Team Manager

Job Description

Job Details

As Social Work Team Manager within Adult Services, you’ll lead a locality-based team to deliver high quality, person centred statutory social work services for adults and their carers. You will be accountable for safe decision making, effective risk management and consistent professional standards across the team, ensuring people receive timely assessment, support planning and review that improves outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible leadership and oversight across the team, setting clear expectations and supporting a culture of reflective, strengths based practice.
• Ensure assessment, care management and review activity is completed to a high standard and within required timescales, with a focus on outcomes and proportionate, least restrictive interventions.
• Formally chair Adult Support and Protection (ASP) case conferences, Adults with Incapacity (AWI) case conferences and other multi agency professional meetings, ensuring clear analysis, risk management planning, agreed actions and robust recording of defensible decisions.
• Provide regular supervision, coaching and quality assurance, including oversight of complex casework and performance against service priorities.
• Work collaboratively with health colleagues, providers and partner agencies to support safe hospital discharge, prevention of admission, and community based supports.
• Manage and develop the team’s workforce capacity, including workload allocation, sickness absence management and support for learning and development.
• Contribute to service improvement and change activity, supporting implementation of local and strategic priorities across Fife Health and Social Care Partnership.
• Be based within the Cupar adult locality area and attend Fife office locations and partner settings as required for operational leadership, meetings and practice oversight.

The Person

• You will be a qualified Social Worker with relevant professional registration and significant post qualifying experience in adult social work services. You will be able to demonstrate strong leadership, sound professional judgement and a commitment to high quality, rights based and person centred practice.
• Experience of supervising, supporting and developing staff, including effective workload management and performance conversations.
• Demonstrable knowledge and application of relevant legislation and guidance, including Adult Support and Protection (ASP) and Adults with Incapacity (AWI), with the ability to chair and contribute to associated forums.
• Ability to assess and manage risk, make defensible decisions and provide clear professional oversight of complex casework.
• Strong partnership working skills, with experience of working effectively alongside health colleagues and other agencies to plan and coordinate safe, timely interventions.
• Excellent communication, recording and report writing skills, with confidence presenting professional views at multi agency meetings.
• A full driving licence and the ability to travel across Fife as required.

Additional Requirements

• Prior to confirmation, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland.
• As this role requires SSSC registration, the successful applicant will have three months to apply for registration and must complete the requirement within six months of appointment. Any additional qualification needed for maintaining SSSC membership will also be required within the specified timeframe.

Benefits

Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.