Social Work Team Manager – Mental Health Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Adult Mental Health Team to work full time based in Hillingdon.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £54,873 per annum

Main duties:

• Model and promote the social work role, using critical reflective skills in managing and supervision to enhance team practice.
• Effectively manage operational resources, including scheduling of employees and absence management.
• Ensure caseloads are allocated and managed within agreed departmental levels.
• Contribute to the deliver of all department service and team performance plans.
• Ensure all agreed Safeguarding procedures are in place, including adherence to the Local Safeguarding Board’s Safer Recruiting policy.
• Facilitate effective communication across team of key council, department and service messages.
• Promote and ensure team knowledge of the Professional Capabilities Framework.
• Monitor and implement the Standards for Employers of Social Workers within own area.
• To maintain and develop key relationships and networks with colleagues, partnership agencies and other stakeholders.
• To chair professional and multi-agency meetings as required.
• To represent the council at court and provide expert advice and support to social work employees as required.
• Maintain a safe working environment, meeting the obligations of the Health & Safety at Work At and other key legislation. Maintain knowledge of the council’s Health & Safety management system requirments and conducting risk assessments and maintaining records as required.
• Utilise key systems and tools including; Protocol, Oracle Financials, HR Self-Service, MyFirstCare absence management, H&S risk assessment and incident reporting.
• To be accountable for the practice and development of team members and ensure practice supervision and performance appraisals are conducted.
• To support, mentor and coach team members to enhance the quality of practice.
• To support and manage change as needed within the area of responsibility.

Requirements of this Team Manager job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Continual professional development.
• Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Team Manager is advertised by Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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.