Description Organisation: Leicestershire County Council Work Location: County Hall Worker Category: Hybrid Worker Salary: £47,694-£52,155 per annum Working Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: 27/11/2024 Team Manager – Mental Health Review Team/S117 An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent Team Manager in our Mental Health Review/S117 Team. This role will be part of the management team for Countywide Mental Health Services. The established team supports adults with mental health needs to lead the best lives they can, with a focus on least restrictive practice and strength based/ recovery focussed practice. The 3 conversations approach is to be embedded in the team and therefore all work on the principles of asset-based practice to inform any commissioning approaches. The ideal candidate for this role will have knowledge of working within Leicestershire County Council and of interagency/partnership working and will understand the challenges of working within mental health and social care. They will join a cohesive management team who are not afraid or unwilling to support work demands by taking a placed based approach, if required. About The Role To ensure that staff can provide good outcomes for people by implementing the department’s 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 a sound knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and 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 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: Andy Dengate – Resourcing Co-ordinator Telephone: 0116 305 0914 Email: andy.dengateleics.gov.uk 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. If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home. By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.