Salary range:
The salary range for this position is: £47,043 - £54,135
The role
Southwark OPPD Case management team is recruiting 2 x Social Work Deputy Team Managers.
The Case Management team undertake longer-term (6 weeks or more), complex social work interventions, working with older adults and physically disabled people; including those with concurrent mental health and substance misuse needs. The team undertakes complex mental capacity work, including Court of Protection or Inherent Jurisdiction applications; Safeguarding enquiries and reviews, as well as assessments and unscheduled reviews under the Care Act 2014, and multi-disciplinary input to Continuing Health Care processes. You will report directly to the team manager, and supervise and manage a small team of 4 – 6 social workers, acting as a role model and expert practitioner, and building on the team’s already strong ethos of reflective practice, learning and development, and commitment to staff support.
About Southwark
Southwark is an ambitious, vibrant, culturally diverse and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We value our people, celebrate diversity and seek to find effective and creative ways of supporting our communities. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do. We are committed to supporting and progressing our staff, offering manageable caseloads and good quality reflective management support, and excellent learning and development opportunities.
About you:
You will be a registered Social Worker and have experience of supervision of statutory social work functions. You will have a genuine passion for the provision of high quality services and demonstrate a commitment to asset-based ways of working.
You will have expert knowledge of key legislation, Social Work theories, and guidance with demonstrable ability to apply this to practice.
You will have a robust understanding of Safeguarding procedures and practices, and the S.A.M function.
You will be solution-focused, and have the ability to manage competing demands, whilst ensuring we put the person at the centre of all that we do.
You will have excellent written and verbal skills, with an ability to collate and analyze complex information, and produce clear, good quality data.
You will have experience of working with people with disabilities and/ or mental illness, and complex intersectional needs, and of conflict resolution.
Additional salary details
Benefits and more information:
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
Recruitment timetable
Application Closing Date: 11.59pm on 11/02/2024
Interview and Assessment: 22/02/2024
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
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