Talent Connex | Social Worker Agency Southbank | Waterloo Housing Recruitment Specialists | Talent Connex Construction Recruitment London

1. To manage and supervise a team of, Social Workers, Care Managers, social work students and administrative staff. This will include recruitment and resourcing, induction and development and the management of employee staff productivity and conduct using the formal management processes where necessary. 2. To identify staff training needs and ensure high standards of professional practice through systematic individual and team development as well as the management of staff performance and productivity. 3. Work collaboratively with Community Rehabilitation and Forensic Services in adult mental health to promote and uphold the council's responsibilities, ensuring they are delivered in line with statutory guidelines and the agreed expectations of Haringey residents. 4. To manage the workload of the team, ensuring that the care management process is robust: that assessment of need demonstrate good practice and that case reviews are carried out on time. To ensure that the service is in line with statutory requirements, eligibility criteria and department policy. 5. To manage a commissioning budget by close monitoring of the cost of packages of care. 6. To support the Council in providing analysis of the use of the Care Authorisation budget and to identify areas where the financial efficiencies would be achieved to ensure best value. 7. To ensure that packages of care are innovative, cost effective and provided in line assessed needs by embedding the Strengths based approach in the team practice, provide regular feedback to staff via Supervision, Annual appraisals and Team Meetings. 8. To contribute to overall service planning and the implementation of service developments. Work with Health professionals in ensuring seamless services for adults in relation to hospital discharge, continuing and palliative care and joint packages of care. 9. To ensure the implementation of the Safeguarding Adults Policy and Procedures in line with the Care Act 2014 and the Pan London Adult Safeguarding policies and procedures. 10. To ensure that carer involvement is paramount, and that carers assessments have high priority.