Deputy Team Manager

Qualified Social Worker
Deputy Team Manager
Community Mental Health Team
Location: Greater Manchester
Pay rate:  £36 per hour

We are looking for experienced and passionate Social Work Deputy Team Manager  to join a dedicated Community Mental Health Team. You will be responsible for the day to day management of those cases for which you are the named worker.  Social Workers will intervene with legal and procedural authority to protect vulnerable people at risk of abuse or neglect; to help individuals, families and groups to sustain and develop their capacities for independent living and in complex situations to try to prevent or resolve conflict which may place individuals at risk. As part of this Community Mental Health Team, service have a passion for making a difference to our vulnerable adults. This role includes home working and time dedicated to working within the local authority.

Working in accordance with social care legislation and local government requirements, informed by the values and principles of social care; you will be supporting in the delivery of person centred, safe and effective social care services. Using your professional knowledge and experience you’ll make assessments and decisions about the most appropriate interventions. Applying your significant Social Work experience and excellent communication skills you’ll establish and maintain relationships with service users and other agencies to ensure services meet identified needs.

You’ll be committed to ensure positive and sustainable results of your interventions. Using best practice, you’ll strive to provide the best outcomes for children. Most importantly however, you’ll have a passion for supporting children and their families to ensure that they thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to be as efficient as possible.

Perfect candidate will be:

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
• Experienced in working with children and families including those from vulnerable groups.
• Creative, flexible and forward thinking in approach.
• Able to use excellent mediation and negotiation skills on behalf of service users.
• Highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them in assessments and plans
• Committed to providing our service users with a high-quality service
• Experienced in working in a multi-disciplinary, interagency basis
• 4 Years plus Qualified

In this role you will:

• Use skills, knowledge, and experience to make full assessment of risks protection and social care needs.
• Manage an agreed case load.
• Use specialist communication skills to achieve optimum outcomes for service users.
• Devise individual care plans, taking account of diversity and promoting dignity and empowerment.
• Offer advice and support to unqualified staff and students to assist development.

This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
• An easy registration process (all done online)
• Referral schemes and incentives
• Ongoing compliance managed for you
• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.

 
This role is ideally located for those travelling from Bolton, Bury , Oldham, Trafford, Ashton under Lyne, Macclesfield, Warrington, Wigan, Huddersfield, St Helen, Widnes, Altrincham,   Middleton, Urmston, Irlam, Stretford, Eccles,  Salford, Stockport, Longsight, Bradford, Chester, Runcorn, Wirral,  Rochdale, Liverpool, Skelmersdale,  Cheadle, Leigh, Blackburn, Preston, Partington, Manchester, Openshaw, Manchester, Northwich, Ellesmere Port, Tameside, Birkenhead, Wirral, Liverpool Wythenshawe.

We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this is not the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), MASH, Children Looked After, MASH, Safeguarding, Duty & Assessment,  Children in Need, Child protection,  EHCP, AMHP,  children in care, Vulnerable People, Children’s Social Work, Children with Disabilities, Fostering, youth justice practitioner,  Adult Social Work, Long Term, Mental Health,  Hospital Discharge,   Homeless Intervention, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.

Not looking right now? We also offer generous referral bonuses so please pass on to a colleague or friend who may be!