Assistant Team Manager - Let's Talk Team

South Tyneside Council; North East; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local governmental organization in the North East is seeking a Social Work Manager to lead the Let’s Talk Team. The role focuses on delivering high-quality, person-centered support, ensuring effective safeguarding practices, and facilitating connections to appropriate services. Candidates must be qualified social workers with a proactive and collaborative approach. This position offers an initial 12-month fixed term and is essential to improving community welfare.

Qualifications

• Professionally registered as a Social Worker.
• Good knowledge of current legislation and regulations.
• Able to balance rights to self-determination and risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Let’s Talk Team.
• Ensure robust safeguarding processes.
• Collaborate with partner services for timely support.
• Support continuous service improvement.

Skills

Social Work Registration

Safeguarding Knowledge

Team Leadership

Innovative Problem Solving

Collaboration Skills

Education

Degree in Social Work

Job description

Overview

Do you want to work for a forward-thinking council that is developing innovative approaches to meet our future challenges, focusing on People, Place and Partnerships? Do you want to inspire, lead and motivate social care staff to deliver Practice to be Proud of supporting us to improve outcomes for people? Do you want to have a lead role in embedding our Council PROUD values?

Our values

• Professional
• Respectful
• Open and Honest
• Understanding the needs of others
• Do what we say we will
• Curiosity
• Accountability
• Responsive
• Empowered

Role overview

Adopting a one team, collaborative approach demonstrating Adult Social Care and Commissioning workforce CARE behaviours. South Tyneside Council is seeking someone to work alongside the Team Manager to provide robust leadership and management of our Let\'s Talk Team based in Clarendon, Hebburn. This is initially a 12-month fixed-term post. The Let\'s Talk Team is the single point of contact into Adult Social Care in South Tyneside and the first point of communication for members of the public and professionals. You will work with the team to ensure people are supported in the most proportionate way to meet their needs, and to embed good practice, and you will have close links to services in the local areas which are available to enable the Let\'s Talk Team to connect people to the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Let\'s Talk Team to deliver high-quality, person-centred support
• Ensure robust safeguarding, risk assessment, and care coordination processes
• Collaborate with Adult Social Care, Commissioning and partner services to connect people to the right support in a timely manner
• Support continuous service improvement and embed good practice across the team

Qualifications and requirements

• Qualified and professionally registered as a Social Worker and have a good knowledge of current legislation and regulations
• Focused on the person
• Able to balance rights to self-determination and risks
• Innovative and inventive approach to meeting need
• Supportive staff manager able to lead, supervise, motivate, and develop individuals and teams
• Able to build links across services and communities to ensure safe, coordinated, and effective support provision
• Team player

About South Tyneside Council

Adult Social Care is changing in South Tyneside. We are a forward-thinking Council that is developing innovative approaches to meet our challenges. Focusing on People, Place and Partnerships, this is a great time to join us. Working closely with all our partners our vision for the future is to see every person in South Tyneside with care and support needs "Living Better Lives", to fully utilise their strengths and assets, to remain safe and well; in the neighbourhoods and communities they call home. We want to work with all our partners to ensure the person only needs to tell their story once and that they have equal voice in co-ordinating their care and support. We understand promoting the importance of social justice and inclusion, respecting people\'s rights, citizenship and participation.