Assistant Team Manager
(Adults with Learning Disabilities Team, South Tyneside)
£51,802 pa
Do you want to work for a forward-thinking council that is developing innovative approaches to meet our future challenges, focusing on People, Place and Partnerships?
Do you want to inspire, lead, and motivate social care staff to deliver Practice to be Proud of supporting us to improve outcomes for people?
Do you want to have a lead role in embedding our newly created Council PROUD values?
* Professional
* Respectful
* Open and Honest
* Understanding the needs of others
* Do what we say we will
Adopting a one team, collaborative approach demonstrating Adult Social Care and Commissioning workforce CARE behaviours:
* Curiosity
* Accountability
* Responsive
* Empowered
If you resonate with our values and behaviours, now is the time to consider joining us at South Tyneside Council.
About You:
* Qualified and professionally registered as a Social Worker with good knowledge of current legislation and regulations
* Focused on the customer
* Able to balance rights to self-determination and risks
* Innovative and inventive approach to meeting need
* Supportive staff manager able to lead, supervise, motivate, and develop individuals and teams
* Able to build links across services and communities to ensure safe, coordinated, and effective support provision
* Team player
About Us:
Adult Social Care is changing in South Tyneside. We are a forward-thinking Council that is developing innovative approaches to meet our challenges. With our Council Leadership and a recent service review, we have coproduced a new 5-year Vision and Strategy for Adult Social Care.
Working closely with all our partners, our vision is to see every person in South Tyneside with care and support needs “Living Better Lives”, to fully utilise their strengths and assets, to remain safe and well in the neighbourhoods and communities they call home.
Joining us at this time will ensure you are at the forefront of helping to develop and embed co-production and co-delivery, contributing to our ambitious plans to fully embed our strengths-based practice, improve services, and deliver better outcomes for the people of South Tyneside.
We remain fully committed to supporting our staff to grow and develop, and we will provide you with the opportunity to use your skills and learn new ones.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Nicola Price nicola.price@southtyneside.gov.uk.
We offer an excellent benefits package and further information is available here.
South Tyneside Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought along with other relevant pre-employment checks.
For those posts where there is a requirement to either work in or enter a Care Quality Commission Regulated Care Home (CQC), it would be preferred but optional that you have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (unless medically exempt) as a condition of employment.
Please note that if you apply for this role, all communication regarding your application will be sent to the email address that you have registered with North East Jobs; please ensure you check your junk mail.
Closing date: Noon, 28 March 2025.
Interviews for this post will take place on 17 April 2025. #J-18808-Ljbffr