Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 37 per week

Salary: NJC Grade G SCP 25 - 28 £35,235 - £37,938

Closing Date: 2nd January 2025 at 23:59pm

The Community Home Care and Reablement Service is looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to undertake a Team Leader position. Working 37 hours per week, between the hours of 7am and 10.15pm including weekends on a rota basis. The role includes supervising and managing a community based team of staff who provide a range of urgent care, Rapid Response, hospital discharges, and reablement provision for individuals needing care and support within their own homes.

We are looking for an extremely motivated, dynamic individual with a wide range of skills and experience who can work as part of a team and on their own initiative with the ability to adapt to change in a fast moving, innovative and customer focused service. The ability to build and maintain excellent relationships with all stakeholders of the service is also critical.

The ideal candidate will be exceptional at providing the leadership needed to develop and deliver the future vision of the service whilst acting as an appropriate role model. In addition the successful candidates need to be able to work under pressure and ensure that records are accurate and kept up to date.

This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who is interested in furthering their career at a management level working in a social care setting.

We offer a wide range of Continuous Professional Development opportunities based on an individual’s specific needs and requirements.

If you require any information on Care and Support recruitment opportunities, advice or support on completing applications: please contact Provider Peer Support and Resilience Team on 01253 478444 or email providersupporthub@blackpool.gov.uk

If you would like any further information please contact Julie Morris - Community Home Care and Reablement Manager - (01253) 477588

The Council operates an Introduce a Friend Scheme for a small number of agreed jobs in Children’s and Adults Services which encourages our Blackpool Council employees to initiate a successful introduction.  This job is one of those roles, therefore if you have received a recommendation from a friend please ensure you select ‘Introduce a Friend’ when asked on the application where you heard about the vacancy.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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