Team Manager - Barrhead Locality - ERN05975

East Renfrewshire Council; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in Scotland is seeking a qualified social worker to deliver operational services to adults and families. The successful candidate will manage staff, contribute to service development, and uphold standards in line with national legislation. Applicants must possess a professional social work qualification and demonstrate relevant experience. This role requires SSSC registration or eligibility to apply.

Qualifications

• Considerable social work experience required.
• SSSC registration or eligibility to apply needed.
• Experience in delivering operational social work services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver operational social work services to adults and families.
• Manage staff supervision, development, and leadership.
• Contribute to Adult Support and Protection initiatives.

Skills

Organisational skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Supervisory skills

Education

Professional social work qualification

Post registration management qualification

Job description

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Our vision within East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership is valuing what matters to the people of East Renfrewshire. We have recently embarked on a journey of improvement to redesign our services to ensure that the voices of people who use our services and their carers are at the heart of what we do. Our shift in our systems, practice and culture towards fully adopting outcomes based practice as being the founding principle of our work is to deliver better outcomes for people.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering operational social work services to adults and their families in line with national legislation and best practice guidance.

Responsibilities include: management, administration and development of operational social work services in accordance with national and local standards/policies; effective staff supervision, development and leadership, caseload weighting; contribution to Adult Support and Protection, planning for Adult services and supporting the ongoing implementation of local service redesign. Your work will reflect your knowledge of and commitment to Self Directed Support principles.

You will be involved in financial and other resource management, performance management and service development and will be expected to promote targeted interventions for adults and their families within our integrated model of health and social care. You will also support colleagues in the development of initiatives, plans, and policies related to high standards of service provision.

Applicants will hold a professional social work qualification and be able to demonstrate considerable social work experience. Previous supervisory experience, excellent organisational, analytical and communication skills and a post registration management qualification will be an advantage.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. It is an offence therefore to apply if you are barred from working with children and protected adults. In addition to this, if you have lived or worked in any country outside the UK in the past 10 years, there may be a requirement for an overseas police check.

This post requires Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) registration. You must currently have registration or eligibility to apply from commencement of employment (you must apply to register within the first 3 months of employment to ensure registration is complete within 6 months of starting in your role).

Please note – all applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences. Further information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work. East Renfrewshire Council does not provide Visa sponsorship.

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