Team Manager
An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to recruit to a Temporary Team Manager post (for 12 - 18 months) in one of our older adults care and support teams.
The Gedling older adults team is based in the south of the county, in Arnold.
We are therefore able to offer this opportunity to join an established and high performing team.
The successful candidate will be either qualified social workers or occupational therapists, who are currently under-represented in our workforce and are very welcome to apply for either post.
If you are a pro-active, energetic and highly dynamic self-starter, who can show a proven track record of delivering this will be a fantastic opportunity as you will be managing and leading a busy locality team of Social Workers, and Occupational therapists including Community Care officers from both disciplines.
With your skills and experience you will be able to support the team’s main functions which are: undertaking and completing Care and Support Assessments, commissioning and reviewing services, undertaking safeguarding investigations and fulfilling statutory obligations under the Care Act and Mental Capacity and Mental Health Acts.
Having experience of managing and overseeing a locality team with a high volume of work, the successful candidate will be skilled at supporting staff to manage these demands and familiar with working in social care teams at a time of change and increased focus on efficiencies.
The successful candidate will support and work closely together and with the other team managers in the other older adults teams across the south locality.
You will be supported and managed by a locality Group Manager for Older Adult services.
Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.
Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.
Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.
This vacancy is closed to applications.