Assistant Service Manager

Are you looking for a rewarding and exciting opportunity to progress your career and deliver on health and social care priorities? Do you thrive working within and leading a fast paced, adult social care team? Are you interested in delivering a high-quality service that makes the difference to our residents and the community? We are seeking to welcome Assistant Service Managers, in our Hospital Social Work teams, who will share our values and vision for integrating health and social care and our discharge to assess services. "Delivering the best for residents" is our vision in Adult Social Care across Richmond and Wandsworth Better Service Partnership. Above all, we promote wellbeing and choice, supporting people to remain active in their communities and to retain their independence for as long as possible. We are committed to positive outcomes, ensuring that people receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time. About the role Richmond Response and Rehabilitation Team (RRRT) Social Care RRRT is a well-established and integrated health and social care team, where we work collaboratively to achieve an excellent service for our residents in Richmond.Working across several NHS acute hospital Trusts and community health services, we deliver high quality, effective outcomes though working and supporting each other, within a committed dedicated team. The Assistant Service Manager role will appeal to someone seeking to enhance their current skills and experience of leading and inspiring a team.You will be innovative, engaging and creative in managing your team, helping to deliver safe and well-co-ordinated hospital discharges.You will oversee the effective management of hospital discharges from acute and non-acute hospitals and quickly build positive working relationships with our Health and community partners as a natural communicator. Our servicerequires managers to be able to respond to a change in circumstances, due to a hospital admission. Therefore, the ability to think quickly, act calmly and to be decisive is necessary for this role.The successful candidate will deliver effective risk management, with a clear knowledge of legislation and guidance in relation to hospital discharge and Continuing Health Care, to promote well-being and positive outcomes.,

• An open and supportive management structure
• Training opportunities to develop your career
• Supportive regular supervision
• Flexible working arrangements
  
  An innovative and dynamic social care manager with experience of managing people
• Strong supportive leadership with excellent communication and IT skills
• The ability to embrace change, whilst maintaining high quality practice and performance
• The ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with Health partners and external organisations
• A commitment to equality diversity and inclusion
• An ability to embed statutory functions under the Care Act 2014 and work in accordance with the Inter-Agency Policy and Procedures for Safeguarding Adults, A professional qualification in Social Work or Occupational Therapy and registration with SWE/HCPC.
Experience and skills in managing people Leadership and Management training/qualification (or willing to undertake)