Our Vision
People are supported to live their largest life.
We will always be kind and compassionate, creative and bold in helping people achieve their hopes and dreams. People are at the heart of all we do and they will feel valued and have an equal voice in their care and support. We will always respect people’s strengths and support them to be connected to their communities.
If this resonates with your values and leadership style, we would love to hear from you.

About the Role
We are recruiting a Team Manager to lead our Upper Valley and North Halifax locality teams, providing leadership across our Older People and Physical Disability (OP/PD) pathways. This is a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality, person centred and strengths based practice in line with the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and Human Rights Act.

You will be responsible for:
•    Providing day to day operational leadership across two locality teams
•    Ensuring safe, proportionate and strengths based practice
•    Delivering high standards of supervision, decision making, and professional oversight
•    Leading safeguarding activity and ensuring Making Safeguarding Personal is embedded
•    Managing performance, quality, staffing and wellbeing
•    Working closely with partners across Health, VCSE and community organisations
•    Championing continuous improvement and supporting service development

Our locality model is central to Calderdale’s approach, placing practice closer to communities, strengthening relationships, and improving outcomes for adults and carers.
Why Now? A Service on a Strong Upward Path
Our recent CQC assessment recognised the quality of our leadership, culture and partnerships, and our ASCOF results include some of the strongest performance nationally. We know our strengths  and we also know exactly what we want to improve next. If you’re a leader who is excited by the challenge of taking a high performing service to the next level, this is a great moment to join us. 

What We’re Looking For
A Values Driven Leader
Someone who truly believes in strengths based, person centred practice and who places people’s voices at the centre of decision making. Someone who ensures dignity, respect and empowerment run through the team’s culture.

A Collaborative, System Minded Manager
You’ll work across communities, health services, voluntary organisations and internal teams to build strong, responsive support around people. You will understand the value of partnership and the importance of integrated working.

A Leader Who Brings Out the Best in Others
You will create the conditions for reflective practice, shared responsibility, professional curiosity and innovation. You will coach, guide and inspire your team and help them to grow.

Why Join Calderdale?
Service Development
You will have the opportunity to influence service redesign, test new approaches and shape local practice.

Career and Professional Development
We offer regular supervision, shared conversations, and development pathways including ILM 5 management qualifications, apprenticeships and national learning opportunities.

A Friendly, Inclusive Community
Our teams describe Calderdale as a place where colleagues are supportive, kind and connected. We celebrate diversity and want our workforce to reflect the communities we serve.

A Range of Benefits
Including a generous leave offer, excellent pension, discounted travel and leisure, salary sacrifice schemes, wellbeing support, local business discounts and more.

How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via our online recruitment portal.
Please ensure your supporting statement clearly demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria.

Closing Date: Sunday 24th May 2026 at midnight. 
Shortlisting: Monday 25th May 2026. 
Interviews: Will be held in person on Monday 1st June 2026 at Princess Buildings in Halifax. 

For an informal and confidential discussion about this role, please contact:
Alex Townsend, Service Manager
Telephone: Desk 01422 393613 | Mobile 07546 760714
Email: Alex.Townsend@calderdale.gov.uk 

As part of our Vision (https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/vision/) we aim to be a talented, resilient and inclusive community. We welcome applications from all and offer a variety of flexible working / job share opportunities.

On 30 January 2019, the Council declared a climate emergency in a bold move to step up its action to tackle climate change.

Calderdale Council embraces the positive benefits of a diverse workforce and we are committed to providing an environment that is inclusive. We encourage applications from people who share our commitment to challenge inequality and promote diversity across Calderdale. We particularly welcome applications from communities that are currently under-represented in our organisation. All applications are anonymised before being seen by the selection panel.

As part of our fair recruitment process, we ask that all applications are written by the candidate and that Artificial Intelligence (AI) use is limited, unless assistance is required as a reasonable adjustment for a disability. Content should be truthful, accurate, evidence based and not embellished – see guidance.