Head Of Adult Social Care

Remedy Social Work; Ealing; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social services provider in the UK is seeking an experienced manager to lead and manage social work teams within Adult Social Services. The role involves ensuring quality service delivery, overseeing complex casework, managing budgets, and participating in strategic planning. Candidates should have a strong background in social work and management, with a commitment to equality and innovation.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing social work teams.
• Expertise in complex casework.
• Knowledge of legislative frameworks and social work practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Social Work and Team Managers.
• Provide expert guidance on operational matters.
• Manage allocated budgets and take remedial action.

Job description

Overview

• Lead and manage Social Work and Team Managers, Team Managers and their teams within Adult Social Services to ensure provision of a comprehensive, consistent, timely, quality, cost effective service to people using services and their family and other social contacts. To ensure that assessments are carried out and appropriate services are planned and delivered to meet the assessed need. To ensure that an appropriate emergency response is available to meet unplanned high-risk need.
• Provide expert guidance on complex casework and all operational matters.
• Undertake all management responsibilities within the framework of legislation, Guidance, policy, good practice and Social Work and Occupational Therapy research.
• Participate in the overall management of the service in the Adults Senior Management Team and the Operational Management Team, including ensuring effective business planning within a multi-agency partnership framework in relation to strategic planning and service delivery.
• Effectively manage allocated budgets and to take remedial action as required. To be responsible for those budgets in relation to Finance and Performance planning.
• Actively develop and support the equal opportunities, and anti-discriminatory practice, undertaking equality impact assessment to inform practice.
• Be an enterprising innovator and lead on new projects, playing a key role in design and development. To work across disciplines to establish multi agency systems delivering a consistent, relational, evidence based, model of practice for the Adults of the borough within budgetary constraints.

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance