Assistant Team Manager

The salary for these roles is £50,942 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within our East Surrey Hospital Team. Promoting choice and control is at the heart of everything we do.

At Surrey, we are proud to be leading the way in implementing new ways of working in personalisation and a recovery-focused strength-based approach.

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 dependents 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

About the role

We are looking for a new Assistant Team Manager who will be able to demonstrate a high level of understanding and commitment to the personalisation agenda. This position will be based at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill.

You will support the manager to deliver high quality personalised adult social care and supporting timely, safe and effective hospital discharges, using your understanding and commitment to supporting carers and a demonstrable commitment to providing management that supports and promotes Surrey County Council's equality and diversity policy. We are committed to developing and maintaining a high performing team able to respond effectively and flexibly to facilitate safe and timely discharges.

You will also provide expert guidance in situations of complexity, where there is conflict or resistance, and enable others in the team to manage complex and challenging situations. You will deputise for the team manager when required, assisting with managing the overall workload of the team and the allocated work of individual team members. Additionally, you will be responsible for the management of complaints, where required, and verify assessments and authorise when appropriate.

In your application, we would love to hear about your:

• Your professional social work, occupational therapy, nursing, or other relevant allied health qualification, have completed any post qualification practice or training requirements, and have current professional registration with their relevant registration authority.
• Post qualification experience, including some management experience in a social care setting with an 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
• Competent IT skills and willingness to learn how to use a variety of software systems
• Evidence of providing effective professional supervision to less experienced colleagues
• Ability to develop effective partnership relationships with individuals both within and outside the hospital
• Experience with multi agency working and safeguarding in either a locality or hospital team

The role holder will need to have the willingness and ability to travel around the county to meet the demands of the role.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 04/08/2024.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.