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We are looking to recruit two Service Managers to lead the teams who work within our Living and Ageing Well Service and in our Adult Future Options Services.

Brief Description for Ageing Well:-

Working with older adults with eligible social care needs including those with dementia living in the community

• Includes people living in extra care and OPIL schemes
• Aligned to Primary Care Network areas
• Focus on continuity of care for a person but teams will work together to manage demand and will be flexible to support each other
• Co-located with one of the Response and Enablement teams
• Community teams will manage safeguarding issues within the community cohort

Working closely with commissioning, brokerage, Social Care Accounting Service, Care Homes teams, and other colleagues as well as external colleagues including health and homecare providers

Brief Description for Adults Future Options:-

• All case management for those of working age, except dementia - includes learning disabilities, physical disabilities, social needs.
• Case management for older people with a learning disability unless their needs are better met through Living and Ageing Well Service.
• Working with people living in the community
• Focused around promoting and enabling adults to live as independently as possible and be connected to their own communities.
• Strong links with health colleagues including CLDT and providers
• Community teams will manage safeguarding issues
• Duty will be the responsibility of the teams, rota basis to be designed with the team.

We are looking for people who are demonstrably excellent managers of teams with first rate leadership skills and abilities. The successful applicant will have a track record of motivating and supporting their teams to work successfully in person centred ways, have experience of problem solving and be able to demonstrate how they have found creative solutions to complex partnership issues both internally and externally to the organisation. The post holder will also need to initiate projects, contribute to wider initiatives and lead aspects of change in the Service. This is a challenging post, but with many opportunities to make a difference to people at what is often a very difficult time in their lives.

If you would like to join our team and actively participate as a manager and leader in a dynamic organisation with a substantial transformation programme, then we would love to hear from you.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to make a major contribution to the delivery of adult social care for people living in Sheffield.

If you would like to have an informal conversation about the posts with:

Nicola Afzal [email protected] and

Andrew Wheawall [email protected]

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.

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.

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.