Hybrid Deputy Social Care Manager

at Gloucestershire County Council

• Job title: Deputy Social Care Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: £52,413 - £54,495 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cinderford, United Kingdom

About the role

• Deputy Social Care Manager leading the Forest of Dean Locality Team, ensuring effective social work practice. Responsible for supervision, workload management, and positive outcomes for vulnerable adults.

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the Integrated Social Care Manager, the Deputy Social Care Manager (DSCM) is responsible for ensuring the team’s social work practice and values, to deliver positive outcomes
• The DSCM will achieve this through ensuring team arrangements are in place for supervision, workload management, quality assurance and the effective deployment of the budget, staff and additional resources
• This is an interesting and varied role within an established and supportive team that are motivated, passionate and engaged
• There is a full complement of management in the team which consists of an Integrated Social Care Manager, a Deputy Social Care Manager, Social Work Leads and a Social Care Lead
• Other team members include qualified Senior Social Workers, Social Workers, Adult Social Care Practitioners and an administration team

Requirements

• Substantial experience of working with vulnerable adults or evidence of transferable experience in a statutory health or adult social care setting
• Effective leadership, providing support and modelling engagement in the most challenging of circumstances, including with partner agencies, stakeholders and other professionals
• Experience in undertaking line management duties, including appraisal and formal performance management of staff
• Experience of financial decision making in the context of managing allocated team budgets
• Significant up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation, policy and procedures
• Providing inspirational and credible leadership, building and owning strong relationships politically, externally and internally, are all important qualities for this role.

Benefits

• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Free parking at our office in Cinderford
• Agile working with a mix of office and home working
• Regular formal and informal support
• Safe, supportive and positive working environment
• Robust supervision and training opportunities, enabling you to develop your skills. Including personal licences to Adults CCINFORM, access to mandatory training and additional topical bi-annual workshops
• Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network