Resource Manager (Reablement)
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
07/02/2025
Advert End Date:
22/02/2025 23:59
Salary:
£53,880 - £57,236 per annum
Job Category:
Social Care - Adult Service
Employment Location:
Newcastle upon Tyne
Further Information
Are you looking for a role in a great place to work that gives you an opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives?
This could be the job for you!
Why work for Newcastle City Council?
Newcastle City Council offers you an exciting opportunity to work in a vibrant city with proactive and committed people who have a genuine desire and motivation to support positive outcomes for the residents of Newcastle, striving to achieve the values of being Proud, Fair and Ambitious. The post will be working in the newly created Prevention division, which includes Reablement, Adult Social CarePoint, Hospital Social Work, Ostara, Information Now and Newcastle Neighbourhoods.
What do we offer?
- As an employee of NCC, you will have access to:
- A competitive salary
- Access to Local Government pension scheme
- Generous annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays, with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Family Supportive Policies
- A bespoke induction
- Access to Occupational Health, Mindfulness sessions and other wellbeing initiatives
- Access to various salary sacrifice schemes – covering cars, white electrical goods and tax efficient saving contributions towards your pension
- Discounted travel passes
What does Reablement Offer
It’s an exciting time to join us in Adult Social Care and Prevention with our aim of home first. We want to support people to achieve their goals and aspirations, to assist them to remain independent at home, consider the use of technology as well as what resources are in their local communities.
What about the Role?
As the Resource Manager you will need to register with the Care Quality Commission as this is a regulated service and will be responsible for leading the Reablement team in providing the very highest standards of support to people to optimise their individual functioning and identity within their home, to maximise their ability to remain independent.
The role covers the Community Support teams across the city, Home First managing hospital discharges and the Responsive team who visit people within 24 hours of them making contact with Adult Social CarePoint to prevent an admission to hospital or any other emergency care.
Partnerships are crucial and the Resource Manager will have the ability to develop and sustain effective working relationships with healthcare, voluntary and community sector as well as Council Assessment (Social Work) colleagues to ensure that the service is safe and of high quality. The Resource Manager will ensure the service’s operations align with Corporate objectives and comply with legislative requirements.
To apply for this role, you will need to be confident, customer focussed, able to communicate with a wide and varied audience and have a flexible approach to work, as well as being able to meet challenging deadlines.
If this sounds like the job for you, please keep reading and look at the Job Description and Person Specification provided. Contact can be made with Claire Alder, Service Manager for further discussion 07500 126 758.
The City Council offers a range of opportunities for training and development to support you to achieve the best outcomes for yourself and the people we support. The wide range of services provided across the Directorate and the Council means that there are always opportunities to develop and grow during your career with the Council.
Closing date for applications is 22 February 2025.
We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is working in regulated activity. If you are successful, we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a check to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information and we will check the barred list(s). It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity.
Apply online at www.northeastjobs.org.uk, select 'Apply Now' and complete our online application form. Any communication sent to you regarding your application will be sent to the email address you have set up on your Northeast Jobs account, so you will need to ensure that you check your inbox.
If you require any assistance completing this application please visit Newcastle Work & Thrive and speak to an advisor
https://www.workandthrivenewcastle.org.uk/