Adults Assistant Team Manager - Runnymede

This role has a starting salary of £25,471 per annum, based on working 18-hours per week. This is pro-rated from the full-time salary £50,942 per annum. This is a 6-month fixed term/secondment opportunity.

Runnymede Locality Team are excited to be offering a part-time, 6-month Assistant Team Manager opportunity. The team is based in Addlestone.

"In my first week, I was encouraged by how supportive and kind the team were to new staff members. I have been met with a hardworking and dedicated staff team and with the support required from Senior Management. I am looking forward to the continued success of an already strong team and I want to welcome new people to join us." - Alison Yong - newly appointed Team Manager.

Rewards and Benefits

• 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About the Team

Runnymede Locality Team is one of eleven locality teams working across Surrey to support our residents. You will be working in the surrounding areas of Addlestone.

Runnymede Locality Team have a passion for development of individuals within the team and promote progression for all staff members. We also have our Surrey Academy for Adult Social Work which ensures that the offer of learning and development to Surrey staff is excellent.

We want the people we serve to live good, ordinary lives in the place they call home with the people and things that they love, in communities where they look out for one another, doing what matters to them. If people need some support, we start by understanding what a good life looks like for them, and how we can we work together to achieve it.

About the Role

As an Assistant Team Manager, you will support the day to day running of a busy, dynamic team, effectively prioritising daily challenges and expectations. You will support the Team Manager to deliver high quality personalised adult social care. Additionally, a key accountability of the role is developing staff practice ensuring the team you work within is the best it can be.

We understand the challenges of day-to-day frontline social work and have put tools in place to improve your work/life balance and make day-to-day tasks more manageable. We have created an environment to put you in the best place to do your work in a more agile way, working from home, office, or other locations as appropriate.

Shortlisting Criteria

To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:

• You hold a professional social work, occupational therapy, nursing or other relevant allied health qualification. You have completed any post qualification practice or training requirements and have a current professional registration.
• Your significant post qualification experience, including experience in a social care setting, and your excellent understanding of the social care and health agendas.
• Applied knowledge of Adult Social Care legislation, including the Mental Capacity Act and the NHS Continuing Healthcare National Framework.
• Effective knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults' procedures and be able to evidence this.
• Your excellent communication skills that enable you to successfully manage a team and develop effective relationships, both internal and external.
• Examples of when you have provided effective professional supervision to less experienced colleagues. You must also be able to demonstrate a track record in inter-agency partnership working.
• Strong commitment to achieving positive, strengths-based outcomes that promote maximum community inclusion, and personal choice and control.

Applicants must hold a valid Driving Licence to drive in the UK and have access to a car.

Contact us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 10th March 2024 with interviews planned for 21st March 2024. We look forward to receiving your application and personal statement, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.