Deputy Team Manager – All Age Disability
£42,403 - £44,428
As a Deputy Team Manager in Adult Social Care Operation Service you will provide line management to team members including qualified Social Workers. You will have a fundamental role in the safeguarding of some of the most vulnerable people in Kirklees and will have a role in safeguarding processes according to protocol. You will provide support to the Team Manager to ensure the smooth running and effective management of the team and will be responsible for the team in the Team Manager’s absence. As Deputy Team Manager you will make recommendations in relation to support packages and authorise in the Team Manager’s absence to an agreed level. You will support the Team Manager with the management of budgets through effective monitoring.
You will support your team to adopt enabling approaches and appropriate levels of intervention keeping them to a minimum where required to facilitate individuals independence and positive risk taking as far as possible; providing advice, guidance and challenge where appropriate.
You will have:
- Substantial post qualifying experience in a relevant setting.
- The ability to manage resources within budget.
- Experience of providing support / mentoring to less experienced colleagues.
- Undertaken some management training or ability to demonstrate equivalent competencies.
- An understanding of relevant legislation and government agendas and the implications for practice.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety principles.
You must hold a Social Work England recognised professional Social Work Qualification and have evidence that you be registered with the SWE.
Travel is an essential part of this job and therefore it would be extremely difficult for you to do your job effectively if you did not use a car for all or most of the time. It is essential that you hold a full and valid driving licence and it is expected that you will either use a Council vehicle or your own car.
If you are internal and want to apply for this job as a secondment you must be a substantive employee of the Council with over 6 months continuous service and have successfully completed your probation period.
Applications for secondments will only be accepted if approved by your manager, you will be asked to confirm on your application form that you have the relevant permission. If you are refused permission to apply for a secondment, please contact HR Recruitment to register the refusal.
14 February 2021, 11:55 PM
Important Information
This vacancy is closed to applications.