Cornwall Council
Independence and Wellbeing Service Manager – Acute Hospital Discharge and Reablement
🇬🇧Truro, England, United Kingdom3 days ago
MidFull TimeEN
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Cornwall is a fantastic place to live and work.
Adult social care in Cornwall is changing. We’re looking for innovators to join us in developing a ‘best-in-class’ Adult Social Care model. You’re a passionate, talented professional, and a strong advocate of independence and reablement. That’s why you live the person-centred care approach and put people’s views and wishes at the heart of any decisions you make. You’re also resilient, determined and trustworthy, seeking out feedback and challenge. You promote self-learning and keep your knowledge and skills up to date, working to Adult Social Care practice standards in line with the national Professional Capability Framework. Sharing your information and expertise, you can help others in your team grow and achieve their goals.
Our health partners are creating a community intervention offer jointly with us. This means that we have the chance to develop within a multi-disciplinary context, share information and together deliver better outcomes. Opportunities exist around the new pathways supporting people to be safely discharged from hospital. Working with and across our primary care networks, we are finding better options to provide the wrap around care that helps people to stay safe and supported at home and keep them in their community at end of life.
Cornwall has a Net Zero carbon strategy to reflect our priories and responses to the climate emergency. We have all the challenges associated with being a destination for holidays and retirement and also significant contrasts between the very well off and communities that rely on the local food bank.
If you think that rurality is a slower pace, think again. If you think that you won’t have a good work life balance, think again. These are exciting roles and the rewards could be tremendous, both professionally and personally. This is your chance to make a difference in people’s lives in one of the most beautiful places in the UK. Join us, and you’ll be part of a welcoming, committed team with supportive new leadership.
The Service and Team:
The Independence and Wellbeing Service, part of Adult Social Care operations is looking to recruit an experienced Service Manager to lead our Acute Hospital Discharge and Reablement Teams.
We would welcome applications from those with significant Adult Social Care experience, and either a professionally registered Social Worker or Occupational Therapist.
The Role:
Service Manager - Acute Hospital Discharge and Reablement Service.
This is an excellent opportunity to lead service development and build excellent working relationships with our NHS colleagues. We are looking for someone with excellent knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and its application within the acute hospital (including safeguarding processes) alongside the importance of a reablement first and strengths based approach to practice.
This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
‘Find out more about our social work careers here - Work in Adults or Children's Social Care - Cornwall Council.
Working Pattern:
Full time - 37 hours per week, flexible working requests considered (e.g. condensed hours) and hybrid working arrangements.
What you’ll need to succeed:
A passion for promoting and supporting the role of social care in the acute hospital sector.
Experience of a reablement first approach and ensuring strengths based practice.
Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders across health and social care, including commissioning colleagues.
Significant experience within Adult Social Care, and achieving the best outcomes for people who need social care support.
Please read the role profiles for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What you’ll get in return:
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees.
We enable our practitioners to progress and reward them for their commitment and expertise. If you seek continuing professional development, can demonstrate learning in your practice and in improved outcomes for the people you help and protect, we will provide you with the career options and remuneration that match your expertise.
Cornwall is one of the best places in the country to live, work and bring up a family. We prioritise the wellbeing of our staff and recognise that resilient Social Workers need a good work/life balance as well as clear leadership and support in the workplace. Cornwall’s location and landscape offers unique opportunities for a healthier, happier way of life.
In recognition of the vital contribution you make, we offer an attractive package of benefits including:
A generous relocation package
Payment of your Social Work England registration fees.
Additional Information:
Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.
The full role profile is attached here
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
For an informal discussion please contact Holly McKenzie - Head of Service for Access, Hospital Discharge and Therapy - holly.mckenzie@cornwall.gov.uk
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, so please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.
Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council
We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
