Adults Social Work Team Manager - Learning Disabilities Team

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews 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 Sanctuary Personnel:

• Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
• Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
• Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
• Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
• Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a friend and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many friends you can refer.
• Professional Development: Working as a locum provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.

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.

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