Southwark (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
£48618 - £55710 per annum
36 hours/week
The role
Ready to lead with impact and make a difference in people's lives? Join Southwark Council's Transfer of Care team as a Deputy Team Manager and play a pivotal role in ensuring safe, timely, and effective hospital discharges for Southwark residents.
About the Role
As a Deputy Team Manager in the Transfer of Care Team, you'll provide vital leadership and supervision to a dynamic, fast-paced hospital discharge team based at King's College Hospital. Reporting directly to the Team Manager, you'll play a key role in:
- Leading a team of Social Workers and other professionals to deliver high-quality, person-centred services.
- Managing safe and timely hospital discharges, working closely with Health, Housing, and voluntary sector partners.
- Overseeing safeguarding decision-making, including triaging referrals and implementing protection plans.
- Supporting mental capacity assessments, DoLS, and best interest decision-making.
- Ensuring effective service delivery by managing workloads, allocating cases, and monitoring performance.
- Providing expert guidance, mentoring, and development opportunities to support your team's growth and maintain high standards.
This role offers the opportunity to develop innovative ways of working, ensuring residents receive tailored support that enables them to thrive in their communities.
About You
To excel in this role, you'll be a qualified and registered Social Worker with:
- Proven experience in managing teams within Health and/or Social Care environments.
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to guide decision-making and inspire your team.
- A robust understanding of safeguarding procedures, Mental Capacity Act, and DoLS.
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills to collaborate with partners across sectors.
- A commitment to strengths-based approaches, promoting independence and positive risk-taking.
You'll demonstrate a passion for achieving the best outcomes for Southwark residents, empowering individuals to regain their independence and live fulfilling lives.
Recruitment timetable
Advert close: 7th April 2025
Shortlisting date: 10th April 2025
Interview date: 23rd April 2025
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
* Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
* Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
* If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
Additional details
About the Service
The Transfer of Care team is dedicated to supporting Southwark residents as they transition from hospital back to their homes or other care settings. The service provides a vital function in enabling safe and effective discharges while maintaining a strong focus on individual choice, independence, and well-being.
Working closely with Health, Housing, and voluntary sector partners, the team delivers responsive and efficient services that put people at the heart of decision-making. As Deputy Team Manager, you'll play a critical role in driving this positive impact.
If you're ready to lead, inspire, and create positive change in Southwark, we want to hear from you.
Apply now and take the next step in your career with Southwark Council.
This post requires a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) DBS check at Enhanced level.
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.