Locality Team Manager - Adult Social Care Leader

Quid, Inc.; Devon and Torbay; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS and compliance service

Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’

Refer a Friend bonus – £500

Find your own job bonus – £250

Liquid-exclusive social work training

Dedicated consultant with extensive sw

Job summary

Liquid Personnel represents a Devon-based client seeking an experienced Team Manager to lead the Adult Social Care Locality Team, overseeing social workers and practitioners to deliver person-centred practice, safeguarding, and complex case management.

You will drive practice quality, support staff development, manage workloads and budgets, and partner with health and community services to secure positive outcomes for adults in care.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in social work at MA/BA/BSc level or equivalent.
• Registration with Social Work England.
• Significant post-qualification experience in Adult Social Care including leadership, supervision, or management.
• Strong knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Adult Safeguarding legislation and guidance.
• Experience overseeing safeguarding, Section 42 enquiries and complex risk management.
• Experience managing teams, supervising staff, allocating workloads, and developing staff.
• Experience undertaking practice audits, quality reviews, and preparing cases for funding or decision-making panels.
• Multi-agency collaboration with health services, care providers, partner agencies, citizens and carers.
• Excellent leadership, negotiation, report-writing, complaint handling, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and drive service delivery in a demanding environment.

Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day leadership and management of the Locality Team, ensuring high standards of professional practice and service delivery.
• Supervising, supporting, and developing Social Workers and Adult Social Care staff through supervision and professional development.
• Allocating work across the team, ensuring workloads are appropriate and priorities are met.
• Overseeing Care Act assessments, reviews, support planning, and complex case management.
• Providing safeguarding oversight and ensuring compliance with legislation and local procedures.
• Supporting staff with complex decision-making, risk management and professional judgement.
• Ensuring Mental Capacity Assessments and Best Interest decisions are completed per MCA 2005.
• Undertaking practice quality reviews and preparing cases for forums and funding panels.
• Monitoring the quality of assessments, reviews, reports and support plans.
• Collaborating with health partners, providers, housing services and community organisations for integrated support.
• Responding to complaints and service issues professionally.
• Contributing to service improvement and best practice across Adult Social Care.
• Monitoring performance, quality assurance, and service objectives to ensure value for money.
• Maintaining oversight of budgets and commissioned services.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Supervision

Communication

Budget awareness

Education

MA/BA/BSc in Social Work or equivalent

Job description

Liquid Personnel represents a Devon-based client seeking an experienced Team Manager to lead the Adult Social Care Locality Team, overseeing social workers and practitioners to deliver person-centred practice, safeguarding, and complex case management.

You will drive practice quality, support staff development, manage workloads and budgets, and partner with health and community services to secure positive outcomes for adults in care.