First Team Manager

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The closing date is 28 January 2026

The Home First Team Manager is responsible for the effective day-to-day operation of the Home First service.

This includes leading a multidisciplinary team of assessors, community support workers, and administrative staff to ensure the safe and timely delivery of person‑centred care that supports recovery and promotes independence at home.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom. If you feel you qualify for sponsorship via a discounted salary threshold, please contact us via  quoting the vacancy reference number and how you feel you qualify for a discounted salary threshold.

Oversee the planning and coordination of staff rotas, ensuring appropriate deployment of support workers and assessors across the locality to meet service demands.

Monitor service delivery to ensure it aligns with Home First priorities and complies with CQC standards, organisational procedures, and national regulatory framework.

Hold responsibility for the management of a defined caseload, ensuring timely assessments, support planning, and discharge coordination.

Provide direct line management to Band 5 and Band 4 Home First Assessors, community‑based support workers, and admin staff, ensuring they are well‑supported, supervised, and developed in line with service expectations.

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent.

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission.

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both.

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Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.

Job responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non‑EU country) to proceed with your application.

We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via  quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

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