Assistant Team Manager - Adult Social Care Mental Health Team

Are you a dynamic, passionate, and resilient leader with a proven track record of building strong relationships across diverse stakeholders? Are you driven to make a meaningful impact in a learning-focused organization? If so, we want to hear from you! This is your chance to join a team that values growth, collaboration, and innovation. If you're ready to bring your leadership skills to a place that truly supports continuous learning, we'd love to connect with you! Tameside Council is entering an exciting phase as we embark on transformative changes to Adult Social Care, This is a pivotal moment to join our dynamic team and help shape the future of mental health services within our community. As the Assistant Team Manager (ATM) within the Adult Social Care Mental Health Team, you will play a vital role in the transformation process. Working closely with the Team Manager, you will contribute to the development of a specialist team that supports adults with mental disorders and young people transitioning to adulthood. We are seeking a highly motivated, energetic, and innovative ATM to support the growth of our Mental Health Team. This team will provide vital assessment and care management for adults with mental illness and young adults navigating the transition process. The role will involve: Supporting Leadership: Assisting the Team Manager in recruiting key positions and building a team capable of handling complex cases. Your role will ensure we meet our statutory obligations under the Care Act, Mental Health Act, Autism Act, while fostering a high-performing service. Developing Specialist Services: Collaborating with the Team Manager to shape a specialist care model for adults with mental illness, ensuring the implementation of person-centred, legally compliant practices. Effective Management: Contributing to the leadership of the team, ensuring clarity of direction, maintaining a culture of change, and promoting a performance-driven, team-based environment that motivates and empowers staff. Practice Improvement & Safeguarding: Supporting the Team Manager in overseeing safeguarding responsibilities, promoting a continuous learning culture and ensuring that service quality meets regulatory standards. Collaboration & Communication: Developing a robust communication and engagement plan, building strong working relationships with service users, carers, and health colleagues to achieve positive outcomes. CQC Compliance: Assisting in implementing Key Lines of Enquiry to ensure compliance with CQC standards and contributing to the overall improvement of the service. Operational Excellence: Helping to establish and maintain a responsive duty system for emergencies, ensuring efficient service delivery at all times. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with internal and external partners, including voluntary organisations, to drive successful outcomes across the broader system., You will work in collaboration with internal, external partners and Voluntary organisations to build up positive working relationships across the whole system in achieving the best possible outcomes for the people we support.

We are looking for a driven professional who is passionate about improving the lives of people with mental health challenges and supporting their independence. You will have:

• A Level 6 social work degree or equivalent qualification
• A strong background in Adult Social Care, with direct experience working with adults with mental illness an understanding of transitions
• Experience in care management environments, ideally with a focus on mental health
• Proven leadership experience, particularly in managing service change and redesign
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and develop teams.
• The capability to think strategically, set clear targets, and plan for future service needs.
• If you're excited by the opportunity to lead change in a growing service and make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you. Join us in creating a future where people with mental health needs receive the care and support, they deserve., 1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND
2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND 3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND 4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level. This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.

Tameside is a place that is passionate and committed to improving outcomes and creating a positive experience for individuals and families. 'Our People Our Place Our Plan' outlines our aims and aspirations for the area, its people and how we commit to work for everyone, every day. Together we are committed to ensuring people lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives, we are dedicated to person centred and strength-based practice, providing high quality health and social care support, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong, supportive and self- sufficient communities. Tameside adopts a positive working culture; we embrace innovation and encourage performance. We are committed to staff development and provide a wide range of training opportunities in a supportive working environment.