i.e. stage 1 (ASYE), 2 (Social Worker) or 3 (Advanced Social Worker) will also be agreed taking all prior Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and relevant experience into consideration. The post holder will be required to take responsibility for their own Continuous Professional Development.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
* Qualified and Registered Social Work Practitioner
* Masters level qualification or equivalent experience in relevant professional or managerial role (e.g. Stage 2 AMHP MA Qualification, Social Work Post Qualifying Award)
* Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) or Best Interest Assessor (BiA) status OR willing to work towards within a defined timescale
* Evidence of ongoing continued professional development.
* Postgraduate qualification in management and/or leadership.
* Leadership or other organisational development training
Experience
* Significant experience in operational and/or leadership role in the NHS or Local Authority delivering the relevant statutory functions.
* Experience of managing a social work service, complex projects and/or delivering clinical/practitioner services for adults
* Experience of leading and delivering service developments and successfully managing organisational change.
* In-depth knowledge of local commissioning and provider context including health, social care, and education.
* Experience of teaching social work both undergraduate and postgraduate
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
£53,755 to £60,504 a year Pro Rata, Per Annum
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