Job summary: Ready to Lead Change and Empower Lives? We're looking for a passionate and inspiring Practice Manager (Social Worker) to join the Changing Futures Sussex Programme at East Sussex County Council. This is a part-time (18.5 hours/week), fixed-term 12-month opportunity, ideal for someone who wants to shape innovative practice while maintaining a work-life balance.
This role offers the chance to be part of something truly meaningful: transforming how services work for people with multiple and complex needs. You'll lead a multidisciplinary team including unique peer navigators who have lived experience, that is creative, resilient, and committed to supporting some of the most marginalised individuals in our communities.
This isn't your typical social work management job. Changing Future Sussex is one of only 15 trailblazing national programmes, backed by government national lottery funding, designed to change how services are delivered to people experiencing:
* Homelessness
* Substance misuse
* Mental ill-health
* Domestic abuse
* Contact with the criminal justice system
Main duties of the job: The role will include the below day to day duties:
* Lead and inspire a dedicated multi-agency team
* Champion trauma-informed and relational practice
* Shape and deliver high-quality support for people with multiple compound needs (MCN)
* Collaborate across health, housing, justice, mental health and social care sectors
* Drive service improvement, innovation, and performance across East Sussex
* Manage resources, support development, and embed reflective supervision
You'll be based in St Marys House, Eastbourne, with flexible hybrid working options that include time at home and in the community.
We're seeking a confident leader with a strong professional background in social work and mental health. You'll bring:
* Relevant professional and/or management qualification.
* Working collectively with colleagues, both internal and external.
* Leadership and motivation.
* Safeguarding Adults at Risk procedures.
* Change orientated approach to work.
Experience managing a multidisciplinary team is desirable, but if you've worked closely with other agencies to improve outcomes, we want to hear from you.
To apply, upload your CV explaining how you meet the job specification criteria.
About us: The closing date for applications is Sunday 12 October and interviews will take place week commencing Monday 20 October via Microsoft Teams unless you request an in-person interview.
You'll help create a system where difficult to reach people no longer fall through systematic gaps. Where trauma-informed, person-centred care isn't the exception, its the norm.
There are many rewards working for East Sussex County Council, some of these include
* Generous pension scheme
* Hybrid working
* Access to training
* Lease car scheme (subject to qualifying criteria)
* Access to our extensive well-being and wellness training.
* Annual registration fee with Social Work England will be reimbursed.
Most importantly, you'll join a team that supports each other, one that truly believes in doing things differently for the people who need it most.
Job Responsibilities:
1. Ensure decision making in services to adults is in accordance with statutory requirements, County Council policies, procedures, and quality standards.
2. Ensure local inter-agency partnerships facilitate the implementation of person-centred support plans and care related decisions.
3. Ensure that social care pathway is fully implemented throughout the service and that customer care systems are in place and monitored.
4. Undertake continuous service improvement, utilising Best Value principles and ensuring that the Investors in People standards are maintained and developed throughout the service managed.
5. Recruit, induct and manage appropriately qualified staff to provide effective and efficient services, identifying development needs and performance issues and acting accordingly.
6. Achieve personal Appraisal/Performance Development Scheme (PDS) targets and ensure that the PDS competency frameworks are fully implemented throughout the service managed, ensuring that annual performance targets are met.
7. Undertake the role of QCF/NVQ Assessor or Internal verifier as required to ensure that targets for QCF/NVQ qualifications are achieved.
8. Allocate resources within the designated service area as specified within the scheme of delegation and to monitor expenditure to ensure it is in accordance with the allocated budget for the service area.
9. Take overall responsibility for the Health and Safety of staff and ensure the safe and efficient management of buildings within the specific service area in accordance with statutory and departmental requirements.
10. Ensure the appropriate recording of work, the effective maintenance of case records and effective management of manual and computerised information, within the requirements of departmental policy and procedures and the statutory framework.
11. Administer the Complaints procedures within Departmental guidelines including complaints investigations to establish what remedial action if any is necessary.
12. Brief the Operations Manager and senior managers, as required, on problems needing resolution and highlight service achievements.
13. Take responsibility as delegated in relation to contractual arrangements with providers of service.
14. Assist as required in implementing the Departments Emergency Plan in the event of a major incident and to provide managerial support to Departmental out-of-hours services which will include responding and providing a home telephone number.
Person Specification:
Qualifications: Relevant professional and/or management qualification.
* Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) qualified.
Experience: Effective verbal and written communication skills, Working collectively with colleagues, both internal and external, Negotiation and influencing skills, Practical problem solving skills, Leadership and motivation, Budget management, Performance management, Understanding of health and social care legislation, Safeguarding Adults at Risk procedures, Experience of supervising Adult Social Care professionals or the potential to do so.
* Identify local need and monitor the quality of local service provision
* Translate local and national policy into practice.
* Implement new service initiatives.
* Chair meetings.
* Degree and/or management qualification.
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