Vacancy details

Social Care Values in Action, our journey, our place, your opportunity.

Make your experience count and help shape an excellent service by taking on the role of Community Services Manager within the Bracknell Hospital Discharge Team.

Location: Frimley Park Hospital with Flexible Work-from-Home Options

At Bracknell Hospital Discharge Team, we're dedicated to delivering outstanding care and support. An exciting opportunity has emerged for a Community Services Manager to lead our recently expanded and multifaceted team. We are in search of a passionate, motivated individual with strong values to guide our multi-disciplinary team.

Role Overview:

As a Community Services Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the highest standards of care during hospital discharges, with a primary focus on the "Home First" approach while always keeping the individual at the heart and centre of all we do. You will work in close collaboration with health partners and other organisations, establishing strong connections with local hospitals and key leaders.

Are you ready to be part of a dynamic and collaborative team of leaders with diverse backgrounds and professions? Can you thrive in a supportive environment, managing multiple responsibilities while upholding compassionate leadership and prioritising the needs of local residents, their carers, and families? If you believe so, we really want you to apply fo this opportunity.

What it's like working in our team...

What We Offer:

A Supportive Team: Join a well-established team of leaders with diverse experiences and backgrounds.

Flexible Work Arrangements: Work both at Frimley Park Hospital, Time Square and from your own home, balancing your time and expertise effectively.

Compassionate Leadership: We expect and value compassionate leadership, focusing on the well-being of local residents, their carers, and families.

Career Growth: Opportunity to further develop your career and make a positive impact in our community.

You will be supported to carry out the following duties, responsibilities and training...

• To provide leadership, management, and guidance to a team of social workers, support coordinators and therapists including Senior practitioners and Assistant Community Service Managers.
• Nurture excellent relationships with partners especially health partners.
• To ensure the person receives a high quality, strengths based Social Care service, supporting their journey through hospital, returning to the local community
• To ensure the delivery of a responsive and timely service.
• To promote, lead and manage the development of excellent and confident practitioners.

The benefits you will experience are...

• An inclusive and social working environment.
• Flexible working opportunities including a flexi-time scheme.
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Regular opportunities for development with internal and external training courses.
• A great office location next to travel links and the regenerated town centre.
• Internal sports and social club opportunities.
• Discounted leisure centre and gym membership.
• Supermarket discount.
• An interest free loan for a rail season ticket.
• Regular Clinical Supervision, ongoing team support and development opportunities.

What we're looking for...

You will need to be an HCPC registered social worker with a professional social work qualification or equivalent profession such as Occupational Therapist or Nursing, with proven post qualifying experience. You will need to have direct management experience within adult’s social services where you can demonstrate strong and successful leadership and experience of implementing service improvements.

At Bracknell Forest Council, we believe that compassionate leadership is the key to delivering exceptional social care.

Interview date

Interviews will be held on 12th December 2023.

Want to ask us a question?

For an informal discussion or to ask any questions about this role, please contact:

Simon McGurk, Head of Service

Tel.: 01344 352439

Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience of working within the current Social Care System and Framework.

Social Work England registration fees can be claimed back from the Council. 

Bracknell Forest Council is recognised as a Disability Confident Employer, working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.  Please let us know if you need any adjustments at any point during the recruitment process.

As part of the Council’s ongoing commitment to redeployment, please note that we reserve the right to close the advert before the closing date if a suitable redeployee is identified.

We can only accept applications from candidates currently residing in the UK. 

Any candidates that are currently residing in the UK and wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the role by assessing their circumstances against the relevant criteria.

No agencies please.

Equal Opportunities

Bracknell Forest Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

How to apply

Please apply online via the link provided.

Please include a personal statement with your CV as an attachment specifying why you are applying for this vacancy.