Adults Assistant Team Manager - Woking Adults Assistant Team Manager - Woking

We are a caring and committed team serving residents living in Woking who find themselves in need of drawing on care and support. We work with residents who are over 65, who may need care and support, as well as those 65 and younger who have physical disabilities, illness, or sensory impairments.
The Team works closely with carers, family members and partner organisations to enable residents to live their best possible life, without leaving anyone behind. We are committed to ensuring carers and family members feel supported, given the vital role they perform in the life of those who matter most to them.
We are a professional team made up of Social Care Assistants, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists and we are committed to learning and team development at both an individual and team level. Furthermore, we are always looking to grow in our ethnic diversity for our team to reflect the Woking community.
The Team have a passion for the development of individuals within the team and they 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.
The team is based in Quadrant Court, 35 Guildford Road, Woking, GU22 7QQ, however it is our intention to move within the local area to Victoria Gate in Central Woking later this year.
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.

• You hold a professional social work qualification and have completed any post qualification practice or training requirements and Social Work England 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.


• Your strong commitment to achieving positive, strengths-based outcomes that promote maximum community inclusion, and personal choice and control.


Surrey has both urban and rural areas and locality based social care workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK and access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.

This role has a starting salary of £52,942 per annum, based on a 36 hour working week.
"Seeing the team working, collaborating and having fun together, supporting each other emotionally to manage the work, with management genuinely interested in supporting us to make a difference for the residents of Woking, has kept me in the team for seven years and I have no plans to go anywhere else" - Ima, Senior Social Worker, Woking Locality Team.
Woking Locality Team are excited to be recruiting a permanent Assistant Team Manager (Social Worker qualified) to join their friendly team.
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 dependants 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