Mental Health Social Work Team Manager

About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced, qualified Social Worker with the relevant skills and experience to join our workforce as the Team Manger for our Huntingdon and Fenland area. This is a full time, permanent role. We are Mental Health Social Work (MHSW) and cover the Peterborough and Cambridgeshire areas. You will be leading a team of Social Workers, Senior Social Workers and a Support Worker to deliver an effective (statutory) Adults Mental Health Social Care service for people who need the support and are ordinarily resident in the area. You will work alongside other Team Managers who covers other areas. You must be AMHP qualified, or willing gain this qualification - you will be supported with this.

We have embraced new ways of working, enabling staff to have flexible and hybrid approaches to working from home and the office.  We also understand the value to being with your team in person and the support that this brings.

We are looking for an exceptional Team Manager to join us on our journey. For more information call Beth on 01223 475920. Alternatively, you can e-mail us on welovesocialworkers@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or visit our website for more information.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

What will you be doing?

•    To manage the delivery of a high quality and effective Integrated specialist health and Social Work services to respond to the needs of service users and their families in a timely manner within statutory guidelines or service specifications.  
•    Work with local partners to ensure the management and delivery of the Mental Health Social Work provision. 
•    Manage individual team staffing budget.
•    Manage a devolved budget for funded packages of care, as required and ensure that systems for delegated financial authority are followed.
•    Carry out the duties of a registered AMHP manager, contributing to the AMHP duty system as agreed.
•    Ensure that duties and obligations under the Care Act are followed and are compliant with CCC/CPFT standards for recording of case notes including monitoring and implementation of the information sharing agreement.
•    Ensure CCC/CPFT mandatory training requirements are complied with.
•    To take lead responsibility for professional supervision of Senior Social Workers and Social Workers within team and ensure appropriate recording.

About you

You will have the ability to:

•    Lead and influence teams through periods of change
•    Make cost effective use of available resources
•    Encourage collaborative working with other agencies
•    Lead and motive a team
•    Challenge others constructively and make informed decisions
•    Communicate effectively at all levels
•    Think strategically across functional and geographical boundaries.
•    Delegate and prioritise

You must:

• Be a qualified Social Worker with a Social Work England registration or equivalent health qualification
• Have proven knowledge and understanding of relevant Social Care and Health policy and practice in relation to the provision of services.
• Have the ability to work from a variety of locations and travel countywide independently

For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description and Person Specification.

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

• Flexible and creative working arrangements
• Flexible Bank Holidays
• A comprehensive wellbeing package
• Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
• A comprehensive pension scheme
• IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
• An employee recognition scheme

For our Social Workers, we offer more specific benefits like:

• Generous annual leave provision (28 days, plus bank holidays)
• Employee Assistance Programme – access to free support 24 hours a day
• Payment for business mileage expenses (45p per mile)
• Scalable retention payments to loyal Social Workers in specific teams after the first full year of employment, starting at £900 which increases during the first three years of service

Please read our benefits brochure attached for more information.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities. 

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

Attached documents

• CCC-CPFT MH Social Worker Team Manager 2021 (002).pdf