Group Manager

Adult Social Care and Health are seeking to recruit a permanent, full time group manager for the Bolsover locality.

The successful candidate will take a senior leadership role for the Bolsover area for the delivery of social work and direct care, with responsibility for two locality based long term social work teams and the Bolsover Short Term Assessment and Reablement Team. In addition, the postholder will provide oversight for the countywide Derbyshire Deaf team.

The postholder will work in a busy, dynamic geographical area, working with colleagues to deliver high quality, personalised social work support and assessment and reablement to local people, and their communities, that maximises people's independence and wellbeing. They will contribute to meeting the objectives of the Council Plan alongside departmental delivery plans, including the requirement to ensure that services are strengths based, focussed on people's outcomes and cost-effective.

The post offers the successful candidate a role as part of an established senior leadership team who strive for continuous improvement and innovation and are committed to supporting others to develop their own leadership.

Employees have access to a range of benefits and discounts including:

• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• 34 days annual leave per year, plus 8 bank holidays based on full time.
• Training and development opportunities
• Paid travel expenses if required to travel to other sites
• Smarter travel scheme including access to the cycle to work scheme
• Supportive management and team
• Access to our in-house occupational services which also includes free eye tests, physiotherapy and counselling
• Derbyshire rewards - offering hundreds of discounts and cashback

More details on the benefits of working for the council can be found on our reward and recognition page here

Please ensure you read the job and person profile in the attachments to ensure you meet the criteria of the role before applying.

If you want to discuss the role before applying, please email:-zuzanna.forsterfake@derbyshire.gov.uk

Provisional Interview Date: 06/05/2025

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks.

Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career with us! By joining Derbyshire County Council you will have access to a range of amazing rewards and employee benefits, including our generous annual leave scheme, excellent local government pension and fantastic employee discounts. To discover more detail about the rewards and benefits available to you, click here

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