Team Manager - Adult Mental Capacity Act/Deprivation of Liberty Team

Location Swindon
Job type Permanent
Salary £58,095 per year
Reference 204151

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Adult Mental Capacity Act/Deprivation of Liberty Team to work full time based in Swindon.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £58,095per annum.

Main duties:

  • You will undertake Quality Assurance audits of practice, participate in Quality Assurance and Performance clinics, reporting against agreed quality and performance measures.
  • You will provide analysis, with mitigation actions and potential solutions of risks and issues promptly to the Head of Service, for a shared discussion.
  • You will undertake Safeguarding enquiries as well as ensuring the safe allocation of Safeguarding work, that includes ensuring all professionals in the team are competent and confident to work with complexity and risk.
  • You will ensure that there is an effective supervision structure in the team, that delivers high quality reflective supervision and bi annual performance appraisals for all, to enable you to effectively manage poor performance and celebrate and share best practice.
  • You will be responsible for ensuring effective prioritisation processes are in place and actively managed to minimise and mitigate risks when demand is high.
  • You will be accountable for the teams staffing budget and support the delivery of the team and service efficiently agenda and targets, as agreed by the Head of Service.
  • You will understand and model practice and behaviours in line with corporate policies and codes of practice.
  • You will ensure all Stage 1 complaints are comprehensively investigated and responded to in accordance with current policy, sharing learning with the Head of Service to inform continuous improvement plans.
  • You will recognise the importance of timely and collaborative working across teams (internal and external) modelling behaviours that demonstrate the importance of ensuring the desired outcomes of the person remain at the centre.
  • You will represent the Service at relevant internal and external meetings with voluntary bodies where appropriate.
  • You will undertake any other duties and responsibilities as may be required by the Team Manager commensurate with the grade of the post, including duties under the Civil Contingencies Act.

Requirements of this Team Manager role:

  • A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Understanding of relevant legislation.
  • Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.