Senior Manager - Adult Services (Fixed Term) - WDN06050
| Posting date: | 08 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £72,722.27 to £79,492.64 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 July 2025 |
| Location: | Dumbarton, G82 1QL |
| Company: | West Dunbartonshire Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | WDN06050 |
Summary
Job Description
This post is fixed term until 31/10/2025.
West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is seeking a highly experienced and motivated social work professional to join our Adult Services team on a short-term basis. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the acceleration of our improvement journey working predominantly with our Adult Services Teams.
About the Role:
As Senior Manager - Adult Services, you will provide strategic leadership and improvement support across a range of adult social care services. Working closely with senior leaders and operational teams, you will help drive forward key improvement initiatives, ensuring services are aligned with national standards, local priorities, and the HSCP's strategic vision.
You will lead performance improvement, embed self-evaluation practices and ensure that the voice of service users is central to service development.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide strategic direction and improvement leadership across adult social care services, including Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Addictions, and Community Health & Care.
Ensure services meet statutory duties, national care standards and regulatory requirements.
Lead the development and implementation of policies, procedures and improvement plans.
Promote integrated working across the HSCP and with external partners including third sector, and independent care providers.
Oversee quality assurance and performance monitoring systems.
Support and advise senior leaders on improvement priorities and service development.
What We're Looking For:
You should have extensive experience in both delivering improvement and knowledge of professional standards and be ready to approach the work with pace and professional acumen working alongside senior leaders and operational staff. Experience in partnership working and a commitment to high standards of professional practice and service user outcomes are essential. The post holder must hold a professional qualification in social work and be registered with SSSC
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Lesley James, Chief Social Work Officer at lesley.james@west-dunbarton.gov.uk
Requirements
This post is considered a Regulated Role with Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2020 and as such membership with the PVG scheme is essential. Further details of this scheme can be found here.
Preferred applicants will be required to become members of the relevant PVG scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer being made by West Dunbartonshire Council.
Responsibilities
The employment for which you are applying is excepted from the provisions of section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order 1975. Applicants are, therefore, not statutorily entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are "spent" under the provisions of the Act. In the event of employment any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action.
The Individual
The successful candidate will benefit from the following:
WDC was voted one of the top ten flexible employers and prides itself in providing flexible working to support work life balance. In addition to this there are also additional benefits:
• Access to the Local Government pension scheme (LGPS) with an employer’s contribution of at least 19.3% and all associated benefits
• A minimum of 25 days annual leave, increasing a day each year up to 35 days as well as 8 fixed public holidays each year
• Access to employee wellbeing supports including occupational health & counselling if ever you need help and support
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