Head of Community Services
- Employer
- The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
- Location
- Windsor, Berkshire
- Salary
- £58,000 - £63,000
- Closing date
- 24 Nov 2024
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- Sector
- Corporate Services, Corporate Management Team
- Job role
- Head of Service
- Contract Type
- Full time
Job Details
Are you ready to drive positive change and lead the transformation of Adult Social Care?
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Head of Community Services to join our Adult Social Care team. Reporting to the Assistant Director, this strategic role will lead the frontline teams responsible for Hospital, Community, and Front Door services. You will provide leadership to over 45 staff, including Senior Social Workers and Occupational Therapists, ensuring the highest quality care and support for service users, carers, and families.
Why join us?
- Shape the future: Lead service transformation, drive efficiencies, and deliver value for money.
- Multi-agency collaboration: Work closely with partners across health, housing, public health, and voluntary sectors to ensure integrated care.
- Leadership & innovation: Develop and support your team through transformation, safeguarding, and new ways of working.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee service delivery for adult social care teams.
- Manage and control budgets, ensuring cost-effective and high-quality service delivery.
- Lead Safeguarding Adult Reviews, improving practices through learning from SARs and serious incident investigations.
- Provide strategic leadership in promoting a strengths-based approach and embedding new ways of working.
About You:
You will have:
- A professional qualification in Health or Social Care (Social Work, Nursing, OT) and registration with a professional body (Social Work England, HCPC, etc.).
- Experience leading or managing multi-disciplinary teams within social care, with a strong grasp of safeguarding and adult social care legislation.
- A results-oriented mindset and the ability to lead in a changing environment.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in your community. If you are ready to inspire, lead, and innovate, we want to hear from you!
To apply please click below
Closing date for applications: Sunday 24th November
Key documents
Job Description
Welcome Letter
Company
The whole of Eton town is a conservation area and there are significant areas of Windsor and Cookham similarly designated. The district includes 148 acres of parks, open spaces and recreational grounds and enjoys extensive riverside frontage with associated amenity areas. On the 1 April 1998 the Royal Borough and the other five Berkshire districts became Unitary Authorities and took over responsibility for the services previously provided by the former Berkshire County Council. The Royal Borough includes two ancient boroughs each with its own tradition and history. Windsor is known throughout the world for its castle, which has been a fortress and Royal residence for over 850 years. Both Windsor and its neighbour, Eton are major tourist attractions. The area of the Royal Borough extends along both banks of the River Thames between Runnymede and Windsor and on the south bank of the Thames from Windsor to Hurley. This area includes Datchet, Horton, Wraysbury, Old Windsor, Windsor Great Park, Sunninghill, Sunningdale, the Ascot Racecourse, the castle and the town of Windsor, Eton with its famous college, Maidenhead, the villages of Bray, Cookham and Hurley, White Waltham and Waltham St. Lawrence.
- Website
- http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01628 798888
- Location
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Town Hall
St. Ives Road
Berkshire
GB
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