Career opportunities Legacy Mentor

Team: Contracts and Compliance Team

Job Family: Advising - CBG12

Salary: £45,326 - £50,436 per annum pro rata

Hours: Full-time - 37 hours per week

Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month.

Contract Type: Hybrid - Fixed Term Contract / Secondment Opportunity until August 2028

Closing Date: 7th August 2026

Interview Date: W/C 17th August 2026

About the role:

We are looking for an experienced Adult Social Care professional to join Central Bedfordshire Council as a Legacy Mentor.

This is a unique opportunity for someone in the later stages of their career to make a lasting difference by supporting the next generation of Care Home Managers. The role is aligned to the NHS Legacy Mentor model and focuses on providing mentoring, coaching and practical guidance to newly appointed managers in the early stages of their career.

You will play a key role in strengthening leadership across the sector, supporting workforce development, improving retention, and contributing to high-quality care for residents across Central Bedfordshire.

What you will be doing

In this role, you will:

• Provide one-to-one mentoring and coaching to newly appointed Care Home Managers and learners on placement


• Support early-career professionals to develop confidence, capability and leadership skills


• Share your professional knowledge and experience to promote best practice in care settings


• Work collaboratively with colleagues, partners and placement support staff to ensure a consistent and high-quality learning experience


• Provide advice and support on managing workload, challenges and professional responsibilities


• Support staff undertaking relevant qualifications and development opportunities


• Promote wellbeing and provide pastoral support to mentees and colleagues


• Contribute to improving retention, particularly within the first two years of management roles


• Champion the Legacy Mentor role and share good practice across the organisation

About you

You will be:

• An experienced Adult Social Care professional, ideally with a background in care home management or a similar leadership role


• Passionate about supporting and developing others


• A strong communicator, able to build positive and effective working relationships


• Empathetic, patient and approachable, with a commitment to improving outcomes for residents


• Able to share knowledge and provide practical, real-world guidance


• Experienced in, or willing to develop skills in, coaching and mentoring


• Comfortable working collaboratively within a system-wide approach

Working for Central Bedfordshire Council means being part of a team that is committed to supporting residents, strengthening communities and developing our workforce.

We can offer you:

• The opportunity to make a meaningful and lasting impact on Adult Social Care


• A supportive and collaborative working environment


• Access to learning and development, including coaching and mentoring training


• Flexible working arrangements where possible


• A chance to share your expertise and leave a professional legacy

Our Offer

We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page

Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer.  We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.

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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.

Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.

For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Kamla Loi at [email protected] or call 0300 300 4458

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Safeguarding (For DBS posts only):

Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.  

To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.

Our National Careers Service team offer a free monthly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours.  Please book your place here.

More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council

All new starters will join us on a four‑month probationary period. During this time, if you are offered a Hybrid role you will be required to attend a Central Bedfordshire Council office location more frequently to support thorough and well‑supported onboarding into your role. Please keep this in mind if you anticipate extensive travel to Central Bedfordshire.