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As a Head of Service you will be pivotal in providing leadership, operational management, and professional support to our Operational Teams, including Mental Health, Learning Disability & Autism, Complex Care, and Review Team.
Joining our Senior Management Team presents an exciting opportunity amidst a significant initiative of change and transformation. We are seeking a visionary and innovative leader with substantial expertise in applying and executing social work for adults across diverse environments.
We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.
About the Role:
Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible work environment! Enjoy the convenience of remote work combined with access to our centrally located office in Reading. We encourage being present in the office for two days a week, fostering collaboration and connection.
The role involves working flexibly in covering across the Directorate and within the service as required, and at any council sites across the Borough to meet the needs of the service.
Your role will involve leading the care management teams, ensuring that all team members adopt a strength-based approach and providing support to Team Managers in handling complex cases and CHC applications.
Do you have experience in mental health, enabling teams to fulfil our S117 duties, and collaborating with NHS partnerships as part of the MH Community Transformation Programme?
You will be leading the following teams:
- Mental Health Learning Disability and Autism Complex Care Review
You’ll help us to embed a strength based culture to meet the needs of our residents, and deliver our workforce for the future, championing social work practice across the council, locally and with national partners.
You will work within the legal framework provided by the statute, guidance, policies and procedures.
You will need to have:
- A degree or equivalent in Social Work or Occupational Therapy. Registration with Social work England/HCPC.
We offer excellent support, supervision and induction.
You will have access to our Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth with opportunities to learn and develop new clinical skills, helping you to build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, extending your skills and supporting you to grow.
We work closely with our colleagues in Reading Borough Council, Health Professionals, Voluntary and Charity colleagues to facilitate the best possible outcomes for those people we support.
You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.
Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
- Work Together as one team - champion and inspire a culture which ensures that all employees across the organisation work together to provide excellent outcomes for Reading.
- Drive Efficiency - create an environment in which resources are used efficiently and employees’ skills are developed and used effectively.
- Be Ambitious - aspire to deliver excellence and inspire and support others to reach their potential.
- Make a Difference to Reading - inspire a culture in which the customer is the focus and where change is welcomed as an opportunity.
Our offer
We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
- Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave.
- Maternity, adoption, parental and sick pay.
- A wide range of flexible working opportunities.
- Access to a range of training and learning opportunities to help you develop.
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS).
- On-site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted.
- Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work.
- Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years.
- The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.
- Salary sacrifice scheme for Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs) to help you save for your retirement.
If you would like to find out more about this role please contact Sunny Mehmi (Assistant Director – Operations) on sunny.mehmi@reading.gov.uk
Closing date: Sunday 21 April 2024.
Interview date: To be confirmed.
Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
