Team Manager - Standard (Social and Healthcare Qualified)

mbi Medical Ltd; Bradford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the healthcare sector is seeking a Team Manager in Bradford. The role involves overseeing social work practices and managing a team to ensure effectiveness and compliance with care standards. The successful candidate will coordinate services, develop skills within the team, and ensure quality delivery to meet statutory requirements.

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with relevant experience in team management.
• Strong understanding of social care standards and practice.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Chair multi-agency planning meetings for children and young people.
• Manage staff resources and ensure robust care plans are in place.
• Supervise and appraise staff to ensure professional development.

Skills

Leadership

Team Management

Performance Management

Quality Assurance

Education

Social Work Qualification

Job description

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Team Manager - Standard (Social and Healthcare Qualified), Bradford

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Client:

mbi Medical Ltd

Location:

Bradford, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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48

Posted:

24.06.2025

Expiry Date:

08.08.2025

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Job Description:

Chairing of multi agency planning meetings for children and young people, ensuring that partnership working takes place with other services, both internal and external to the Council, to deliver effective and co-ordinated plans, which respond to identified needs and/or risks.

Effectively allocate and manage staff resources using case management, review and allocation systems, to ensure that all cases have smart, outcome focused care plans that are regularly reviewed to avoid any drift.

Responsible for the supervision and appraisal of individual workers to ensure that appropriate professional social care standards of practice are met and that continuous professional development takes place and is embedded and recorded.

Monitor and manage team performance using performance management information and tools to ensure that performance against local and national targets is achieved and maintained.

Routinely quality assure and audit social work case records, assessments, plans and documentation to ensure that practice standards are being met and to support staff development and appraisal.

Undertake all elements of staff management including recruitment, progression, capability and absence in line with Corporate and Departmental policies and procedures.

Ensure that all statutory requirements with regard to social work practice and processes are met and that Departmental policies and procedures are adhered to and delivered in accordance with these.

Provide critical reflection, challenge and evidence-informed decision-making in complex situations for children on behalf of the Department, in line with delegated decision making authority. Support others in developing these capabilities, and finding their own solutions.

Promote positive approaches to diversity and identity within the team and across the department, providing guidance and challenge as required. Implementing policy developments and decision-making in line with the overall Service.

Participating in and observing front line practice when required.

Promote the use of evidence and theory to support best practice in complex and changing circumstance. Participate in the learning of the service, supporting and facilitating projects and events that lead to the development of operational practice.

Working in partnership with and understanding other services functions to ensure an effective and co-ordinated response to identified needs.

Making decisions on expenditure of money within Department guidelines set out by the Service Manager and maintaining effective monitoring systems for the same.

Ensuring that statutory requirements are met, that relevant policies and guidelines are adhered to and services delivered in accordance with these.

Ensuring that the needs of ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged groups are met.

To be responsible for the health and safety of staff, ensuring that statutory requirements are adhered to.