Job Description
Based at County Buildings, Market Street, Forfar.
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, working from council buildings, working in service user’s locations and site visits 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 Older People and Carers in the Forfar/Kirriemuir and Southwest Angus a areas of Angus.
We are looking for a passionate, committed manager to support staff working in social work services in this Locality. The post holder will lead and manage the older people’s team and provide robust scrutiny of professional practice across the service to promote the achievement of positive outcomes for Older People and 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 need to evidence a commitment to, and promotion of, social work values within an integrated model of care. 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.
You will joining a supportive team and will be provided with a period of induction and ongoing support from the Lead Officer and Service Leader. Hilary, a Team Manager in the Service tells us – “Working as a Team Manager within Older People’s Services is incredibly varied and provides an opportunity to continuously develop management and leadership skills. Day to day work is fast paced and rewarding, supporting a team of enthusiastic and committed practitioners to deliver excellent services. I value involvement in the consistent development of the service as part of the supportive and passionate Older Peoples Management Team and take pride in the service provided, whilst continuously participating in improvement activities”.
Please note interviews will be held week commencing 16 December 2024.
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.
About Angus Council
In addition, please refer to the "applicant guidance" document when completing your application form and to the "welcome to Angus" document and our website https://www.angus.gov.uk/jobs_and_training/working_for_angus_council for more information about working for Angus Council.
The Individual
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 and care experienced young people. This also applies to our own employees with caring responsibilities, young people on apprenticeships and placements who meet the essential criteria for the job.