Team Manager - Whitefield INT

This is an exciting opportunity to come and join Bury Council, leading the Whitefield Integrated Neighbourhood Team based at Windsor House. We have a great opportunity for an experienced manager to help us lead Adult Social Care in Bury in delivering excellent local services. You will have a strong commitment in continuing to build our excellent professional workforce, and you will have a passion for promoting staff development. You need to be able to form effective and positive working relationships with other agencies, which includes our health colleagues with whom we already have excellent working relationships. Bury Council are leading the way with integration and this is evidenced in the strong Neighbourhood model that is in operation, recognising the unique needs of the individual neighbourhoods across the Borough. We are searching for someone with the enthusiasm and experience to proactively lead and continue this work.

The Social Care Team in the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams consists of Social Care Officers and Social Workers. We are co-located with our health colleagues within the local Community, and we work with the residents of Bury and their carers to promote the independence, rights and risks, and empower them to live a positive and fulfilling life. We are looking for a team manager with the empathy and drive to make a difference, who will support in identifying creative ways to support our community to achieve their goals, and to live as safely as possible in the place they call their home.

We aim to work towards a standard of excellence, working within Legislative frameworks alongside Bury Council's policies and procedures, effectively managing performance and producing high quality work which makes a positive difference to our Bury community.

We have a commitment towards staff, ensuring they feel supported in their role. As a result, we have regular team meetings, staff one-to-ones, peer reflective supervision and encourage continuing professional development and training.

We focus on how people can be supported by the strengths they have in themselves, their network of support from family, friends and their local communities. Where care and support is required, we work to ensure that this reflects the individual's assessed needs and strengths, while promoting their independence, choice and control.

As a manager in Whitefield, you will have responsibility for the management of this INT, which includes 6 social workers and 2 social care officers. You will be responsibility for supervision of the team, managing the allocations, leading team meetings and reflective supervision. Whitefield team host the specialist Preparing for Adults Team (2 Social Workers) with support of supervision from the team manager.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

About Bury

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.

In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application / CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

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We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children / care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.