team manager

Job Title: Team Manager
Location: Lister hospital
Starting Salary: £48,923 with the opportunity to progress to a maximum of £54,145
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

Lister Social work Team

Integrated Hospital Discharge Service

Diversity: We are an inclusive employer and value a diverse workforce

Job Duties:

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Lister Social Work team, the successful applicants will able to evidence sound knowledge of safeguarding practice, working with people with dementia, the personalisation agenda and Individual Budgets. You will keep the user and any future potential users at the centre of all activity and address user needs within the legislative framework.

You will be responsibility for assessing and arranging care in a hospital setting. We are a busy team covering a large and diverse area and would welcome applications from candidates who can bring energy, creative care planning and a citizen focus.

Key responsibilities of the Team Manager post include:

• Establishing day-to-day practice of the Team, ensuring compliance to relevant policies and procedures and an effective performance management approach.
• Managing the practice and performance of the team to ensure the timely and effective completion of discharges and reviews.
• To inspire, lead, manage and nurture a team of professionals (Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, and Community Care Officers) that can operate innovatively and creatively in order to meet the needs of Hertfordshire citizens.
• Building positive relationships with key partners delivering.
• Effective management of resources and budgets and assurance of quality.
• Act as the lead manager in complex / high profile safeguarding and or serious concerns processes.

You must be a registered Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with experience of managing people and performance. You will also have experience of leading and managing change. The successful candidate will have the ability to influence the workings of other services and you will be a skilled communicator who can work with competing demands for services. You will be comfortable with managing a team who will primarily be out of the office located in other bases who are undertaking assessments to support safe appropriate discharges to the community.

To improve outcomes for service users, the Integrated Discharge Service supports a 7 day Hospital Discharge service, working 8-8 weekdays and 8-6 weekends. The post will be asked to be part of the service-wide rota to provide cover on consecutive Saturdays and Sundays once every eight weeks and will receive days off during the weeks before and after covering weekends. There will be opportunities for you to discuss this at interview if your application is successful.

Applications will be considered as and when received.