Team Manager

Job Title: Adult Team Manager
Starting Salary: £53,806 progressing to £59,497 per annum - Pay award pending
Hours: 37
Location: Hemel Hempstead
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services

About the team

Join our busy Disabled Adults Team to deliver a service to a diverse locality across Hertsmere and St Albans

About the role

You will lead and manage a Social Care Team of community nurses, occupational therapists, community care officers and social workers. You will ensure that the team maintain a Connected Lives and positive risk strengths-based approach to improve outcomes for people through the completion of timely and effective Care Act assessments and support for carers. Deliver longer term involvement when required, crisis responses and a duty function.

You will have oversight of the locality budget and commit to deliver the Connect and Prevent initiatives.

You will provide feedback to senior management on performance and ensure the team receive sound professional support and development.

You will possess sound knowledge and a demonstrable ability to effectively apply legislation, over see Court and complex work and safeguarding in day-to-day practice.

About you

Essential:

• A qualified and registered social worker, community nurse or occupational therapist
• Full driving licence and access to a personal vehicle for travel across the locality
• Proven experience in managing adult social care teams
• Strong crisis management, assessment and decision-making skills
• A passion for supporting people to reach tier full potential
• Deliver services within budget and effective budget control
• Excellent communication and partnership-building abilities

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is Level 13. Please locate the job profile here:

Interview Date: 03 September 2026

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

We are changing
Hertfordshire County Councilis undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). If you are employed by Hertfordshire County on 1 April 2028, it is expected that most roles will transfer to the newly-created unitary councils on existing terms and conditions under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings – Protection of Employment) principles.

LGR is one of the biggest changes we will face in a generation. It will reshape how we work and how services are organised and gives us a real opportunity to build something better. To find out more, visit

DisabilityConfident
We are proud to be a and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required).