Team Manager - Learning Disabilities (South) 7453

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Job Description

Permanent contract | £48,610 to £52,594 per annum (Scale L) | 37 hours per week | Attleborough Day Service

We are seeking a Team Manager to join the Learning Disability service, to lead and manage our Southern Locality Team. The team comprises a Practice Consultant, Social Workers and Assistant Practitioners. You can expect to receive support from colleagues across the service.

Our Learning Disability service supports countywide and incorporates the Preparing for Adult Life Service (PfAL) and ASSD Employment Services. We have several transformation projects in the pipeline and are proud of the outcomes we have achieved for people so far, so have high aspirations for the future - making it an exciting place to work.

You will need to be an innovative change manager and an ambassador for promoting independence and Living Well. As an experienced practitioner, you will manage social care staff, drive productivity, act as Responsible Budget Officer and focus on the delivery of person-centred outcomes.

For a further discussion about this role, please contact Corinne Avery 01603 222860.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working - dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • 'Norfolk Rewards' our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses paid upfront (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants' pensions.
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

We welcome internal applications for this role but would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are affected by restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 10 February 2025 at 23:59

Closing date for all other candidates: 12 February 2025 at 23:59

About Us

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.

We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.

We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.