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Assistant Service Manager Hospital Social Work Team

Salary Range £47,354 - £57,381 (P05)

Full Time, Permanent

Location Wandsworth Town Hall

Objective of role  

Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity to progress your career and deliver on health and social care priorities?

Do you thrive working within and leading a fast paced, multi-disciplinary health and social care team?

We are recruiting an Assistant Service Manager to join our Wandsworth Hospital Team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone seeking to enhance their current skills and experience of leading and inspiring a team.

This team serves our Wandsworth residents on their journey out of any hospital that they are admitted to (excluding from St George’s Hospital). You will oversee the effective management of hospital discharges from acute and non-acute settings, and deliver effective risk management using knowledge of legislation and guidance in relation to hospital discharge and continuing health care. Working with several of our large London hospitals, we are supportive and have strong well-established links with our NHS colleagues and partners to facilitate safe and timely discharges from various hospital sites.

Work often involves responding to a change in circumstances, so the ability to think quickly, be decisive and act calmly is required.

About the role 

You will:

• Be an innovative and dynamic social care manager with experience of managing people
• Have strong supportive leadership with excellent communication skills
• Ability to embrace change, whilst maintaining quality practice and performance
• Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with Health partners and organisations
• Deliver effective risk management, with a clear knowledge of legislation and guidance in relation to hospital discharge and Continuing Health Care, to promote well-being and positive outcomes.

We can offer you:

• An open and supportive management structure
• Training opportunities to develop your career
• Supportive regular supervision
• Flexible working arrangements

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• A professional qualification in Social Work or Occupational Therapy and registration with SWE/HCPC.
• Experience and skills in managing people
• Leadership and Management training/qualification (or willing to undertake)

Closing Date:  27 April 2025 (23.59)

Shortlisting Date: 28 April 2025

Interview Date: 2 May 2025

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership 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. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. 

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan. 

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils