About The Service
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified team manager to work within Cardiff Adult Services.This role will manage social work teams in the community, working with people over the age of eighteen with eligible care and support needs. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to actively develop and shape the service alongside the Service Manager to support best practice and to deliver professional and expert services to the citizens of Cardiff.
You will manage a progressive team using a strength based approach to your practice, working with people to promote and maximise independent living. We pride ourselves on the quality of our interventions and the support we provide to our staff members. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being of citizens and we welcome applications from those who share the same commitments and who can lead and manage teams to embed this culture.
Our systems and technology enable and promote agile and flexible working .
About the job
We are seeking to recruit two Team Managers, who will manage our Community Social work teams. These teams work across the communities of Cardiff. The role will be responsible working alongside the Service Manager and colleagues to shape the future delivery model, and developing the services practice, and procedures. The teams will deliver strength-based practice, and our development is underpinned by the Councils commitment to its Ageing Well Strategy and to working effectively with those with physical and sensory impairments. You will be working in partnership with colleagues across the Council, Health, the private sector, and the Third Sector. As a service area we thrive on multidisciplinary working a collaborative approach with citizens, unpaid carers, families, and colleagues. Proven experience of collaborative relationships with partnerships, and colleagues is required.
You will have experience of managing social care teams, and expertise in ensuring that teams work effectively to manage complex systems in a timely and professional way. You will have experience of leading and managing staff in Social Work practice, providing consistent and effective supervision to senior social workers, and ensuring that supervision is provided. You will work alongside Team Manager colleagues and the Service Manager using data and information and be able to manage and plan in an expansive service.
You will have experience of commissioning care and financial management of a Team budget and understand the importance of a consistent and clear approach to care services for citizens.
What We Are Looking For From You
We are keen to recruit experienced staff with management experience to our service area. We are looking for people who are committed to putting our citizens at the heart of the work that we do and to develop teams and a service that focuses on a professional and compassionate response to our citizens.
• You will be qualified as a social worker and be registered with Social Care Wales.
• You will have extensive experience of complex and straightforward case management and an understanding of how to manage colleagues through demanding case work.
• You will have a sound knowledge of the legislative framework in governing the social care arena and be able to support and guide team members as well as providing guidance for colleagues in the Council and other partners.
• You will be able to understand the work of the service, deploy staff appropriately and be able to ensure the service is best placed to continue its work anticipating and managing challenges.
• You will understand and use data to report to the Service Manager about team workflow and the services provided to our citizens.
• You will have developed excellent organisation skills to ensure that your team operates successfully and that you maintain all corporate requirements.
• You will be committed to a strength-based approach in social work and will encourage and develop that approach in the service area ensuring a foundation and structure that supports practice.
• You will be committed to encouraging staff to undertake training, peer support sessions and supervision and will promote this in the service.
• You will be able to evidence experience of working in a pressured environment. Your experience has developed your ability to be calm and approachable able to manage through challenge and demands.
Additional information
If you would like to discuss the above vacancies further then please contact:-
• Lisa Wood, Community Social Work Services, Adult Services. On telephone number 02920 536422 or email LiWood@cardiff.gov.uk.
These posts are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced checks and are suitable for post share.
This post has a requirement for registration with Social Care Wales.
This post attracts a market supplement of £3000 full time equivalent. This payment is reviewed on a 12 monthly basis.
Adult safeguarding and child protection are key priorities of the council, and we aim to support children and adults to ensure they are as safe as they can be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and adults and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and adults have the right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the council and all schools.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
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