Head of Service - Hospital & Neighbourhoods

Head of Service – Hospital & Neighbourhoods, Bolton

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Location: Bolton

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Job Reference: 9a366e006321

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Posted: 16.02.2025

Expiry Date: 02.04.2025

Job Description:

Role specifics: A degree or equivalent in Social Work and Registration with Social Work England, full UK driving licence required.

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The Role:
Head of Service for Hospital and Neighbourhoods
Bolton Adult Social Care Vision:
“We all want to live in the place we call home, with the people and things we love. In communities where we look out for one another doing things that matter to us” (Adopted from Social Care Futures)

It is an exciting time to join the adult leadership team as Head of Service in supporting Bolton’s Vision for our residents. Your role will involve leading and developing teams responsible for the delivery of Social Work services, working closely with other Heads of Service in the Directorate, including the Principal Social Worker to embed a Strength Based Approach to ensure our residents are supported and empowered to live independently for as long as possible.

You will be pivotal in developing a workforce for the future, championing social work practice across the council, locally and with partners.

You will be responsible for the continuous improvement, learning and delivery of the Directorates innovation and service plans to meet our priorities to: support people to live well at home, make best use of our resources and work together in partnership.

Working closely with colleagues across commissioning, finance, housing and legal services, you will be highly visible providing senior leadership through focusing on the delivery of good, safe and effective services by fostering collaboration and connections.

The role involves working flexibly across the Directorate and within the service as required, and at any council sites across the Borough to meet the needs of the service.

For further information about this post and an informal chat, please contact Jenna Shaw on 01204 332410.

About You:
You will need to have: A degree or equivalent in Social Work and Registration with Social Work England.

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about delivering and designing person centred care for adults who draw upon services and committed to shaping and driving forward safe and effective services.

You can demonstrate significant experience in:

1. Leading and being accountable for managing teams and services, with significant knowledge of statutory duties under the Care Act 2014 and associated adult social care legislation, including the Mental Capacity Act.
2. Providing management oversight and support to managers and staff working with complex and high-risk individuals.
3. Overseeing hospital discharge processes, ensuring social work duties are fully discharged within a hospital setting, and collaborating closely with NHS colleagues to support safe and timely discharges, including the management of NCR.
4. Engaging in collaborative work with local partners, including primary care and housing services, to address community needs.
5. Operating within a multi-agency setting and confidently working with senior officers on strategic priorities and service developments.
6. Effectively negotiating and influencing both internally and with external partners.
7. Leading, planning, implementing and embedding changes, learning and best practices related to adult social care.
8. Producing high-quality written reports, court and coroner statements, briefings, plans and develop policies to a high standard and deliver learning workshops.
9. Coordinating multiple competing tasks and demands efficiently.

About Us:
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact (emailprotected)

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