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Would you like to be part of something bigger and join us in our ambition to become the Best City, working together as a Team for Leeds. Do your values match ours and do you have something to offer?

An excellent opportunity has arisen in Leeds - a new head of service role which will give scope to an experienced social care professional to shape a new offer for people in Leeds. You will be committed to partnership working, to bring to life our ambition for Home First.

This role will lead a number of teams to support effective social work in the discharge and intermediate care space but more importantly will support an integrated approach with our partners to deliver a seamless approach to embedding a strength and asset-based approach across our system.

The role will have operational responsibility for 5 social work teams including one which is part of our Integrated Transfer of Care service and will interface with partners working across Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, Leeds Community Health Care Trust, Leeds and York Mental Health Partnership Trust, the Integrated Commissioning Board and our valued Third Sector.

You will work as part of a team delivering good quality social work and social care services across Leeds, and will be responsive, accountable and supportive.

Leeds City Council delivers over 500 different services to residents and is dedicated to bringing the benefits of a prosperous, vibrant and attractive city to the people of Leeds. This is a fantastic time to join us.

Benefits of working with us:

We pride ourselves on offering the best employee experience, with a genuine commitment to keeping our colleagues safe and well at work.

You can expect great benefits whilst working for us including:

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  a competitive pay progression structure including generous employer pension contributions
  
• flexible career paths with tailored personal and professional development
  
• support for you, your home and your family including personal, and financial support
  
• hybrid working arrangements (subject to needs of the role) and a flexitime system

For more information about our benefits please see the benefits section of our jobs page.

Introduction to the role of the team

We are passionate about delivering exceptional social care support to the people of Leeds with a focus on enabling people to live the lives they want in a home they own their own, with the people and things they love. Our strength and asset-based approach has been recognised and is now well-embedded in practice. We need a skilled and experienced professional who can work with the team to take this approach to the next level. Your inclusive values and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion will be beyond question.

You will be able to deliver change that is both authentic and systemic. You will be committed to social justice and a rights-based approach to our work. If you want to make a real difference, to shape and create effective support to people, to embed quality in a dynamic way this is the Job for you. We are a supportive team and Leeds as a city is a brilliant, dynamic place to work and we will invest in you and your future- and will see the returns in the way you deliver for the people of Leeds.

Your role

As an experienced social work professional, you will bring a commitment to partnership and integrated working, a collaborative approach and good quality strengths and asset based social work leadership to this role. You will work as part of the senior team within Social Work and Social Care Services and across the wider system to deliver timely, effective and seamless social care support. You will provide leadership and development capacity within the system and lead with creativity and passion. You will have scope to bring really good ideas to the table while at the same time managing a service structure that includes five social work teams.

You will be a problem solver, develop positive relationships and make sound judgements, have excellent interpersonal skills and be a natural leader.

What you will bring to the role

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  Leadership and management of professional staff teams & managing budgets effectively
  
• Performance management of teams and integrated systems
  
• Bringing creativity and an innovative approach to continual service development
  
• A key role in the delivery of our Better Lives Strategy and Adult Social Care Plan
  
• Experience of embedding service quality

The closing date for this job advert is 4th July 2023

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be carried out on preferred candidates.
We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds and the communities we serve. Leeds City Council is an Inclusive employer, ranked 70 on the Stonewall top 100 employers 2023 list. We are also an Age friendly employer, a Mindful employer and a Disability Confident leader.
All new Leeds City Council appointments are made subject to the satisfactory completion of a six month probationary period.
This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.