Social Care Welfare Rights Team Manager South

East Midlands Councils/East Midlands Jobs; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Derbyshire County Council's Welfare Rights Service is seeking a part-time Team Manager to lead the Social Care Team focused on the south of the county. You will work with the north team to deliver a consistent welfare benefits service and oversee casework, advice, and representation for social care clients.

You will provide day-to-day line management, supervision, and professional support, coordinate referrals and workload, and drive service improvement through analysis of performance where

Qualifications

• Significant welfare benefits experience.
• Experience in managing and supervising a team.
• Ability to develop staff and maintain high standards within a quality framework.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day line management and supervision of allocated staff.
• Coordinate referrals, workload allocation and team meetings across the county.
• Monitor service performance, quality of advice and casework to ensure timely welfare benefits support.
• Build and maintain relationships with social care, finance and deputyship colleagues to strengthen referral pathways.
• Lead on practice development and contribute to service planning and improvement.

Skills

Welfare benefits knowledge

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Partnership working

Team management

Job description

Derbyshire County Council's Welfare Rights Service is seeking a part-time Team Manager to lead the Social Care Team focused on the south of the county. You will work with the north team to deliver a consistent welfare benefits service and oversee casework, advice, and representation for social care clients.

You will provide day-to-day line management, supervision, and professional support, coordinate referrals and workload, and drive service improvement through analysis of performance where