Team Manager

Job Title: Adult Social Care Team Manager
Starting Salary: £53,806 progressing to £59,497 per annum - Pay award pending
Hours: 37
Location: Apsley (Hybrid)
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services

About the team

Join our Dacorum Older People’s Team for a Team Manager to support people in a diverse locality.

About the role

You will lead and manage a Social Care Team. You will ensure that the team maintain a person-centred and strengths-based approach to improve outcomes for people through the completion of timely and effective Care Act assessments. You will ensure that the team provides an effective and robust service. You will work with the team to develop strong working relationships with local care providers and voluntary agencies to ensure that right services are being provided to the right people, at the right time. You will have oversight of the locality budget and will provide feedback to senior management on performance and development.

You will be part of the extra care panel to review at new tenants and ensure their needs are being met and they are appropriate for the service.

You will be working alongside partner agencies to support those within the area and attending the Complex Multi-disciplinary Team meetings and multi-agency risk assessment conference to discuss individuals referred.

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
• A passion for supporting people to remain safely in their own homes
• Excellent communication and partnership-building abilities

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 [email removed] or [email removed] for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: Friday 4 September 2026 - in person - Apsley

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.