Social Care Lead (Team Manager)

TN United Kingdom; Oldham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated management team in supporting older individuals with severe mental health issues. Lead a multidisciplinary team, ensuring quality service delivery and collaboration with health colleagues. This role offers a chance to make a significant impact in the community.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Discounted gym membership

Wellbeing support

Salary sacrifice scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in Mental Health Services with Older People.
• Knowledge of Mental Health legislation and Care Act assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to staff within the OP CMHT.
• Co-work with health colleagues and ensure quality of work.
• Liaise with Adult Social Care to meet targets.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Job description

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Contract: Permanent (Secondment option also available)

Closing Date: Monday 2nd June 2025

Shortlisting & Interview Dates: TBC.

Role Overview:

To join a dedicated management team in older people and work closely with colleagues from health in providing a service to older people with both functional and/or organic Severe Mental Health issues. To lead and support a multidisciplinary team in providing a responsive and effective service.

Key Responsibilities:

• To provide effective leadership and direction to staff within the OP CMHT ensuring the quality of work and providing regular supervision.
• To co-work with health colleagues in ensuring the allocation of work and looking at the development of the team.
• To liaise with colleagues in Adult Social Care to ensure that the team are aware of the council agenda and meet the targets & ways of working.

Key Requirements:

To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:

• Experience of working in Mental Health Services with Older People.
• A working knowledge of the Mental health legislation: Mental health Act, 1983, Mental Capacity Act, 2005, and experience in undertaking strengths based assessments under the Care Act, 2014.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with users of the OP CMHT, their carers & families and the wider MDT.
• Enthusiasm to support individual staff and to develop their skills & practice.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

About Us:

We want Oldham to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. We’ve identified three missions with our residents and partners, focusing on what will deliver the biggest impact:

A Great Place to Live, Healthier, Happier Lives, and Green and Growing.

We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions and we encourage you to download our Corporate Plan: Ready for the Future and our Oldham Plan for further information.

Our Values and Behaviours:

By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate. These are ‘Proud, Ambitious, and Together’, and they shape our culture, inform our decisions, and inspire us to deliver on our commitments to the people of Oldham.

We have translated these values into five behaviours which guide our actions and are the standards we hold ourselves to, day in and day out:

• Work with a resident focus
• Support local leaders
• Committed to the borough
• Delivery high performance
• Take ownership and drive change

You can find out more about our values and behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page

Our benefits package:

At Oldham Council we offer a great benefits package for our employees, which includes the following:

• 25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years’ service
• The option to purchase additional annual leave.
• An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
• Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
• Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
• Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
• Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
• Staff recognition and celebration events.

Inclusive Recruitment:

We work closely with employees to help them work at their best, including making adjustments such as flexible working, describing available working patterns, providing equipment or making changes to the workplace.

NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).

Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, have previously been in or currently in care, those that are carers, and those who have served in the Armed Forces as a regular, reserve or cadet.

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Important Information:

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for a current employee at risk of redundancy, it can be pulled back at any point, up to the post being formally offered to a candidate who is not at risk of redundancy.

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