Carers Lead and Partnership Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 17 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Oldham, OL1 1HD |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75709320 |
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Peoples Service
Adult Social Care
Carers Lead and Partnership Manager
Ref: 000861
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £49,764 - £52,805 per annum (Grade 10)
Hours: 36 per week (flexible/hybrid working available)
Location: Oldham Council, Spindles Shopping Centre, George Street, Oldham OL1 1HD.
Closing Date: Sunday 29th June 2025
Shortlisting and Interview Dates: TBC
Role Overview:
A fantastic new opportunity has arisen to lead our Carers service and create and manage our Carers Partnership Board. We are looking for an experienced and strategic Adult Social Care Carer’s Lead to join Oldham Council and lead the borough’s work in identifying, supporting, and empowering unpaid carers. This role is central to delivering on our statutory duties under the Care Act 2014, implementing a progressive All Age Carers Strategy, and ensuring co-produced, evidence-based commissioning that delivers positive outcomes for carers.
You will create, chair and manage Oldham’s Carers Partnership Board, develop and oversee its sub-groups, and take a key role in local and regional networks, including Greater Manchester (GM) and ADASS Carers Partnerships. You will work across the council, NHS, and voluntary sector to create a borough-wide offer that enables carers to continue in their caring roles while living independent, fulfilling lives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the implementation of the Carers partnership board, delivery, and review of the Multi-Agency Carers Strategy for Oldham along with associated action plans in line with legislation, regulation (CQC quality statements) and local priorities to enable a progressive approach to carers support services.
- To develop and embed a wide and robust offer across the borough to support carers to continue in their caring role for as long as they are willing and able to do so.
- Manage and chair Groups as appropriate to ensure the implementation, development and delivery of the joint Carers Strategy and associated plans including stand-alone projects and initiatives; developing and utilising robust processes to report and evidence delivery for relevant stakeholders.
- Maintain knowledge, understanding and practical application of legislation, regulation, policy, safeguarding requirements and good practice in relation to carers support services in line with local and national priorities and changing needs/demand.
- Responsible for ongoing information and data gathering, analysis and benchmarking related to carers needs, outcomes and experience both locally and nationally, developing clear insight and intelligence to inform strategy and commissioning plans.
- To organise and coordinate engagement activities with carers e.g. Carers' Forum, the Carers Survey, Carers' Consultation Groups and lead on ‘Carers week’.
- Ensure carers have access to a range of advice, advocacy and information including contributing to Oldham’s council’s online information in relation to carers practical and emotional support enabling them to make informed positive choices, identify and realise their goals and lead independent, fulfilling lives
Key Requirements:
- A recognised professional qualification or substantial experience in adult social care, commissioning, or a related field.
- In-depth understanding of the Care Act 2014, carers’ rights, and CQC-related frameworks and regulations.
- Experience leading multi-agency strategic boards or partnerships, ideally within an integrated care context.
- Strong knowledge of adult social care systems, carers’ support services, and co-production approaches.
- Experience in managing complex programmes of work including commissioning, budgeting, data analysis and reporting.
- A track record of influencing policy and practice at a strategic level.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to lead across professional boundaries and with communities.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
About Us:
We want Oldham to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. We’ve identified three missions with our residents and partners, focusing on what will deliver the biggest impact:
A Great Place to Live, Healthier, Happier Lives, and Green and Growing.
We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions and we encourage you to download our Corporate Plan: Ready for the Future and our Oldham Plan for further information.
Our Values and Behaviours:
By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate. These are ‘Proud, Ambitious, and Together’, and they shape our culture, inform our decisions, and inspire us to deliver on our commitments to the people of Oldham.
We have translated these values into five behaviours which guide our actions and are the standards we hold ourselves to, day in and day out:
- Work with a resident focus
- Support local leaders
- Committed to the borough
- Delivery high performance
- Take ownership and drive change
You can find out more about our values and behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page
Our Benefits Package:
At Oldham Council we offer a great benefits package for our employees, which includes the following:
- 25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years’ service
- The option to purchase additional annual leave.
- An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
- Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
- Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
- Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
- Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
- Staff recognition and celebration events.
- Peer support groups
Inclusive Recruitment:
We work closely with employees to help them work at their best, including making adjustments such as flexible working, describing available working patterns, providing equipment or making changes to the workplace.
If you’re an applicant with disabilities, anyone aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, a carer or someone who has served in the Armed Forces and you meet the essential criteria of the role, you are guaranteed to reach the first stage of assessment under our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme.
Data and Privacy:
For details of how we use your data please see our privacy notice.
Important Information:
Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for a current employee at risk of redundancy, it can be pulled back at any point, up to the post being formally offered to a candidate who is not at risk of redundancy.
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