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Assistant Team Manager – Team for Older People

G11 £37,890 - £40,876 per annum

We are seeking highly motivated qualified Social Workers with proven knowledge and experience in Older People’s social work who are seeking opportunities to lead and manage a small team of Social Workers and Social Care Assessors within our Older People’s Team.  You will be one of four ATM’s who in addition to providing direct Supervisory support to their identified Supervisees, will also undertake a Duty Management Role on a rota basis.

You will drive forward quality social worker practice and performance through the daily operational management of the team and supporting the Team Manager to manage the workload and through-put of cases. You will have skills/knowledge in managing people effectively, including employee engagement and take a coaching and reflective approach to supervision to enable others to improve their practice, manage risks and ensure older people remain safe.

The Older People’s team is involved a number of projects to improve services to our citizens, so it’s a great time to join the team and contribute to our ongoing development.  An understanding of multi-disciplinary working and working with individuals, their families unpaid carers, is essential.

An enhanced DBS & Social Council for Wales registration is required for this position.

The Council welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, gender, disability, sexuality, religious belief or age. 

The Council is committed to developing its bilingual workforce and welcomes applications from candidates who demonstrate their capability to work in both English and Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.