Team Manager
Team: The South Locality Community Assessment Team for Older Adults
Job Family: EnablingM - CBG12
Salary: £43,920 - £48,872 per annum pro rata + MRS £7,500 per annum pro rata
Hours: Full-time - 37 hours per week
Base Location: 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 - Permanent
Closing Date: 1st June 2025
Interview Date: Week commencing 9th June 2025
About Us:
Central Bedfordshire is an ambitious authority, determined to be an exemplary one. Our strategic location and high quality of life mean we are one of the fastest growing areas in the country. As a council we face the same challenges every authority does - investing in the right places and delivering great results. For us, it’s all about our 289,000 residents. We’re totally focussed on helping to improve their lives and making Central Bedfordshire a great place to live and work. This is a great time to join us on our journey.
More about the role:
The South Locality Community Assessment Team for Older Adults is a highly dedicated Adult Social Care Team working across the Dunstable, Houghton Regis, and Leighton Buzzard areas of Central Bedfordshire. We are looking for a Team Manager to lead our skilled Adult Social Care team to maximise people’s independence by practicing in a person centred, strength-based manner with a strong focus on improving people’s outcomes.
Do you have the skills to lead a busy, skilled Adult Social Care team whose focus is to listen to people, understanding their needs, and supporting people to be as independent as possible? As a Team Manager, working in a supportive management team, this role provides an opportunity to really make a difference and ensure we can engage people within their communities, and to ensure that they have the support they need to attain maximum independence.
You will be working in partnership with citizens, communities, stakeholders, and other organisations to offer an integrated approach to service delivery. Supporting your team to ensure they feel their contribution makes a difference and that service areas reflect the council values and are delivering quality support and service excellence.
About You:
In addition to holding a professional qualification and registration (social work, nursing or allied health professional), you will need to have experience of managing a frontline adult social care team, supervising others and be able to demonstrate an excellent working knowledge of Adult Social Care statutory requirements. You will be able to demonstrate leadership, management skills, and good practice governance, ensuring compliance with key health and social care legislation. You will be required to manage team activity to ensure positive outcomes are achieved for people, whilst ensuring that best value and evidence-based practice is demonstrated by the team. You will need to ensure you have a strong focus on partnership working and the ability to work with a busy team, whilst not compromising quality.
Working for us, you can expect to be valued for your positive and dynamic leadership skills, be assisted to continue to develop within a supportive learning environment and operate within a ‘can do’ culture.
Our staff are important to us, we undertake regular staff surveys and encourage a culture of open and honest dialogue as well as a service led ‘thank you’ scheme where we recognise the great work our colleagues do. Some recent quotes from our new starters are below:
‘It really is a lovely place to work as people care, there is a feeling of being valued by managers and colleagues. The support I have had from the management team, Seniors and all my colleagues has been amazing. Their knowledge base is excellent.’
‘It is a culture of learning and respect for each other’s skills. The training I have attended so far has been amazing, particularly the Safeguarding adults, Safeguarding Investigations, and risk assessment training.’
This spring we will have access to the new Integrated Health and Care Hub in Dunstable where we will have dedicated office space with NHS and other colleagues, and where we can work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary manner to ensure residents receive services that are seamless and work for them. To find out more click here
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 in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Raquel Vaughan at raquel.vaughan@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
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Safeguarding (For DBS posts only):
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.
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.
Our National Careers Service team offer a free weekly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. Please book your place here.
More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council