Community Led Support Site Lead

Are you passionate about strengths based social care, the power of community and people’s right to social inclusion and citizenship? Do you want to be part of a creative and dynamic team that is supporting change that transforms the way people get support?

We are recruiting a SITE LEAD as part of the continued growth of this national programme of change, Community Led Support. The post is based from home with some travel across the UK and likely overnight stays on a regular, but possibly infrequent, basis. Role is full-time with a degree of flexibility in working hours around the needs of the programme.

This role involves taking a lead role in the support we provide in a number of areas across the UK in their implementation of Community Led Support. You would represent the team and the NDTi, liaising with senior leads in those statutory organisations, agreeing and implementing a plan that delivers the ambitions of CLS and reflects local strengths and priorities.

Site Leads play a key role in ensuring that the support we deliver across the CLS network remains relevant, impactful and of a high quality. Our support always needs to add value to the work being undertaken in the areas involved, bringing experience, insight and understanding of the issues, the challenges and the opportunities. Blending sound knowledge, experience and integrity in adult social care with personal qualities around leadership, communication and facilitation, Site Leads play a key role in the delivery of the programme.

As well as having responsibility for the delivery of support, the Site Lead plays a leading role in strategic development of the programme – working with colleagues to continually review, refine and update the content, structure and promotion, as well as in the operational development of internal arrangements for how the team works on a day-to-day basis.

With some travel and working hours at times outside the normal 9-5 work environment, this is a demanding but incredibly rewarding role.

We are a relatively small, learning, collective and collaborative organisation and the CLS Site Lead post holder may also be expected at times to work across and liaise with other programmes within NDTi, ensuring that key learning and opportunities are shared, and that joint ways of working create further benefit for those we endeavour to create change for.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to present to an online panel for 15 minutes on a subject of your choice but something that is unrelated to the role and can be a hobby or interest they are passionate about. This will ideally be held at a time convenient to you on 3^rd July.

Shortlisted candidates will be informed no later than 1^st July if they have been selected. Formal in person interviews will be held on 9th July in Birmingham.

The CLS Site Lead post holder will be responsible for:

Coordinating the delivery of the CLS Programme within an agreed number of areas, either on a site-specific basis or cross-network

Providing a high level of that support themselves, working across a number of sites and working flexibly to support our team commitments

Being the point of contact for areas that commission our support and liaising with senior leaders within those organisations to agree plans and timescales

Contributing to further shaping and developing the Community Led Support Programme as it evolves

Contributing to (and at times taking responsibility for) developing a broader range of offers from the team not directly associated with the Programme itself

Helping ensure that the impact of CLS is captured and shared and that it shapes the development of the programme as a whole

Helping ensure that the CLS Programme retains its reputation for high quality content and delivery of support

Supporting the Programme Director in securing and developing new contracts

Driving the growth and income of the work undertaken and contributing towards the overall financial stability and growth of the organisation

Managing and supporting associates working on the programme as required

About You

If you have experience of working at a senior level in adult social care, of driving change within communities that strives to improve people’s experience and wellbeing, have excellent leadership and communication skills, we would love to hear from you. You must be self-motivated, highly organised and comfortable with working flexibly to include some travel and overnight stays as well as online delivery.

You will have significant experience in a leadership position in an organisation associated with the delivery of social care support. At least two years (or demonstrable evidence) of that experience being related to meeting statutory responsibilities and promoting social inclusion.

You will need to have demonstrable experience of achieving strengths based, transformative cultural and system change in statutory organisations

You will need experience of working in partnership with a range of other organisations and parties, including people with lived experience of social care

Have demonstrable experience of working with communities and changing systems, culture and practice to achieve the desired end of improved outcomes for people using those services.

What you’ll get in return

This is an opportunity to use your skills and experience to really make a difference and be part of the delivery of a well-established, evidence-based programme of support as well as being part of the ongoing development of that programme. We value your well-being and whilst this role can be demanding, the rewards in terms of satisfaction and enjoyment are considerable. You will join a small, dynamic and supportive team and will have a full induction into the role. We offer a generous pension scheme, wellbeing benefits and investment in your skills and development.

We value diversity

We are passionate about ensuring our people reflect the communities we work with. We are taking positive action to address a current under-representation within our workforce and are offering disabled applicants and applicants from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds a guaranteed interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the role.

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