The Role

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit an experienced, qualified, SWE registered Assistant service Manager (ASM) to join our Joint Reviews Team.

The team consists of an ASM, Senior Social Workers, Social Workers and Social Care Assessors who provide a holistic, personalised, strength-based service to residents over the age of 18 who have physical disabilities and older people with physical and mental health disabilities.

The role of Assistant Service Manager primarily supports the Service Manager in managing and leading a team to provide a high quality, effective and efficient social care services to adults and their carers.

The team operates across Richmond and Wandsworth with the main office base being in the Wandsworth Town Hall complex.

Your primary duties will include:

• To facilitate service user choice and empowerment through promoting independence and strength-based practice to enable residents to maintain their independence and local community connections for as long as safely possible.
• To assist with the management of budgets, ensuring that processes and procedures are carried out in a timely and effective way within available resources.
• To undertake statutory intervention when people are at risk or may be neglected or abused. This will include chairing Section 42 Safeguarding Adults Enquiries.
• To provide operational and motivational leadership of staff, promoting a positive working environment with the primary aim of delivering high quality services.
• To provide regular, formal professional supervision for practitioners within the team being mindful of both Council’s Policies and Procedures, legislation, and Professional Standards.
• To provide leadership and direction for the team on a daily basis, ensuring a positive team culture and the provision of high quality, person-centred interventions, and services, based on the chosen outcomes and aspirations of the adult or carer concerned.
• To complete carers assessments and reviews.
• To manage the team’s performance to achieve the Department’s vision.

You will:

• Continuously seek better value for money while meeting resident’s outcomes at lower cost and promoting independence.
• Have the interests of residents and service users at heart, and ensuring they receive the highest standards of service provision.
• Take a team approach that values collaboration and partnership working.
• Have knowledge of current developments in relevant legislation, national guidance and frameworks and how to access more detailed information when necessary, including the local authority’s responsibility to safeguard adults at risk.
• Be able to make rapid judgments, at times in emergencies.

To apply for this role please submit your CV and an expression of interest detailing how you meet the requirements of the role. Your expression of interest should be no longer than 2 sides of A4.

We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working including working from home and compressed hours. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore.

In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of staff benefits such as membership of the Local Government pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts with many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.

Indicative Recruitment Timeline

Closing Date:  23rd January 2022

Shortlisting Date: 24th/25th January 2022

Interview Date: TBC

Useful Information: The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Please note that the advertised dates for interviews may change due to the current Covid-19 situation. If they do, we will let you know as soon as possible.

Your health and wellbeing is our top priority. Should you become unwell due to Covid-19 during the recruitment process we would very much appreciate receiving an update from you as soon as possible.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Important Information: This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

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