Adults Social Work Team Manager – Learning Disabilities Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Adults Social Work Team Manager to join a well-established Adults service based in Cambridge. 

Team/Specialism: Learning Disabilities

Pay Rate: £40 per hour (assignment rate)

Contract: Locum, 3-Months

Hours: Full-time 

Benefits of working for Global Healthcare Jobs:

• Fully online and paperless registration service
• Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
• Exclusive access to fully managed service social work projects (some outside IR35) with high rates of pay, flexible working, support from experienced social work practitioners, accommodation assistance (if applicable), retention bonuses (if applicable) and extensive equipment provided.
• Revalidation/registration renewal based on length of service
• £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
• Find your own job bonus – Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience recruiting to social work roles (public & private sector)
• Daily payroll and in-house payroll system
• Access to our online career’s hub

Duties:

• Be accountable and provide effective leadership, development and management of the Assessment and Care Management Services within Adult Social Care, ensuring the highest possible quality of service is delivered within the resources available to both vulnerable adults and Carers
• Ensure that all services support the principles of personalisation and self-directed support ensuring the health, safety and well-being of vulnerable individuals and the wider population, whilst enabling people to retain their independence, control, and dignity in line with national requirements and local needs
• Hold the lead responsibility for staff, teams, and services, within Adult Social Care operational activity, which included locality social work teams, working in close partnership with Health to deliver place-based care through integrated neighbourhoods
• Lead, develop and directly manage the performance and delivery of high quality, effective and efficient Adult Social Care teams that respond to the needs of adults and carers with emerging needs, as well as those who are assessed as requiring a statutory assessment and provision of support in line with The Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act (2005), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, local and national, policy and guidance
• Responsibilities in relation to the assessment and provision of specialist health services
• Holds the key responsibility for managing the delivery of high-quality professional practice in line with legislative frameworks, policies, and standards, ensuring that statutory, national and local performance targets are met
• Responsible for the management of risk; this includes management of individual risk through safeguarding of vulnerable adults and organisational risk in terms of the standard of service delivery
• Provide management advice and leadership which includes casework decisions and decisions across services to ensure capacity is utilised to meet needs equitably across the locality
• Lead using data to understand individual, team and service performance and utilise the data to improve the timeliness and responsiveness of individuals, teams, and services, always striving to improve the customer experience and journey

Requirements of the Team Manager:

• Recognised degree level qualification in Social Work or equivalent Health subject dependent on team
• Current Social Work England registration
• Significant frontline experience in Adults Services
• Be aware of the responsibilities to maintain a safe and healthy environment for visitors and staff
• Relevant post graduate qualification

Contact:

This Team Manager job is advertised by Rihana Chowdhury; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.