The Role

We are looking to recruit two skilled, enthusiastic and dynamic Assistant Team Managers in the Richmond and Wandsworth Mental Health Social Care Teams. The Service works across two boroughs, one Assistant Team Manager role is based in Wandsworth, and the other is based in Richmond. The focus of the Social Care Teams is assessment and care management under the Care Act.

The Assistant Team Manager role supports the Team Manager in managing and leading the team, ensuring the delivery of a high quality, effective and efficient, person centred service for adults across both boroughs with mental health social care needs and their carers. The role involves supervising social workers and social care assessors within the team and also acting as a safeguarding adults manager (SAM). The Assistant Team Manager provides direction, maintains practice standards and promotes continuous professional development to social workers and social care assessors. The Assistant Team Manager will promote a strengths-based and enabling approach built on the Recovery Model.

To be successful in this role you will need to have:

•A Social Work professional qualification and current registration.

•Experience in a statutory social care or health setting.

•Experience in supervision, managing and motivating staff.

In addition, we offer a range of staff benefits such as Performance Related Pay, membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts at many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments. A wide range of developmental opportunities are also offered.

For an informal discussion please contact:

Amy Shardlow, Acting Service Manager, Acting Service Manager – Richmond & Wandsworth Mental Health Assessment and Case Management Teams and Substance Misuse on 020 8487 5070

Interview Date: Friday 26^th April       

Equality Statement:

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 pleased to be 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).

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Richmond and Wandsworth are currently reviewing our pay, reward and benefits framework, in partnership with Trade Union colleagues. We are developing different options that make sure we have a fair and transparent system in place.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils