Adult’s Team Leader / Safeguarding Locality

Adult’s Team Leader
Team: Safeguarding Locality
Location: Doncaster

Details:
Have a rota to be in the office 1 day a week depending on the rota

Currently have 1 team to look after

Manage the triage and section 42 around on of the locality teams (North) and looking at the backlog helping with the management of the service/HR

Support the transitions for the North Locality team

Extensive knowledge around section 42 and team management

only going to be 5 within the team but currently have 8 in the team at the moment

based in the Civic on the floor with various other teams

Would be strategic links to the hub – an oversight

Working closely across the city so working closely with them only have the operational support

General Role Description

As part of the management team, the Team Leader will be responsible to lead and manage an adult social care team and will play a crucial role in developing the principles of our practice framework. Your role will be to ensure our teams are working alongside people, to listen and understand what matters to them and how to support people to live a good life. Our role is to support and protect adults who may be at risk of abuse or neglect in line with the Care Act 2014. The Team Leader is responsible for ensuring service objectives are achieved as well as ensuring adult social care and support is delivered as an integral function of the council’s performance management framework. The team leader is a key role responsible for ensuring mechanisms are in place for understanding data and monitoring performance in terms of finance, quality and the achievement of relevant internal and external targets.

Duties and Responsibilities
Core responsibilities and duties will include:

1. Day-to-day operational management of the team, ensuring responses to requests are timely, proportionate, and legally compliant. Ensuring that the person we are supporting is involved in decisions about their life wherever possible, adopting a Personal approach and considering how coproduction can be embedded
2. Provide professional expertise, advice and guidance to teams, colleagues and partners in relation to legal literacy and best practice
3. Support Practitioners in developing and reviewing support and safeguarding plans to reduce or remove risk, including both Section 42 enquiries and Self Neglect (SNAP)
4. Chair and oversee professional meetings, including Section 42 Enquiries, under the Care Act 2014 when required
5. In conjunction with the Head of Service, work in partnership with a range of stakeholders to contribute to the development of policies and procedures relating to safeguarding practice
6. Promoting and development of asset/strength-based assessments with outcomes which promote independence and choice & control over well-being
7. Involvement in a variety of legal proceedings, to include reporting, risk management and giving evidence in court when needed.

Deputising for the Head of Service, and Service Manager as required, and providing cover for colleagues.

Ashberry Recruitment would ask that applicants meet the following:

• DIPSW or equivalent qualification in Social Work
• Social Work England registration
• Enhanced and in date DBS certificate.
• Excellent communication skills and be able to make good decisions based on information available.
• Can work alone and within/contribute to a team/multi-agency set ups
• Possess knowledge of service needs.
• Competent IT skills and be able to navigate electronic file/recording systems.
• Can write clear, concise, and robust assessment/reports/files.
• Have a flexible approach to work and working hours when the need arises

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