Team Manager

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Job Details

As Social Work Team Manager within Older People Services, you’ll lead a locality-based team to deliver high quality, person-centred statutory social work services for older adults and their carers. You will be accountable for safe decision-making, effective risk management and consistent professional standards across the team, ensuring people receive timely assessment, support planning and review that improves outcomes.

In this role, you will:

• Provide visible leadership and oversight across the team, setting clear expectations and supporting a culture of reflective, strengths-based practice.
• Ensure assessment, care management and review activity is completed to a high standard and within required timescales, with a focus on outcomes and proportionate, least restrictive interventions.
• Formally chair Adult Support and Protection (ASP) case conferences, Adults with Incapacity (AWI) case conferences and other multi-agency professional meetings, ensuring clear analysis, risk management planning, agreed actions and robust recording of defensible decisions.
• Provide regular supervision, coaching and quality assurance, including oversight of complex casework and performance against service priorities.
• Work collaboratively with health colleagues, providers and partner agencies to support safe hospital discharge, prevention of admission, and community-based supports.
• Manage and develop the team’s workforce capacity, including workload allocation, sickness absence management and support for learning and development.
• Contribute to service improvement and change activity, supporting implementation of local and strategic priorities across Fife Health and Social Care Partnership.

This post is based within the Levenmouth area and is eligible for hybrid working arrangements. You will be expected to attend Fife office locations and partner settings as required for operational leadership, meetings and practice oversight.

You’ll bring strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate and support staff working with complex situations. You will be confident applying relevant legislation and guidance, able to balance professional curiosity with compassion, and skilled in building effective relationships across disciplines to achieve positive outcomes.

The Person

You will be a qualified Social Worker with relevant professional registration and significant post-qualifying experience in adult social work services. You will be able to demonstrate strong leadership, sound professional judgement and a commitment to high quality, rights-based and person-centred practice.

• Experience of supervising, supporting and developing staff, including effective workload management and performance conversations.
• Demonstrable knowledge and application of relevant legislation and guidance, including Adult Support and Protection (ASP) and Adults with Incapacity (AWI), with the ability to chair and contribute to associated forums.
• Ability to assess and manage risk, make defensible decisions and provide clear professional oversight of complex casework.
• Strong partnership working skills, with experience of working effectively alongside health colleagues and other agencies to plan and coordinate safe, timely interventions.
• Excellent communication, recording and report writing skills, with confidence presenting professional views at multi-agency meetings.
• A full driving licence and the ability to travel across Fife as required.

For further information please contact: Billy Bunce, Billy.Bunce@fife.gov.uk