Location
Wembley

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£53,607

About the Role
An exciting opportunity for an experienced Deputy Team Manager to join our Customer Reviews Service within Adult Social Care. Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here. The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us. Within adult social care, the transformation agenda is focused not only on how we support our residents through strength-based practice and technology-enabled care, but to enable and empower our staff to realize their potential. The Deputy Team Manager will oversee our assessment and intervention team and review work that helps people to lead a life of their choice. We are a values-based employer looking for a high calibre Deputy Team Manager. You will be supported to excel and progress your career. You will join a committed and enthusiastic management team, supporting some of our most vulnerable and complex residents in Brent. As Deputy Team Manager, you will be leading a team of professionals, responding to those in need of social care support and taking appropriate interventions as required. You will be supported to enable positive risk-taking and innovative approaches that support residents to lead full and active lives. Our Adult Social Care Services here in Brent use a strength-based approach to promote the independence, interest and rights of our residents and their families. Across our Adult Social Care services, we strive to deliver a culture of working together, positive risk-taking and accountability. Our core aim is to support our residents to be influential active members of our community.

Experience
We are looking for experienced Deputy Team Managers who have demonstrated a high level of expertise in working with people with complex social care needs in the community, including significant knowledge and experience of Continuing Health Care.

About you
As Deputy Team Manager you will provide clinical and management supervision to the Advanced Practitioner and up to six Social Work practitioners. You will attend and contribute to multi-agency forums and develop and nurture relationships within the Local Authority and across partnership agencies. You will have a commitment to staff wellbeing and reflective practice. Your primary role will be to support the Team Manager to manage the team, with the assistance of the advanced social work practitioner. You will provide regular supervision and help to create a team culture of learning alongside attending leadership sessions to broaden your own practice knowledge. The ideal candidates will be dynamic and analytical in their approach and demonstrate the ability to manage competing demands and prioritise effectively to promote safe, positive and timely decisions for the residents of Brent. This role will need you to develop meaningful and purposeful social work practice and to continue Brent’s journey to in-bed strengths-based practice. Your role will also include contributing to developing practice within the team and providing mentoring to colleagues in the wider Assessment and Intervention Service.

Qualifications
You will need to be a qualified Social Worker, with significant post qualifying experience in a statutory Adult Social Care setting.