Team Manager - Adults Social Care – London

Team Manager - Adults Social Care – London- 41.34 per hour

Job Title: Team Manager (PO7)

Job Type: Temporary

Job Category: Adult social Care

Category: Social And Healthcare qualified

Region: South-east

Location: London

Hours per week: 35 Hours

Salary: £41.34 (UC)

Salary Description: Regular

Posted: 29/03/2023

Start: 9:00

End: 17:30

Job Reference: 856964

Social Work Choice UK is excited to bring you a role where the council is committed to making the borough fairer by creating opportunities for everyone to reach their potential and enjoy a good quality of life. They aim to be the best council in the country, with employees playing a key role in achieving this goal by embracing the values and behaviours of the council, which include CARE, collaboration, ambition, resourcefulness, and empowerment. The council is also committed to challenging inequality, racism and injustice and creating a fairer environment for all by embracing differences, providing equitable working environments, and understanding the residents' needs. The Team Manager role will provide overall operational management for a multi-disciplinary team of social workers and support workers/advisers to achieve the council's vision of maximizing independence, managing demand, and balancing the budget while promoting a strengths-based approach. The post holder will also play a key role in implementing corporate initiatives, ensuring legal, regulatory, and policy compliance, managing budgets, and developing and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Main Responsibilities

• Drive positive cultural change and promote council values

• Ensure staff reach their full potential through an effective performance and development framework

• Lead on corporate initiatives and transformation programmes

• Represent the service in senior level meetings and deputise for head of service

• Model a strengths-based approach in supporting staff and interacting with colleagues

• Lead the team towards prevention, early intervention, and reduced need practices

• Use negotiation and influencing skills with stakeholders to develop productive relationships.

• Ensure effective financial management, cost controls, and income maximization

• Ensure commissioned packages are cost-effective and focused on recovery

• Ensure legal, regulatory, and policy compliance

• Respond to member inquiries, complaints, etc.

• Implement Departmental quality assurance programs and audits

• Maintain service criteria and uphold dignity for all policies

• Adhere to Social Work England standards of conduct and ethics

• Lead and develop the team's operational management and objectives

• Implement risk assessment and safeguarding processes

• Develop key operational and performance reports

• Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders

• Work across adult social care and other Council services

• Ensure staff is well managed and work according to operating procedures

• Foster a culture of continuous learning and collaboration

• Set ambitious practice standards and promote strengths-based conversations

• Provide professional supervision to Senior Social Workers and other professions within the team.

Qualification

• Diploma or Degree in Social Work

• Needs relevant management/supervision qualifications

• Enhanced satisfactory clearance from DBS

• Extensive knowledge of the issues affecting young people with additional needs, the skills to support staff to manage these complex transitions across multiple services effectively.

Experience:

• Senior experience in statutory public sector services working with people who have a range of social care needs and their family/carers.

• Experience of delivering services to people with differing and diverse needs in an urban Local Authority/Borough

• Experience of managing change within a fast-paced, resident-facing, statutory service

• Experience of developing effective strategic partnerships, internal and external, including working with external providers, NHS, GPs, Emergency Services and the voluntary and community sector

• Significant experience in leading multi-disciplinary teams including supporting qualified and non-qualified staff to develop and excel and supporting the development of strong teamwork and relationships across the team.

Benefits to you

• Good pay rate

• Supportive team and management

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Deadline to apply 5th April 2023.

Please contact us if you need any further information about this role on 020 3488 9350