Shared Lives Team Leader

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Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024.

We are an Accredited employer under the Liverpool City Region Fair Employment Charter, demonstrating that we are committed to the principle of fair employment and we are dedicated to providing a healthy, fair, inclusive and just workplace.

Come join us and be part of our success.

This is an exciting time to join Adult Provider Services as we implement a programme of transformation, we are looking for a Shared Lives Team Leader to support our commitment to performance, continuous improvement and service growth.

We are looking for an experienced manager to lead our Shared Lives scheme. Managing a team of Shared Lives Workers, you will be responsible for the recruitment, assessment, and ongoing support of Shared Lives carers who want to provide long and short-term placements in their homes to people with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs.

Promoting an ethos of person-centred practice, you will have a commitment to ensuring that people who use our services have a positive care and support experience. Developing individual plans, managing risk and knowledge of safeguarding processes will be required. You will be confident with multi agency working and be able to develop professional networks.

You will have excellent communication skills, be experienced in delivering training packages and contributing to care planning meetings and reviews as required.

With an experience of supervising staff members and teams, an understanding of the Care Quality Commission and the responsibilities of registered service, you will support the registered manager to maintain compliance.

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.

We welcome applications from residents and beyond, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact:

Lisa Daley, Operations Manager, email at Lisa.Daley@knowsley.gov.uk

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.

Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.