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Assistant Team Manager

Job Summary
Contract Type:
Permanent
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
21/11/2024
Advert End Date:
11/12/2024 12:00
Salary:
£42,708.00 - £44,711.00
Allowances:
none
Hours per week:
37 hours
Job Category:
Social Work - Adult Service
Vacancy ID:
272555
Employment Location:
Hybrid working (R&C House / Working from home)
Number of posts:
1
Closing date:
11 Dec
Further Information
An exciting opportunity for an Assistant Team Manager role in Adults Learning Disabilities Team is available. 

Are you experienced in field of adult’s social care, learning disability social care delivery? 

Would you like a role in Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Adult Learning Disability Team, to support adults and carers in our communities and support operational delivery of the service?    

Do you want a better work-life balance, but still feel passionate about the job you trained to do, and making a difference to the lives of adults and carers?

Our hybrid working offer supports our social workers to manage the pressures of life alongside a rewarding career. We’ve changed our flexi-time policy too, meaning even greater flexibility in working hours, so that you are supported take time for those important things in life when you need to.

Interested? … We are seeking an Assistant Team Manager with strong ethics and values to support adults and carers in our communities to live the life they choose to, regardless of their age or stage of life. We currently have vacancies in our Adult Learning Disabilities Team.
Approval may be given by the appropriate Director/Assistant Director to offer a removal and relocation package in accordance with the Removal and Relocation Policy.  Redcar & Cleveland operate a 6-month probationary period for an successful candidate.

Our Vision We will help you live safe and well, in the place you call home, with the people and things you love, connected to your community, doing the things that matter to you.

Our commitment to adults and unpaid carers:
Listen - I am listened to and shape my own support
Advise - I am given information and advice when I need it
Enable - I am enabled to regain my wellbeing and independence
Support - I receive quality care that is value for money.

Our ambition is that every adult lives a good quality life, as they would choose to, and as independently as possible. It is our values and passion that motivates us, and if you are a driven professional who shares these values then we want to hear from you!

Our workforce is our greatest asset, and to show we mean this we offer many benefits including free parking, generous holiday entitlement, and flexible hybrid working that meets your needs, as well as those of the people we serve.

In addition, there will be opportunities available for learning and development in relation to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Best Interest Assessments and Practice Educator Qualification.

In return for what you can offer to the people of Redcar and Cleveland and the Council, we will welcome you with a genuine sense of teamwork, informal support and personal development. You will find that we work hard together to get the job done, investing courageously, and ensuring talented individuals have the ability to progress and make an impact both internally and externally.

Here are just some reasons why you should choose Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council… Some quotes from our current workforce on why they choose to stay at Redcar & Cleveland:
• Staff value the security of employment with the Council
• ASYEs have had very positive experiences of the programme with good outcomes
• Staff are aware of progression frameworks and other routes to career development
• A sense of pride to work for the Local Authority and to work with good people across all directorates
• Acknowledgement of the value and benefits of hybrid working
• Staff feel well rewarded for a job well done by their managers
• Staff enjoy the variety of their job roles and love working with people
Why Choose Redcar & Cleveland Adult Social Care?

Here’s how some of our new employee’s are settling in:
“I was kept well informed as to each stage of the recruitment process. Since starting 4 weeks ago everyone I have met has been helpful and informative, making me feel very welcome.”
"I have been offered plenty of shadowing opportunities, to shadow more experienced social workers while they are carrying out assessments, as well as been supported out on visits while I have been given my own cases and carrying out my own assessments."

What are you waiting for?! For detailed information on this role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

To find out more about this exciting, challenging role in a supportive team please contact Tracy Hunter, Team manager  on 07909 906487, tracy.hunter@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk or Jacki Paterson, Service Manager on 07733 002122 or alternatively via email on jacqueline.paterson@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk

 Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council are dedicated to addressing the global climate emergency and have committed to being a net zero carbon borough by 2030.