Legacy Mentor Adult Social Care Manager

Team: HRD - Learning & Development

Job Family: Advising - CBG12
Salary: £42,630 - £47,582 per annum pro rata
Hours: 15 hours per week

Location: Working from home and any CBC offices, including Priory House, Shefford. You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month.

Contract Type: Hybrid - Fixed Term for 24 months

Closing Date: 6th July 2024

Interview Date: TBC - this will take place via Microsoft Teams. This software is free for users.  If there is an issue with accessing this technology, we are happy to discuss alternative arrangements prior to the interview.

About the role:

The legacy mentor in Adult Social Care, is a funded role that mirrors the NHS legacy mentor and is provided to support essential advice, education and guidance and pass on a ‘legacy’ to the next generation of care home managers, providing invaluable support.

Purpose of the role

The Legacy Mentor role is an experienced social care professional in the late stages of their career. They will be helping newly qualified Care Home Manager roles by imparting knowledge, skills and experience through coaching and supporting them in the early stages of their career.

They will need to demonstrate empathy and patience, be passionate about the profession and be able to provide pastoral support to others. We can all reflect on the importance of mentors and role models in our own careers, and this is an opportunity to have that kind of influence on the incoming generation as they set out on a career in care. This role will be key in supporting newly qualified colleagues to stay and stay well.

Legacy Mentors will need to be confident in building relationships and collaborating with others. They will be providing coaching and mentoring and will be given any necessary training to develop this skill.

Where required, in addition to mentoring newly qualified professionals, they may also support practice placements for learners, and liaise with other practice placement support staff to ensure consistency of support across the setting.

This role provides a rewarding career opportunity for those undertaking the role as well as for the colleagues this role supports.

Main duties: 

To help facilitate a positive working environment for people in their early career and provide support where possible through coaching and mentoring:

•  Coach newly qualified professionals and/or students on placement to enhance their knowledge and skills
• Provide clinical expertise on a range of projects, supporting best practice and enhancing the learning environment for all
• Liaise and work with other practice area support staff to ensure consistency across the setting and blended learning approaches to support the transfer of learning/skill attainment
•  Raise the profile of the role of legacy mentors and share good practice with others, enhancing the profile of the organisation and providing support to managers
• Work as an integral member of the organisation to develop appropriate strategies and support for relevant staff in early career, and support retention.
• The legacy mentor role’s key outcomes will be to re-energise, empower, and value people in late career by enabling them to support those just starting out in their career in home management.
• The role will aim to achieve an improvement in the experience for newly appointed care home managers in social care in early career
• It can provide invaluable support to those who are undertaking professional qualifications in their role of care home manager
• increase retention in the critical first 2 years of their professional career.
• Provide advice and support on managing workload,
• Support wellbeing of mentee and staff

Our Offer

We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page 

Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer.  We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.

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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies detailed within this Recruitment Pack

Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack. 

For an informal discussion please contact: Lyn Arnull on lyn.arnull@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 6332

For queries related to the recruitment of this vacancy, please contact: The Recruitment Team at recruitment@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

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Safeguarding:

Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.  

Central Bedfordshire Council is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to improving the diversity of our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve.  Therefore we welcome applications from everyone. In addition we are a  Disability Confident employer, we are working to become a Disability Confident leader in our community.

To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.

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