Joint Service Manager WCC618400

Job Details:

Salary range: £53,109 - £72,669 per annum
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, SW1E 6QP
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Temporary for 12 months
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check
Politically restricted post: Yes
Closing date: 18 October 2024
Interview date: 31 October 2024
Contact details for an informal discussion: Dr Godfred Boahen, BiBorough Head of Services via email at GBOAHEN@WESTMINSTER.GOV.UK

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF INDEPENDENT LIVES

Adult Social Care in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where our passionate, caring and committed professionals do brilliant work every day.

Mrs. D was frail and unwell. Her son was her main carer, but he wasn’t coping. We stepped in to help, but they were hostile to outside agencies. They’d always lived together and were terrified they’d be split up. Our social worker did a great job persuading Mrs. D to get hospital treatment and a temporary stay in a care home. In an epic effort throughout COVID, she gained the son’s trust and sorted all the repairs, carers and nurses needed so that Mrs. D could come home to live with her son. We also got Mr. D regular short-breaks and a personal budget awarded in recognition of him as her carer. After all, there’s nothing more important than living the life you want.

The Role:

As Service Manager, you can make your own powerful contribution to a Learning Disability and Autism Service that always strives to go the extra mile by taking a responsive, accessible and values-based approach. You’ll manage a high-performing service with unique characteristics – from its strong operations and clarity of purpose to a highly skilled and deeply motivated workforce that features no agency staff. 

Our work is driven by the disability and autism plan Changing Lives. And changing lives is exactly what we seek to do. The service has a great relationship with its statutory partners and local third sector organisations. Everyone here is committed to co-production with residents and families. And there’s an exciting pipeline of innovative work in developing preventative and community-based services. 

You will make an impact on everything from strategy to operational management, across a portfolio of services. We’ll look to you to manage increasing need and complexity within a budgetary context that is as challenging as you might expect in the current national climate. With considerable autonomy and discretion to lead as you see fit, you’ll enjoy the freedom to focus on optimum delivery from a robust platform.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

A qualified social worker or from one of the regulated professions – e.g. nursing, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy etc. – you will have a proven track record in operational delivery. Ideally you are a Best Interest Assessor (or are willing to undertake the training on appointment). You’ll bring to the role a demonstrable ability to lead and manage social care teams to deliver best practice, driven by robust policies aligned to legislation. A values-led leader, you have excellent relationship building skills and experience of implementing large-scale change with lasting, positive impact on outcomes. 

The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a global majority background and, while the role is open to all applicants,  we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.