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Royal Greenwich Commissioning are looking for a skilled and experienced team leader to oversee and manage the Personalised care brokerage team, part of Personalised Care & Support and HAS Financial Services.

At Royal Borough of Greenwich Adult Health and Social Care services, we have developed a new long-term vision with the help of residents and partner organisations, which will build on all our strengths to support health, wellbeing and independence. Our aim is to ensure individuals and teams are skilled, enabled and empowered to do the right thing for residents, making them feel valued and proud to work in their role.

The right candidate will lead, develop, and manage the Personalised care brokerage team (up to 20 staff) and be responsible for the recruitment, training and development of staff. Duties will also include rota management, ensuring work is allocated appropriately and completed to high quality standards; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders across various teams.

We are looking for a strong candidate who will contribute to the development of the market for people accessing care and support options including accommodation-based and community-based support, self-directed support, including micro-enterprises and co-operatives.

Among other duties, the right person will also work closely with Integrated Commissioning, HAS, ICB and corporate Finance colleagues; attend and contribute to strategic and operational meetings within the department and outside. The postholder will also be required to stay abreast of changes in law, policy, and good practice in relation to the Care Act and other relevant Health and Care and financial legislation, and promote the Care Brokerage Team within and outside of Health & Adults Services and with ICB and other partners. They will be committed to ensuring good practice is shared with colleagues and success stories are shared where possible, showing strength-based personalised care is achievable and promotes positive outcomes

Join our committed and dynamic team and embark on a rewarding journey of empowering local residents. If you are ready to lead with impact, innovation, a strength-based approach and be one of the driving forces behind transformative change, apply today.

Please view the Job description and Person specification for more information about this vacancy.

This is a hybrid position – a combination of a few days in the office during the week, and a few days of remote work. Working pattern to be agreed.

Due to high volumes of applications and enquiries, we are unable to accommodate individual chats with prospective candidates, however if you have specific questions that are not covered in this advert of the Job description/person specification, please email:

commissioning-comments@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Mel Franklin; commissioning-comments@royalgreenwich.gov.uk .

If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020-8921-8977

Safer recruitment: Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.

As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

DBS: This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Internal Only Advert: This vacancy is being advertised internally only – this means it is only open to applications from existing employees, agency workers, apprentices and GSP/GSS employees.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.

Organisation Royal Borough of Greenwich Reference REC/24/00462 Salary Details £46041 - £49083 Additional Allowances Location Postcode SE18 6HQ Job Term and Hours per Week Permanent; 35 Closing Date 01 September 2024