Social Care STAR Team Manager
| Posting date: | 02 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £55,609.00 to £59,027.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55609.00 - £59027.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 February 2026 |
| Location: | Smethwick, B66 1JE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | F0093-26-9134 |
Summary
Are you passionate about empowering vulnerable adults and helping them lead independent, safe, and dignified lives. If so, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for! Join us and be part of a team that truly values your contribution to transforming lives in our community. At Sandwell Council, our work is shaped by our One Team values being customer focused, inclusive, ambitious and accountable, working together to achieve great results for our residents. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced CQC Registered Manager to lead a high profile Short Term Assessment and Reablement service that supports people to live independently, recover safely at home, and avoid unnecessary hospital admission. You will be trusted to lead with integrity, courage and professionalism making decisions that balance compassion with accountability, and ambition with realism while setting the tone for how the Council delivers reablement services across the borough. About the Role STAR is Sandwell MBCs inhouse Short Term Assessment and Reablement service, operating at the heart of the Discharge to Assess system and supporting adults in their own homes at critical points in their lives. This is a CQC regulated service, and you will act as the Registered Manager, with accountability for quality, safety, standards and performance. In line with Sandwells' ambitious improvement journey, you will act as the operational and professional lead for reablement, ensuring services are outcome focused, inclusive and continuously improving, while remaining financially and operationally accountable. What You'll Do You will lead a large, diverse workforce including Deputy Managers, Reablement Supervisors, Trusted Assessors, Schedulers, Senior Home Support Assistants and Home Support Assistants, creating a culture where people feel valued, supported and empowered to do their best work reflecting Sandwells' One Team approach.