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Job Details
* Job Title: Deputy Social Care Manager
* Job Location: Tewkesbury Borough Council Offices, Tewkesbury
* Contract Type: Permanent
* Closing Date: 05/05/2026
* Job Requisition Number: 14031
* This post is not open to job share
Adult Social Care has an exciting opportunity for a full‑time (37 hours) Deputy Social Care Manager position within our Tewkesbury Locality Team. This role combines frontline and strategic level management.
About the Role
Under the direction of the Integrated Social Care Manager, the Deputy Social Care Manager (DSCM) is responsible for ensuring the team’s social work practice and values deliver positive outcomes. The DSCM achieves this by implementing supervision arrangements, managing workload, quality assurance and the effective deployment of the budget, staff and additional resources.
This role is part of a supportive team consisting of an Integrated Social Care Manager, Social Work Leads, a Social Care Lead, Senior Social Workers, Social Workers, Adult Social Care Practitioners and an administration team.
About You
We are looking for an individual who has experience in line management within a multi‑disciplinary environment. The ideal candidate will have:
* Substantial experience working with vulnerable adults or transferable experience in a statutory health or adult social care setting
* Effective leadership, providing support and modelling engagement in challenging circumstances, including with partner agencies, stakeholders and other professionals
* Experience in undertaking line management duties, including appraisal and formal performance management of staff
* Experience of financial decision making in the context of managing allocated team budgets
* Significant up‑to‑date knowledge of relevant legislation, policy and procedures
Providing inspirational and credible leadership, building strong relationships politically, externally and internally, are all important qualities for this role.
Benefits
* 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
* Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
* Free parking at our office in Tewkesbury
* Agile working with a mix of office and home working
* Regular formal and informal support
* Safe, supportive and positive working environment
* Robust supervision and training opportunities, including personal licences to Adults CCINFORM, mandatory training and additional bi‑annual workshops
* Staff discount scheme with major supermarkets and high street retailers
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing free, confidential counselling and advice 24 hours a day
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
Legal and Equality Statements
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff and volunteers share this commitment.
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK for at least 6 months and must not be in a sponsored role with another employer.
Applicants are required to demonstrate proficiency in spoken English for this customer‑facing role, as per the Immigration Act 2016.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to application volume or service needs.
Internal applicants who identify as a disability under the Equality Act 2010 should notify recruitment by email for consideration under the Disability Confident pledge.
The council will recognise shortlisting preference for employees on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy.
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