First Line Manager

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Are you highly motivated and enthusiastic?

Keen to join a friendly and professional team?

We are recruiting to the post of First Line Manager to offer direct support to people with a Learning Disability that may also have complex and challenging needs. This is a very hands on as well as Management role. You may be required to work city wide across the service and be flexible regarding rota's. Weekend work and Bank Holidays will be required and form part of the rota which will include being part of the On Call Rota.

Here in Sheffield, Learning Disabilities Services are highly valued within the organisation and this post makes a very rewarding job even more satisfying. We have:

• A supportive team that will offer excellent and experienced advice when needed.
• Manageable workload
• Senior Leaders who are progressive, very supportive to the Learning Disabilities Service and committed to investing in the workforce.
• Reflective monthly supervisions from experienced managers.
• Comprehensive training and development which will include Respect Training to equip you with the tools to support people safely.

Working within the Learning Disabilities Team you will be familiar with IT and Microsoft Teams, have excellent communications skills, the ability to work as part of a team, the commitment to undertake any training required and believe in Sheffield City Councils Values, People are at the heart of what we do, Openness and Honesty are important to us, Together we get things done.

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.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide pay slip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page .