Team Manager

Job Title: Team Manager
Starting Salary: £53,806 progressing to £59,497pa- pay award pending
Hours: 37
Location: Hemel Hempstead
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services

About the team

Are you a confident, forward-thinking leader ready to shape a pioneering social care initiative? The Prevention of Admission Team has an opportunity to take up the role as permanent Team Manager to lead a fast-paced, responsive service that supports individuals at risk of hospital, residential, or inpatient admission.

Launched in October 2023, this innovative service delivers rapid, community-based interventions to people aged 65 plus and/or those with a dementia diagnosis who are experiencing a breakdown in health or care circumstances. The team also provides critical support to carers in crisis, helping prevent carer breakdown, avoid emergency admissions to support people to remain safely in their own homes

About the role

As Team Manager, you will lead, motivate, nurture and manage a team of Social Workers, Community Care Officers to ensure the service provided is effective, collaborative and delivers positive outcomes within a 2hour response from referral to assessment across West Hertfordshire.

You will lead operational delivery, triage manage ensuring high-quality crisis assessments, and foster strong partnerships with health colleagues, particularly the co-located Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) and their Rapid Response services.

• Lead and manage the Prevention of Admission Team, ensuring timely and effective interventions
• Drive service performance and uphold best practice in crisis assessment and care planning
• Collaborate with Adult Care Services Teams, CLCH and other health partners to deliver integrated, person-centred care
• Support staff development through supervision, coaching, and reflective practice

About you

Essential:

• A qualified and registered social worker or occupational therapist
• Full driving licence and access to a personal vehicle for travel across the locality
• Proven experience in managing adult social care teams
• Strong crisis management assessment and decision-making skills

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is Level 13. Please locate the job profile here:

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To hear more about this opportunity please contact Julianne.Dempsey@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 21.07.26 – in person

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

We are changing
Hertfordshire County Councilis undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). If you are employed by Hertfordshire County on 1 April 2028, it is expected that most roles will transfer to the newly-created unitary councils on existing terms and conditions under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings – Protection of Employment) principles.

LGR is one of the biggest changes we will face in a generation. It will reshape how we work and how services are organised and gives us a real opportunity to build something better. To find out more, visit https://www.hertfordshire-lgr.co.uk/

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.