About the Role
and our Ideal Candidate
Join Adult Social Care as an Assistant Team Manager (Learning Disabilities) and if new to the department, receive a generous Welcome Bonus of £* (subject to pay scale), paid in your first month's salary. With a total package of up to £57, including bonuses and benefits, this is an excellent opportunity to advance your career in social care.
Reporting to the Team Manager, you will support team operations to support Sutton residents with Learning disabilities.
1. You will provide ongoing supervision to a small group of social care staff. Both registered social workers and unregistered but experienced staff
2. You will maintain exceptional standards of casework through your line management responsibility and offer guidance whilst engaging with the expertise of the Team Manager for support on the most complex cases.
3. You will support the development of the team by your inclusion in recruitment processes, retention, and workload allocation
4. You will contribute to ensuring that commissioned services are cost-effective and, where appropriate, participate in the co-production of service improvements with service users and family carers.
5. You will hold the lead responsibility for managing the duty function within the team. However duty management will also be shared with the other two ATMs on a rota basis.
6. On a rota basis you will take on the role of safeguarding manager for statutory safeguarding enquiries,
7. ATMs also oversee some specific complex casework and may hold direct responsibility for cases within their expertise.
If you are a dedicated, passionate, innovative and experienced Social Worker looking to progress in your career or an established ATM looking to take on a challenging yet rewarding leadership role, we encourage you to apply. Join our service and make a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve.
For more information about the roles and/or an informal conversation, view the Role Profile or contact Annie Ashton-Walker Team Manager at
About Us
In Sutton, there is much for us to be proud of both as a council and as a borough. This includes high levels of resident satisfaction, the quality of our services, our success in addressing our financial challenges to date, the way that we involve and engage with residents on key issues facing the borough, and the enthusiastic and motivated staff that we employ.
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
The adults with Learning Disabilities team is a high performing team with strong person centred values, focussing on strengths based social work with residents who have lived experience. The team is motivated and stable, with experienced managers and senior managers being on site and available. Our team meets our statutory duties under the Care Act and provides an opportunity to contribute to our strength-based approach, focused on achieving the best outcomes for our service users
Sutton learning disabilities team has strong peer support, visible leadership and a culture of psychological safety. You will be valued, protected, and empowered to make autonomous decisions. The team provides emotional containment and formal and informal peer debriefing.
Managers practice active listening, advocate for their staff, and are accessible for regular, reflective supervision. There is a collaborative culture and opportunities for meaningful multi-disciplinary collaboration (e.g., working alongside healthcare professionals or therapists).
You will be given opportunities for professional development with manageable workloads & autonomy.
When joining the team, you will have the opportunity to work in an inclusive environment that is warm, welcoming and has long-serving members. This contributes to the team's experience and knowledge base, as well as the supportive nature of management and team members. We have a buddy system to help new members settle in so no one feels left behind. We also encourage growth through training opportunities, an open-door policy and access to management across teams to tap into all the information you will need.
We've set out our vision for the future of Sutton in our corporate plan - Ambitious for Sutton. This strategic plan will shape the outcomes we achieve, the services we provide, and the impact we have on residents, to make Sutton a great place to live, work and raise a family.
We're implementing wide-ranging changes to improve care for adults and create positive working environments for our staff. We have new leaders and experienced managers who bring innovative ideas to the service and are driving meaningful changes throughout service delivery. Our goal is to deliver exceptional care that enhances outcomes for our community whilst providing an inclusive, diverse and stable environment for staff to grow their career.
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:
8. A generous annual leave entitlement of 26-32 days plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade
9. Enhanced Maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave
10. Two volunteering days per year
11. Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme (dependent on the role)
12. Adjustable and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks
13. Learning and development portal offering a range of courses
14. Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
15. Interest free season ticket loans
16. Local Government Pension Scheme
17. Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
18. Electric vehicle leasing scheme
19. Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support