Learning Disabilities Team Manger (Inland)

Angus Council; Forfar; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in Forfar is seeking a temporary Team Manager to lead an integrated team of social workers and health professionals. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership and communication skills, with a focus on supporting individuals with learning disabilities and their carers. This role offers hybrid working arrangements and a chance to contribute to meaningful outcomes within the community. The position is temporary for up to six months.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive induction process

Qualifications

• Ability to promote collaborative working.
• Excellent leadership and effective interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a multi-agency environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage an integrated team of social workers and health professionals.
• Provide scrutiny of professional practice to achieve positive outcomes.
• Support staff in providing assessment and support planning for learning disabilities.

Skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Assessment skills

Report writing skills

Job description

Location: County Buildings Market Street Forfar, DD8 3WB

Salary: £54,339 - £58,535 per year

Contract Type: Temporary

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 36.25 hours per week

Work From Home: Hybrid

Job Description

Based at County Buildings, Market Street, Forfar, covering the inland area within Angus.

This job is workstyle 3- Flexi.

You will have the opportunity to benefit from our flexible and agile working practices. This means you will work from a variety of locations including working from council buildings and you can work from home to best suit your work, meetings and collaboration.

This is an exciting opportunity to step into a Team Manager role supporting staff to provide assessment, support planning and review with learning disabilities and carers.

You will be part of an integrated team of social workers and health professionals.

We are looking for a passionate, committed manager to support staff working within the integrated learning disabilities Inland team. The post holder will lead and manage an integrated team of social workers and health professionals and provide robust scrutiny of professional practice across the service to promote the achievement of positive outcomes for People with a learning disability and their carers. This will ensure the Health and Social Care Partnership delivers its statutory legal responsibilities involving Adults with Incapacity, Adult Support and Protection, Self-Directed Support, Carer Support and Involvement. You will be required to have excellent leadership skills and effective interpersonal, communication, assessment and report writing skills and be able to work as part of a team and on a multi-agency basis. This post requires an ability to promote and encourage a collaborative working approach.

This is a challenging, exciting and rewarding role which offers the right candidates the opportunity to work within a supportive team and will be provided with a period of induction and ongoing support from the Lead Officer and Service Leader.

This job is temporary for up to six months from date of appointment.

Internal and external applications on a secondment basis will be considered. You must have the approval of your line manager / organisation.

Please note interviews will be held - to be confirmed.

Requirements

You must have the ability to become a member of the PVG Scheme.

Please refer to job outline and person specification for further details and requirements for this job.

We are happy to discuss flexible working during the recruitment process for this position. This means we are open to a conversation about working patterns and the flexibility that is available for this role whilst managing the workload.

We offer a guaranteed job interview to the following people who meet the essential criteria on application for a job:

Those with disabilities, recognised caring responsibilities, care experienced young people and ex-armed forces personnel. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.