Assistant Team Manager - Adult Mental Health Team

Location Swindon
Job type Permanent
Salary £52,572 per year
Consultant Zehnn Young
Call +44 7723 457338
Reference 223828

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Assistant Team Manager within the Adult Mental Health Team to work full time based in Swindon.

The salary for this permanent Assistant Team Manager job is up to £52,572per annum.

Main duties:

  • You will engage with the Team Leader reporting risks and issues promptly to them for a shared discussion.
  • You will undertake Safeguarding enquiries as well as ensuring the safe allocation of Safeguarding work, that includes ensuring all professionals in the team are competent and confident to work with complexity and risk.
  • You will ensure that there is an effective supervision structure in the team, that delivers high quality reflective supervision and bi annual performance appraisals for all, to enable you to share concerns relating to poor performance and celebrate best practice.
  • You will support the Team Leader to ensure that processes are in place to ensure effective communication with the team.
  • You will ensure all staff are well led, motivated and developed through learning opportunities that make use of research, evidence and learning from feedback (including Safeguarding Adult Reviews) that enhances their professional practice.
  • You will model behaviours that promote inclusion and value diversity of the team as well as the people that access care and support.
  • You will recognise the importance of timely and collaborative working across teams (internal and external) modelling behaviours that demonstrate the importance of ensuring the desired outcomes of the person remain at the centre.
  • You will represent the team at relevant internal and external meetings with voluntary and statutory bodies where appropriate.
  • You will undertake any other duties and responsibilities as may be required by the Assistant Team Manager commensurate with the grade of the post.
  • Deputise for the Team Leader when required.

Requirements of an Assistant Team Manager job:

  • A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Understanding of relevant legislation.
  • Registered or eligible for registration.
  • Demonstrable evidence of Leadership Skills within a management or Senior Practitioner role in a Social Care or Health setting

Contact:
This Assistant Team Manager job is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.