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SalaryCLDT support some of the most vulnerable individuals over the age of 18 who have a Learning Disability. We provide a duty and assessment, care management, review and support planning function across Kirklees. CLDT work alongside the Learning Disabilities Health Team who provide specialised support to people with learning disabilities who are unable to access mainstream health services.
As a Team Manager you will lead and manage a team of assessors which includes qualified social workers and differently qualified assessors (those that don’t hold a social work qualification).
You will have a fundamental role and ownership of the safeguarding processes including overseeing safeguarding cases within the team whilst promoting the rights and choices of vulnerable individuals. To support you in your role, there are Deputy Team Managers, who also provide supervision to the frontline staff.
In an ever-changing environment, change management skills are vital to ensure that new ways of working are embraced positively and adopted by your team. Fostering a creative ethos and creating a culture of learning will enable you and your team to provide support to individuals which will meet their assessed outcomes.
You will support and develop your team to undertake strength-based assessments and to adopt enabling approaches to create individual support plans, providing individuals with the appropriate levels of intervention and/or support. Understanding how to support individuals through progression and preventing overprovision of services is vital within this role as well as positive risk taking as far as possible.
You will receive regular supervision from your line manager, an annual appraisal and a full induction plan giving you to opportunity to understand the various teams within Kirklees as well as key stakeholders.
As part of our approach to a healthy work-life balance there is a range of flexible work patterns available. Our special leave provisions and family friendly policies combined with flexible ways of working across the council aim to both improve work life balance and service delivery.
You must hold a Social Work England recognised Social Work Qualification and be registered with SWE
