Team Manager

Westfield Secondary School; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Home First Community in Sheffield is seeking an experienced Team Manager to lead and inspire Support Managers within our Home First Community Team, helping adults regain independence and live safely at home. You will shape day-to-day delivery, support reablement practice, manage budgets and performance, and build strong partnerships across services to improve outcomes for adults and carers.

This leadership role offers a chance to drive change, coach staff, and deputise for the Registered Manager

Qualifications

• Experience supervising and developing staff within social care.
• Experience with older people or adults with complex needs and carers.
• Experience with multi-disciplinary working and service improvement.
• Knowledge of care standards and health and social care frameworks.
• Experience with budget, resource and performance management.
• Health and Social Care qualification at NVQ Level 4 or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and support a team delivering reablement services.
• Ensure safe, responsive, efficient service delivery with positive outcomes.
• Use staffing and budgets to meet priorities and customer needs.
• Drive service improvement through planning, QA, performance monitoring.
• Build relationships with internal teams, external agencies and stakeholders.
• Develop staff through supervision, mentoring and coaching.
• Represent the service and deputise for the Registered Manager at meetings.
• Contribute to change management and out-of-hours arrangements.

Skills

Staff supervision

Budget management

Partnership working

Communication skills

Change management

Education

NVQ Level 4 or equivalent

Job description

Home First Community - Lead a team that helps people regain confidence, independence and control in their own homes.

About the role

Are you a confident, compassionate and forward-thinking leader who wants to make a real difference in people’s lives? We are looking for an experienced Team Manager to lead and inspire Support Managers within our Home First Community Team, helping adults across Sheffield regain independence, stay safe, and continue living well at home.

This is a varied and rewarding leadership role at the heart of Adult Care and Wellbeing. You will shape day-to-day operational delivery, support high standards of reablement practice, and work closely with colleagues and partners to deliver services that are responsive, effective and person-centred. You will bring energy, judgement and a strong improvement mindset to help the service continue to develop and thrive.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead, motivate and support a team delivering high-quality, strengths-based reablement services.


• Make sure everyday service delivery is safe, responsive, efficient and focused on positive outcomes for people.


• Use staffing, budgets and resources wisely to meet service priorities and customer needs.


• Drive service improvement through planning, quality assurance, performance monitoring and learning.


• Build strong working relationships with internal teams, external agencies, partners and stakeholders.


• Develop staff through supervision, appraisal, mentoring, coaching and clear performance support.


• Represent the service and deputise for the Registered Manager at meetings and working groups when needed.


• Contribute to change management, business continuity and out-of-hours arrangements.

About you

You will be someone who leads with clarity, confidence and care. You will have strong operational management experience in social care and the ability to bring out the best in people, creating a positive team culture where staff feel supported, accountable and able to do their best work.

You will understand the needs of older people and adults with complex needs, and you will be passionate about safe, effective and person-centred support. You will bring sound judgement, strong communication skills, experience of partnership working, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Essential requirements

• Experience of supervising, managing and developing staff within social care provision.


• Experience of working with older people or adults with complex needs and their carers.


• Experience of multi-disciplinary working, service improvement and change management.


• Knowledge of care standards, health and social care frameworks, and customer-focused service delivery.


• Experience of budget, resource and performance management.


• A recognised Health and Social Care qualification at minimum NVQ Level 4 or equivalent.

Why this role matters

Home First Community plays a vital role in helping people return home, rebuild confidence and live as independently as possible. As Team Manager, you will have the opportunity to influence practice, support committed colleagues, and make a visible difference to adults, carers and families across Sheffield.

You will join a service that values collaboration, fairness, communication and fresh thinking - and where strong leadership helps people achieve better outcomes every day.

Please note- Previous applicants need not apply

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.