Job Information
Adult Services Lead Manager
We are looking for a passionate and energetic leader to join our adult social care provider team. As a lead manager in our in-house provider services, you will lead, support and advise managers and teams of residential, daycare and shared lives staff. You will develop and deliver high quality services that help people to live their best life, as well as having an important role and contribute to the wider objectives of adult social care and the council.
You will inspire, be creative in problem solving and be confident in delivering consistent and measurable quality in regulated and non-regulated services. You will have wide knowledge of and significant managerial experience in managing adult social care and/or learning disability teams and a proven record of partnership working, budgetary management and solving complex problems through innovation.
You will operationally manage 13 x services and approx. 250 staff who work in varied settings across the whole of Northumberland and you will work across a hybrid of office, home and service bases. The salary starts at NCC, band 12 58,046 (22/23) and is a permanent contract.
REQUIREMENTS:
You will have a relevant professional qualification and thorough understanding of legislation, regulations and professional practice.
You will have a track record of engaging with others at a senior level and building productive
partnerships and have significant managerial experience of registered and non-registered services.
You will be able to drive and visit services across the county and work unsocial hours as required.
Why choose us?
We have some outstanding benefits to offer you, including:
26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
Flexi scheme up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)
Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands
Commitment to work/life balance offering flexibility through various schemes including job sharing, home working, flexible working, term-time only, and compressed hours
Car leasing scheme
For further information:
The closing date of this post is midnight on 10th May 2023.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme, please email hrrecruitment@northumberland.gov.uk or ring 01670 623930 with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored into the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to attend an interview, please also let the team know. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.
Although we advertise on North East Jobs, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications.
