Job Introduction
We are looking for a Deputy Head of Service to join our Adult Social Care and Learning Disabilities services in Bath and North-East Somerset.
This is a great opportunity for an established Service Manager or Team Manager looking to take the next step in their career.
As the Deputy Head of Service you can expect to work closely with our Head of Adult Social Care and Learning Disabilities to help lead in the operational development of services and performance targets.
You will also provide inspirational leadership by directly managing around 5 team members including Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Social Care Practitioners, OT Aides, Care Advisors, Service Managers, Team Managers and Administrators.
Core hours are typically 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday. Due to our services being based at a number of sites across BaNES, including Bath, Midsomer Norton and Keynsham, you’ll be required to travel across these sites.
You will also have the opportunity to implement your own ideas for improving Adult Social Care through gaining access to a ringfenced £100,000 only to be used for our employee’s innovative ideas to help transform the way we deliver healthcare.
Main Responsibility
- As part of an integrated Health and Social Care organisation, the social work service plays a key role in meeting the needs of the people of BaNES whilst carrying out the ‘delegated responsibilities’ given to us by BaNES Council.
- As the Deputy Head of Adult Social Care and Learning Disabilities, you will be responsible for the planning and delivery of high quality, safe and cost-effective provision for Adult Social Care, ensuring these standards are maintained across all teams.
- You will also carry out Safeguarding Enquiries, Mental Capacity Assessments and other statutory requirements under the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005.
- You will lead and contribute to the operational development of services and performance targets and contribute to the development and implementation of new policies and practices and work with Service Managers and teams to ensure that performance objectives are met.
- You will also be accountable for monitoring costs and making best use of resources to ensure high quality services.
The Ideal Candidate
You will have a recognised Social Work qualification (e.g. SW degree, CQSW, Dip SW) as well as being registered with Social Work England. You will also have excellent knowledge, understanding and application of social care practice and legislation.
You will have excellent organisation skills and leadership qualities to oversee the day-to-day management of the teams/social workers to ensure team members carry out their roles effectively and efficiently, whilst working collaboratively to maintain positive morale in the team.
Previous experience of managing either multiple or singular teams including experience of carrying out professional supervision to team members.
Working collaboratively with others, to work to maintain positive morale within the team, ensuring that team members’ workloads are appropriate to their role and level of experience.
Ensuring that team, service and organisational targets and goals are met within available resources and that any risks / issues are raised with senior managers as appropriate.
Package Description
As a Deputy Head of Adult Social Care and Learning Disabilities, you’ll be part of our valued team at our BaNES services.
You will feel valued as a Deputy Head of Adult Social Care and Learning Disabilities within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 8a Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with 100% of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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