Team Manager Transitions

Job Description

Team Manager TransitionsRotherham Metropolitan Borough CouncilLocation: Riverside House, Rotherham, South YorkshireAdult Care & HousingSalary: £43,857 - £46,845 (Pay award pending)37 hours per week, permanent Job reference: REQ07354Due to current Coronavirus(COVID-19) restrictions we are following Government advice and this may result in interviews being held via video call.This is an exciting opportunity for a Team Manager to lead our Adults Transitions Team to ensure young people in Rotherham receive the rightsupport at the right time. Evidence and research shows that good transitions are essential to help avoid young people feeling like they fall off a cliff at 18 when support from Childrens services traditionally ends and they become an adult.The TransitionsTeam is based within Adult Social Care and has been developed to start working with people from as young as 14 to ensure that at 18 the right support is ready for them.The Transitions Team work closely with Education/ Education Health and Care Plan Team, ChildrensServices and Families to ensure the Young Persons voice remain at the heart of this.Support to Transition should be aimed at moving a person into work/adult life in such a way as to promote their independence and so reduce their long term needs for careand support.To support and lead the Council objective to deliver the Preparing for Adult Outcomes - Health, Independent Living, Community Inclusion/ Relationships and Employment. You will be responsible for the effective and efficient operational deliveryof the transitions team.You will be managing a well-established team of 6 Social Workers and 3 Assessment and Review Coordinators who carry a high level of knowledge and skills and manage complex case work. You will have experience of managing complex casesand evidence that you have the skill base to support the needs of the team. You will need extensive knowledge of: Adult Safeguarding under Making Safeguarding Personal, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and, Court Work within theCourt of Protection. Experience of working with families who support individuals who present with a learning disability and/or Autism and ADHD is essential. This role is key to being the link between Adult and Childrens Services; therefore experience ofworking with other professionals and Health to support effective transitions is a key skill needed. ABOUT YOUYou will be passionate about improving outcomes for young peopleYou will be a great leaderYou will have experience of managing staff in a frontlinestatutory, demand led, high risk social work service.You will use your skills to raise standards and improve practice consistently across your team and service.You will think on your feet, and be agile enough to step in quickly when you need to. You will bean approachable leader and mentor to your team. You will prioritise, set the pace and sometimes make tough decisions. You will be passionate about maximising a young persons life chances and opportunities. You will be compassionate, with your staff and theircustomers. If you wish to discuss the role further, please contact Sarah McClarty - Strategic Lead, or Helen Fisher - Head of Service, Applications from Women, people from Black and Minority Ethnic Communities and Disabled People are welcomed as under-representationcurrently exists at this level within the organisation. Section 159 of the Equality Act 2010 applies. From 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2022 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a weekly/ monthly deduction (dependent on pay frequency) from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded of three additional days leave (pro rata for part-time).Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post involves working with adults and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosureof criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme and can be found at disclosure-barring-service-checkFor more information about the above post and to apply online Click HereClosing date: Monday 28th February 2022Interviews:week commencing 14th March 2022