About the roleAs Team Manager for the Learning Disabilities Team, you will provide strong, visible leadership to a team of social care professionals delivering statutory adult social care services across Lincolnshire.
You will champion strengths-based practice, ensuring people with learning disabilities are supported to maximise their independence, exercise choice and control, and achieve outcomes that matter most to them.
Working collaboratively with health partners, providers, families, carers, advocacy services, and community organisations, you will ensure the delivery of high-quality, personalised support that promotes wellbeing, inclusion, and safeguarding.
Key responsibilities- Lead, motivate and develop a team of social care professionals and Advanced Practitioners.
- Promote innovative, strengths-based approaches that support adults with learning disabilities to live fulfilled and independent lives.
- Provide oversight and decision-making for complex cases, safeguarding enquiries, risk management, and legal processes.
- Ensure assessments, reviews, support planning, and interventions are delivered to a consistently high standard.
- Support staff development through supervision, coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
- Drive continuous service improvement, quality assurance, and excellent practice standards.
- Build and maintain positive partnerships with health colleagues, providers, families, and community networks.
- Manage resources effectively and contribute to the strategic development of Learning Disability services across the county.
- Lead and support the implementation of service developments, transformation programmes, and new ways of working.
About usLincolnshire County Council, is one of the largest employers in the county. We are an organisation that embraces diversity, innovation and progress. We value our people and want to ensure that we can support you in joining and growing with us.
We will view you as an integral member of our community and recognise that your well-being is paramount. To show our appreciation, weve crafted a competitive package designed to not only acknowledge your hard work but also foster a healthy work-life balance.
From health benefits and retirement plans, we strive to provide a package that supports well-being and financial stability and that meets the diverse needs of our workforce.
We want everyone who works with us to feel included and celebrate their uniqueness. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation, and promoting good relations for both employee and for the people of Lincolnshire.
People often say every day is a learning day and at LCC a culture of learning is something we really believe in. We recognise the importance of supporting your learning and development and can offer a variety of different learning opportunities depending on what is right for you and the organisation. This could be through your everyday tasks, through hands-on experience, structured programs, formal qualifications, coaching, or informal learning opportunities.
Job responsibilitiesAs part of the wider councils objectives, as a Team Manager Team Manager you will provide leadership and support to a team of practitioners responsible for the delivery of the Directorates statutory duties and responsibilities relating to adult social care.
You will promote independent living and demonstrate a commitment to strength-based practice. You will support a team of practitioners to enable people to identify and build support networks to achieve their identified outcomes, drawing on support where required. You will ensure that your teams know and understand the local community and embed your team within place-based services.
You will be accountable for overseeing, understanding and supporting the delivery and performance, including assessment and appropriate management of risk, ensuring people are as safe as possible and adult safeguarding concerns are addressed promptly.
You will be skilled at embedding new ways of thinking and working, developing and maintaining strong, positive working relationships with commissioners, your teams and partners across service areas. As a Team Manager Team Manager you will continuously look for synergies and efficiency savings across the area of responsibility.
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Lead, and manage colleagues delivering a strength based and personalised approach to social care practice, achieving good outcomes for people through an enabling culture of positive risk management
Undertake supervision of advanced practitioners and other staff as necessary and required as per LCC policy and procedures.
Coach/mentor teams/colleagues as appropriate to embed personalisation and strengths and asset-based community practice
Demonstration at the relevant level of the Council's Core Abilities
Personal Leadership
Being Future Focused
Political and Commercial Astuteness
Supporting a High Performing and flexible workforce
Drive for Results
Act as a role model to others to helping them to manage uncertainty and to respond positively and creatively to changing expectations
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Ensure the needs of those that draw on care and support within your place-based area are effectively assessed and outcomes agreed which are subsequently reviewed. This will also involve managing and holding a small complex caseload.
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Provide oversight and decision making in relation to complex cases ensuring that prescribed Safeguarding Policies and Procedures are observed for the protection of adults who are experiencing, or at risk of abuse or neglect, promoting a personalized safeguarding model that puts the outcomes for the person at the centre of practice.
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Contribute to the specification and planning of services for the purpose of commissioning effective services through contact with internal or external providers
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Contribute to the Council's statutory obligations and where appropriate any national and Health and Social Care local performance indicators
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Assist with the implementation of Adult Care quality assurance systems, including the monitoring and review of casework and ensure these comply with the County Councils Equal Opportunities Policy
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Be responsible for providing the Directorate with information concerning individuals and staff that impacts upon the delivery of statutory duties
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Maintain and monitor expenditure within budgets for which responsibility has been delegated
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Undertake/oversee allocation of workload to agree service priorities; monitor case files computerised records deal with case management issues as they arise
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Chair BIA meetings, have oversight of Safeguarding processes and procedures and complex legal liaison e.g. Court of Protection. Provide advice and support in relation to complex cases including risk assessments respond to complaints from relatives/carers
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Lead and drive the development of staff through training/coaching/mentoring. To ensure that performance standards are met and to provide corrective action to quality related issues as they arise.
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Deliver excellent customer service, incorporating the Councils equality and diversity objectives and supporting the council to achieve best practice, creating a positive image of the Council in all it delivers
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Remain up to date and compliant with all relevant legislation, organisational procedures, policies and professional codes of conduct in order to uphold standards of best practice
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Take personal responsibility for contributing to review, improvement, organisational transformation implementing changes in ways of working, maximising the benefits and efficiencies for both internal and external customers, including the promotion and use of self -service to achieve maximum cost effectiveness.
QualificationsEssential- A professional Social Work, Nursing or Occupational Therapy Qualification
- Current, SWE, HCPC or NMC Registration.
- 2 years post qualification practice experience of working in health or social care environment
- Knowledge of Health and Social Care organisational arrangements including the role of CCG's and other NHS Trusts in relation to Adult Care Services
- Ability to manage a staff group taking into account professional boundaries.
- Leadership skills and the ability to model good practice.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Applicants must have current UK professional registration.Employer detailsEmployer name: Lincolnshire County Council
Address: Lexicon House, Stephenson Road North Hykeham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3QU, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://jobs.lincolnshire.gov.uk/home.html
Employer contact detailsFor questions about the job, contact: Sally Foston
sally.foston@lincolnshire.gov.uk
DetailsDate posted: 04 September 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £48,738 to £54,143 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
Reference number: F0067-26000512123568
Job locations: Lexicon House, Stephenson Road North Hykeham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3QU, United Kingdom
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