Overview
Are you an inspirational, committed and experienced social worker with management experience? Or do you want to try your hand at a management role in Social Work? We are looking for an Assistant Team Manager to join the North Adults Social Care Team within our dedicated Mental Health Social Care service. We are based at the Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury and cover Princes Risborough, Aylesbury and surrounding villages to the north of the County. You will work alongside an existing part-time Assistant Team Manager to run this dynamic, diverse and experienced team of Social Workers and Assistant Social Workers. You will manage and supervise qualified and unqualified social care staff, triage referrals, manage allocations and support the running of the team, linking in with AMHT health colleagues where the team is co-located. This is an excellent opportunity to combine Social Work, mental health care and management skills within a service that maintains a strong Social Work identity. You will be responsible for the triage and allocation of Care Act and s117 Aftercare assessments within the team as well as s42 Safeguarding enquiries. You will chair Safeguarding meetings and Best Interest Meetings for your team, and support your staff to deliver strengths-based care planning to enable individuals to achieve their optimal level of independence and achieve what matters to them. You will be responsible for supervising social workers and assistant social workers and alongside the existing Assistant Team Manager and Business Support Officer, manage and support the day to day running of the team.
Responsibilities
* Triaging referrals and allocating workloads within the team.
* Managing and supporting the day-to-day running of the team alongside the existing Assistant Team Manager and Business Support Officer.
* Linking in with AMHT health colleagues where the team is co-located.
* Chairing Safeguarding meetings and Best Interest Meetings for the team.
* Delivering strengths-based care planning to enable individuals to achieve independence and what matters to them.
* Supervising qualified and unqualified social workers and assistant social workers.
* Managing Care Act and s117 Aftercare assessments and s42 Safeguarding enquiries within the team.
Requirements and application notes
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the "supporting statement" element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Induction, references and flexible working
* All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
* Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
* We're advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
* Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
About the Trust
We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values - safe, caring and excellent. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing.
Band 7 Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people. We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you're excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you. We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community. Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team" Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent" We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
* Excellent opportunities for career progression
* Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
* 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
* NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
* Competitive pension scheme
* Lease car scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Mental Health First Aiders
* Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
* Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
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