Assistant Team Manager (IUCT)

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated Assistant Team Manager to join us within the Integrated Care and Support team within IUCT (Integrated Urgent Care team) community at Crickets Lane Clinic. The team provides short term interventions to maximise independence and responds to urgent/crises situations to enable people to continue living in their own home for as long as possible. We facilitate timely discharges from hospitals and the intermediate care facility. Our aim is to support people to live well at home and we do this by working in our integrated team which include Social Workers/Assessors, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Technical Care Instructors, Assistant Practitioners and Community Care Officers. Together we are committed to ensuring all our residents lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are dedicated to person centred and strength based practise, providing high quality health and social care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities. The core objectives of your role will be to assist the Team Manager and Service Unit Manager in the organisation, management and supervision of Adult Social Care services. Contribute to overall strategic planning and management of the service and to the development of high quality integrated services. About You As a key member of this busy and collaborative team you will be responsible for managing and overseeing the day to day operations of the service as well as line managing and providing support, advice and guidance to social care practitioners within the team. As a member of a very supportive management team you will assist in leading the team ensuring that the functions of the Unit are carried out effectively and in accordance with legislation, regulations, guidance, standards and local procedures and priorities. You will be expected to drive forward the vision of continuous improvements within the service in light of service user views, performance data and stakeholder feedback and enhance collaborative working across all partners inside and outside of the organisation to achieve better outcomes for people. We are on our exciting journey towards transformation and integration to build empowered communities for Adults and families.

You must be able to lead and provide effective communication for both users of the service as well as staff teams and hold a desire to promote positive working approaches in all situations, and the ability to remain calm and reassuring in challenging situations. You will receive supervision, peer support and training to ensure your continuous professional and personal development. We want you to experience strong and supportive leadership where you are engaged and be able to actively participate in our transformation journey. It is essential that you hold a current valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work use., Our employees' skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be. This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

• This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:
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.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities. We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.