Assistant Team Manager

Posted 24 July 2025
Salary 40.98
LocationSwindon SN1 United Kingdom
Job type Contract
Sector Social / NGO / Health & Care
ReferenceOR10479

Job description

3 months contract with a local authority

Job Purpose


  • To deliver and improve services for Children, young people and their Families through the provision of high-quality social work interventions, and effective partnership working with all those involved with the child.

Key Duties/Accountabilities


  • Lead and direct a team of professional social workers and other staff alternatively qualified together with support staff to provide services to children, young people and their Families requiring support/ and or intervention.
  • Recruit, develop and motivate staff groups capable of fulfilling the changing demands of the service, through day-to-day support and providing high quality decision making with regards to children who are allocated to your staff group and within the service.
  • Allocate resources and workload across your team to ensure effective delivery of services within allocated agreed budgetary limits.
  • Ensure that team members record all case work, undertake assessments, analysis, decisions.

Essential Experience Required


  • Demonstrable evidence of management and Leadership Skills within a management role in a Social Work setting.

Essential Qualification Required


  • Social Work England Registration is essential.
  • Social Work Degree

Additional Information


  • Working hours: 37 hours per week
  • Enhanced DBS is required for the role.
  • The role closes on 1st Aug 2025, apply ASAP.
  • Location: Civic Campus, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JG, United Kingdom



Requirements

Requirements
  • Management and Leadership Skills within a management role in a Social Work setting
  • Social Work England Registration
  • Social Work Degree