Service Team Manager DOLS and Safeguarding Hub

NHS; Maidenhead; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority council is seeking a knowledgeable and compassionate Service Team Manager to lead their Safeguarding and DoLS Hub. The ideal candidate will possess a degree in Social Work and significant experience in adult social care. This full-time, permanent role offers hybrid working and a salary of £53,296 - £58,286 per annum.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified Social Worker with registration.
• At least 3-5 years of experience in adult social care.
• Experience managing complex cases and mental capacity assessments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team managing statutory safeguarding duties.
• Promote resilience and reflective practice within staff.
• Collaborate with partners to uphold rights and wellbeing.

Skills

Leadership

Multi-agency collaboration

Complex case management

Safeguarding

Education

Degree in Social Work or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Join Our Adult Social Care Leadership Team - Champion Excellence in Safeguarding!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Service Team Manager to lead our Safeguarding and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Hub. We are recruiting a knowledgeable and compassionate Service Team Manager to lead our Safeguarding & DoLS Hub at the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (RBWM). This important role is central to delivering our Social Care Futures vision and ensuring that safeguarding responses are timely, proportionate, and person-centred.

This is a full-time, permanent role with hybrid working, and a salary of £53,296 - £58,286 per annum.

Details

Job locations: Town Hall, St Ives Road, Maidenhead, SL6 1RF

Contract: Permanent | Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Pay scheme: Very senior manager (VSM)

Reference number: F0032-25-0019

Responsibilities

• As Service Team Manager for the Safeguarding & DoLS Hub, you will lead a specialist team responsible for delivering statutory safeguarding duties and managing Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
• Provide visible, supportive leadership to staff, promoting resilience and reflective practice.
• Ensure robust oversight of safeguarding and DoLS processes, in line with the Care Act and Mental Capacity Act.
• Champion excellent practice around mental capacity across the service.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external partners to uphold individuals rights and wellbeing.
• Contribute to RBWM's strategic priorities: building inclusive, healthy communities, promoting prevention and choice, and delivering compassionate, high-quality services.

About us

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) is set in the wider county of Berkshire. The borough council is a unitary authority that takes pride in its exceptional team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about providing quality services to the community.

RBWM is a unique borough with opportunities due to its proximity to London and expanding business sectors, as well as being a major cultural and tourism area including Windsor Castle, Legoland and Ascot Racecourse.

Job responsibilities

It's a great time to join RBWM. We've started our transformation journey Living Well Together - a vision shaped by staff to help residents live well and enable our teams to work well together in a connected, compassionate, and forward-thinking environment. We are investing in new roles, new technology, and enhanced learning and development to support our teams and improve outcomes.

Our latest staff survey shows:

• 92% of colleagues feel their work is meaningful
• 87% say their line manager demonstrates the council's values

All staff videos are available to hear from our teams about what it's like to work here: Adult social care careers | Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Be a professionally qualified Social Worker holding either CQSW, DipSW, Degree in Social Work or equivalent
• Registered with Social Work England
• Substantial experience in adult social care (minimum 3-5 years, ideally including roles as a Senior Practitioner or Assistant Team Manager or Team Manager)
• Demonstrable experience in complex case management, including mental capacity assessments, safeguarding adults at risk and working with the Court of Protection
• Experience of performance management, staff supervision, appraisals and professional development
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in multi-agency settings (NHS, housing, voluntary sector) to achieve positive outcomes

Desirable

• PEPS 2 qualified and experienced practice educator (desirable)
• Qualified as a Best Interest Assessor (desirable)

Other

Disclosures and UK registration: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and the submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please review RBWM requirements.