Social Work - Team Manager

Newcastle City Council; North East; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government authority in North East England is seeking a Team Manager for its Learning Disability and Autism team. This role involves managing social workers, ensuring quality service delivery, and promoting the welfare of vulnerable individuals. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in the field and be committed to innovative practices. This is a fixed-term position for 2 years, working 3 days per week with a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Dynamic and innovative individual required.
• Experience working with vulnerable populations preferred.
• Must be committed to protecting welfare of vulnerable adults.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of social workers.
• Ensure effective service delivery in Learning Disability and Autism team.
• Provide guidance and professional supervision to team members.

Skills

Experience with learning disabilities

Knowledge of Court of Protection proceedings

Team management

Collaboration with health and education sectors

Job description

Fixed Term for 2 years

3 days per week



We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, highly motivated Team Manager who is interested in joining our Learning Disability and Autism team.



This is a fixed term, 3 day post. You must be a dynamic, innovative, and committed person, ideally with experience of working with people with learning disability and /or autism.



The post holder will be expected to jointly manage a team of social workers and work alongside the management team to deliver effective, responsive services. Due to the complex nature of the work the role requires the team manager to have knowledge of Court of Protection proceedings and to work closely with key partners across health, education, housing and the community and voluntary sector.



You would receive a warm welcome if you joined the Learning Disability and Autism Team at Newcastle City Council.



We are using the innovative Newcastle 3 conversations model to enable our Social Workers to have open and interesting conversations with people and families who need our support, and with our colleagues and partners to foster collaboration to make things happen, so that we can be useful for people and help them improve their lives.



The team manager will be responsible for overseeing this work, providing appropriate guidance, support and professional supervision to team members.



We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is working in regulated activity. If you are successful we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a check to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information and we will check the barred list(s). It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity.



Apply online atwww.northeastjobs.org.uk, select 'Apply Now' and complete our online application form. Before completing the form please ensure you read the supporting documents.



Any communication sent to you regarding your application will be sent to the email address you have set up on your Northeast Jobs account, so you will need to ensure that you check your inbox.