Social Work Team Manager

Are you a qualified and experienced social worker looking for a new challenge?

Are you looking for a step up in your career or just a new challenge?

Look no further…

Randstad are recruiting for Qualified Social Workers to join Argyll and Bute Council as a Team Manager for their Adult Service. This is a full time role offering a fantastic competitive pay rate.

Benefits:

• Hybrid working
• Competitive rates of pay
• Mileage reimbursement
• Supervision
• Weekly pay
• One committed and dedicated point of contact
• An unlimited referrals incentive, giving you a £300 voucher for anyone you refer to us (T&Cs apply)
• A full range of free training available
• Access to 100s of discounts through the Hapi App
• Free healthcare, medical and financial advice available

Responsibilities:

• Directly managing the screening, allocation, and prioritization of casework for social work practitioners.
• Providing regular, high-quality professional supervision and annual Performance Development Reviews (PDRs) to ensure staff adhere to Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) codes of practice.
• Managing a delegated budget and ensuring the efficient use of resources like CareFirst (the primary social work information system) and Pyramid (for performance monitoring).
• Acting as a key decision-maker in safeguarding processes, ensuring that statutory duties under the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 are met.
• Providing leadership on high-profile or complex cases involving the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act and Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act.
• Identifying, managing, and escalating organizational and individual risks. This includes ensuring staff are trained in risk assessment and health and safety.
• Working closely with health practitioners (nurses, GPs, OTs) to provide seamless "joined-up" care.
• Building relationships with external providers, including the voluntary sector and private care homes, to ensure service availability in rural localities.
• Contributing to the HSCP's goal of reducing emergency hospital admissions and facilitating "delayed discharge" (helping people move from hospital back to community care safely).
• Ensuring all team activities meet the national standards set by the Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS).
• Using data to monitor team performance, timeliness, and responsiveness to improve the "customer journey."
• Investigating and resolving complaints from service users or carers in line with council and NHS policies.

Requirements:

• Social Work Degree
• SSSC registration
• PVG

Experience:

• Adults
• Senior/Management

If you have any further questions, or wish to apply for this role then please contact Hannah on [phone removed] or . Otherwise Apply Below and I will be in touch soon.

Are you thinking about a change in your career but not sure about this role? Whether you are an existing candidate, new to the locum market and are exploring some options or looking for a new permanent role, we have several exciting opportunities with competitive pay & flexibility. If you wish to discuss this further please contact me on the details above.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

experience

Adults