Team Manager
| Posting date: | 21 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £52,413.00 to £54,495.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £52413.00 - £54495.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 September 2025 |
| Location: | Trowbridge, BA14 8JN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | F0041-05442 |
Summary
Specific duties and responsibilities include: The post holder is responsible to the Head of Service - Operations, and will be accountable for the day to day operational leadership and management of the LDAS team across Wiltshire. The Learning Disabilities and autism Leadership Team ensures that the specialist health and social care operational service is delivered to the highest standards as determined by law and regulation. The Team provide assessment and care management services, advice, and guidance, information and service provision to and for adults with a learning disability and their family or unpaid carers. Under the direction of the Head of Service, the Team Manager will provide professional leadership, advice, support and supervision to social care staff within the LDAS team. They will participate with colleagues across the service in the sharing and development of policy and evidence-based practice. To take a key leadership role within the adult care operational service, to ensure that performance and quality improves and that resources are appropriately allocated within a risk management framework. To represent the Council with customers, the Wiltshire public and partner organisations so as to raise the reputation of the Council and promote the interests of the county and its people. The delivery of adult care is a high profile public service provided by the Council in partnership with the local NHS though contractual and partnership agreement, the Voluntary & Community sector and user-led organisations. The future way of working requires a major shift in the way we undertake business in partnership with NHS and VCS Stakeholders - this role will help to lead and shape how we do this. Understand and deliver on departmental priorities for high quality services aiming for excellent results in key performance indicators, and deliver continuous service improvement for the benefit of our customers, carers and the Council Monitoring of performance and activity through our MABLE performance system, ensuring the completion of work in a timely manner, in line with legal and councilrequirements, including the Care Act 2014, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Equalities Act 2010. Develop team plans, Well-being Risk assessments, Team Risk assessments and Project work, in addition to a Departmental service plan Chair Best Interest meetings, and be accountable decision maker, responsible to court judges for action planning and risk Responsible for managing and reporting on a LDAS budget of approximately £52,000 000 Manage and be accountable for the work of individuals and the team to ensure that actions meet all legislative and regulatory requirements as determined by the national agenda and legislation. Be responsible for managing and monitoring change within the team, promoting good morale whist ensuring all colleagues are adequately supported To have a strategic view, alongside the Head of Service in relation to service development countywide in partnership with commissioning colleagues, other departments within the council, Agencies and the Voluntary sector. Evaluate the current service and plan and implement change programmes that move services forward in line with National and local priorities including closer integration with the NHS service. Implementation of the recommendations of the Care Act 2014, Learning Disabilities and Autism Programme board and building the right support processes. Take responsibility for the role of Investigating Manager within the Policy & Procedure for the safeguarding adults document which involves leading an immediate response, together with short and longer term interventions and coordination in crisis situations. Chairing Early Strategy meetings, Adult Protection Conferences and Reviews. Identify where actions fall outside of the LDAS remit and apply to the Court of Protection for an order to be made by a judge to ensure protective actions follow. Prepare and compile reports for presentation to the Court of Protection. To be responsible for Health and Safety within the team. The key challenge for the job is: To ensure the highest levels of public satisfaction for the service, to continue to transform the service to meet the aspirations of customers and in accordance with the requirements of the law and external regulation. The reputation of the Council is largely determined by the effectiveness of this service. Co-ordinate and manage a countywide Learning Disabilities and Autism Service LDAS ensuring an efficient and effective community service in line with local, Council and National objectives. This will cover a population of approximately 471,000 people Census 2011with an active customer base of 1,200 of the most complex, vulnerable people who currently receive a service within the council. Manage the risk involved with the customer group, and the staff working with them, to ensure services are delivered appropriately and in a safe manner. Customers have complex needs and are often volatile, placing the staff, carers and the public in high risk situations. There are an increasing number of forensic cases who pose a public protection risk. The post holder is the named administrator for court orders and is legally accountable to the court judge for managing the risk to the public. The post holder is accountable for up to 20 Wiltshire council staff and a further number of contracted temporary workers within the locality team.