Team Manager - Review & Reassessment Team

Southampton City Council; Southampton; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local government pension (15.2%)

Holiday allowance 25–34 days

Flexible working options

Training and development

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work

Death in service benefit

Volunteer days

Job summary

Southampton City Council is seeking a Team Manager to establish and lead a new Review and Reassessment Team within Adult Social Care. You will provide direction, supervision and oversight of workloads, risk, quality and performance, drawing on your registered social work expertise.

You will balance pace with quality, provide professional judgement, and promote a positive culture of accountability, learning and continuous improvement across the team and partners.

Qualifications

• Be a registered Social Worker with strong leadership experience.
• Experience delivering strengths-based reviews and supervising teams.
• Proven ability to balance pace with quality and professional judgement.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the new Review and Reassessment Team.
• Provide clear operational direction, supervision and oversight of workloads, risk, quality and performance.
• Develop staff through coaching and mentoring and foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

Registered Social Worker

Operational leadership

Workflow management

Quality assurance

Performance oversight

Education

Social Work degree

Job description

Join Southampton’s New Review and Reassessment Team

Southampton Adult Social Care is at an important point in its improvement journey. We are strengthening our operational practice, reducing delays and creating a more responsive and sustainable service for Southampton residents.

As part of this work, we are establishing a new Review and Reassessment Team. The team will ensure that people receive timely, proportionate and meaningful reviews of their care and support, with a clear focus on what matters to them, what has changed and how we can help them maintain or regain independence.

This is about much more than completing reviews. It is an opportunity to help shape a new team, strengthen the quality and consistency of social work practice and demonstrate the difference that purposeful reviews and reassessments can make to people, carers and the wider Adult Social Care system.

The opportunity

The team will work with people across Adult Social Care to:

• undertake timely, strengths-based reviews and reassessments;
• ensure care and support plans remain appropriate and outcome-focused;
• identify changes in need, circumstances or risk and respond promptly;
• promote independence, choice and connection to family and community;
• apply the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and safeguarding responsibilities confidently;
• work collaboratively with carers, providers and partner organisations;
• make proportionate, evidence-based and financially responsible decisions; and
• contribute learning and insight to the wider improvement of Adult Social Care.

The team will support Southampton’s commitment to providing a high-quality service that is easy to navigate, developing a confident and competent workforce and ensuring services are fair, sustainable and flexible.

About the role

As Team Manager, you will establish and lead the new team, providing clear operational direction, high-quality supervision and effective oversight of workloads, risk, quality and performance.

You will be an experienced registered Social Worker and confident operational leader who can balance pace with quality, support sound professional judgement and create a positive culture of accountability, learning and continuous improvement. The role requires strong skills in workflow management, quality assurance, performance oversight, staff development and partnership working.

What we can offer you:

Salary: The salary band for this role is £54,143 - £60,807. The starting salary is £54,143 with annual progression through the salary bands.

Here at SCC we have a range of different benefits, a few examples can be found below.

• Excellent local government pension with 15.2% employer contribution
• Generous holiday 25–34 days, based on role and service
• Flexible working options (role-dependent)
• Family-friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependents
• Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
• Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
• Veteran-friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
• Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
• Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
• Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans
• Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)
• Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days leave to volunteer

For further information on our benefits package please visit Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk)

Contact details for informal discussion:

For further information and details regarding the role, please contact Jessica Wheale, Head of Strategic Recovery at [e-mail] or Hannah Balzaretti, Director of Adult Social Care at [e-mail]

Recruitment contact details:

Email: [e-mail]
Tel: [phone]