Community Services Manager, Adult Social Care

Are you ready to make a difference as part of a collaborative and dynamic leadership team?

We’re looking for a driven professional who can excel in a supportive environment, juggle multiple responsibilities, and provide compassionate leadership. If you’re committed to prioritising the needs of residents, carers, and families, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

Our team offers a supportive environment with a well-established group of leaders who bring diverse experiences and backgrounds. You'll benefit from a flexible working approach, balancing your time effectively between home and office. There are opportunities for career growth, allowing you to make a positive impact in our community.

You will be supported in providing leadership, management, and guidance to a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high quality, strengths based social care services. Additionally, you will play a key role in promoting, leading and managing the development of skilled and confident practitioners.

Key responsibilities:

• To provide leadership, management, and guidance to a team of social workers, support coordinators and therapists including Senior Practitioners and Assistant Community Service Managers.
• Nurture excellent relationships with partners especially health partners.
• To ensure the person receives a high quality, strengths based social care service, supporting their journey through hospital, returning to the local community.
• To ensure the delivery of a responsive and timely service.
• To promote, lead and manage the development of excellent and confident practitioners.

 

Our benefits include… 

• Generous annual leave of 28 days increasing to 33 days after 3 years’ service (pro rata for part time).
• Annual leave purchase policy.
• An inclusive and social working environment with a variety of staff networks including sports and social clubs.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and fostering leave.
• Career development through internal and external training opportunities.
• Local government pension scheme.
• Life insurance cover (linked to the pension scheme).
• A great office location next to travel links and the regenerated town centre.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support employees’ health and wellbeing.

Interview date 

Interviews will be held the week commencing 13th January 2025

Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to personally meet the team and experience our work environment. 

We will be reviewing applications regularly and reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified. To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.

Please note AI is prohibited during the interview, any candidate using AI will be withdrawn from consideration

Want to ask us a question? 

For an informal discussion or to ask any questions about this role, please contact:

Amy Gates, Community Service Manager: 01344 351479 or Amy.gates@bracknell-forest.gov.uk

 

At Bracknell Forest we champion equality, diversity and inclusion. At Bracknell Forest Council, we are always learning, ambition and inclusive. Please see our candidate pack for more details.

Bracknell Forest Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. We expect everyone employed with us to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check as part of our pre-employment checks process.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience of working within the current Social Care System and Framework.

Social Work England registration fees can be claimed back from the Council. 

 

We can only accept applications from candidates currently residing in the UK.

Candidates currently residing in the UK who require sponsorship to work are encouraged to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) based on the relevant criteria. Please be aware that sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.

No agencies please.