26,000 to 29,000 per annum Permanent Full time Based Countywide 37 hours per week Interview date: Week commencing 14 August 2017

We are looking to appoint a Team Leader to lead and manage a county-wide team of specialist Carer Assessment Wellbeing Support Workers to provide a consistent information, advice, assessment and support service for family and friend carers, ensuring CSWS performance targets are achieved within budget.

Our teams offer support to adults and young adults who are unpaid family and friend Carers. The charity has been accredited as an ‘excellent’ local provider of quality support for Carer wellbeing. Team Leadership, you will manage the specialist county-wide team to deliver best value, high quality, statutory carer assessments working closely with other Team and Programme Leads and Managers to ensure all front-line Carers Support staff are trained and developed to consistently offer carers high quality support. Service Management You will ensure carers are offered a choice of personalised and time-focused support to best meet their needs and choice including 1:1 casework, groups, telephone/web-based support. You will Integrate support with other services and resources, internal and external. Ensure a direct link for carers to specialist support and social care and health support services across localities so that carers experience joined up local support. You will introduce service changes and improvements to widen the carer assessment offer, reduce waiting times, increase the number of carers receiving a service and enhance carer experience. Actively review waiting lists and reassess priority, keeping in touch with carers. The ideal candidate will have experience of social work and social care IT infrastructure, leading a team across disparate locations, caseload management ,delivering person-centred outcomes within a caring service and related quality assurance processes. Please complete the application form, clearly stating how you meet each of the competences and submit by e mail with the recruitment disclosure and monitoring forms. CV's will not be accepted or taken into account when shortlisting.

Please apply on the Carers Support website by visiting this link

Application closing date: 5pm Friday 4 August 2017

Please DO NOT apply on the WSCC website.

 Please note this is not a WSCC post, it is being advertised on behalf of our partner Carers Support West Sussex.