Social Work Team Manager

Placed: 26/11/17
Region: United Kingdom
Category: Jobs


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More than just a job, working as a Social Work Team Manager with Jewish Care offers a meanwhile and rewarding career. With an impressive list of benefits and excellent training resources, this is your opportunity to have the job youve always wished for.

Variety is the spice of life. Nowhere is this more true than at Jewish Care. While our residents may all be of a similar religious tradition, our staff come from different backgrounds and cultures, practice different faiths, and offer perspectives on life that are as individual as they are.

What youll be doing

Youll take a leading role in organising a specialist locality team, developing and implementing community support in a culturally sensitive way. Youll create and nurture projects with the satisfaction of seeing them through to successful completion.

Youll be part of an incredibly supportive environment, collaborating across the whole organisation. This involves engaging with internal and external agencies, making decisions which ensure the physical, social and emotional needs of the community we serve are met.

Managing your teams performance and development will be key to ensuring the smooth running of our care and support services so that everyone has an excellent experience with us.

Prioritising and effectively intervening with complex caseloads, using sound judgement and timely decision making, will be paramount to enabling your team to deliver the exceptional level of service that Jewish Care is proud of.

What were looking for

Youre a natural leader with great people skills and the ability to keep a cool head in challenging situations. A team player, youll thrive on working with others, and be able to communicate clearly and effectively. Youll be results driven, knowing how to get the best out of your team, so they can give the best possible care to the people we look after.

Youll need a qualification in Social Work and to be HCPC registered, and being qualified in Supervision/Practice Education would be an advantage. Youll be confident in managing a social work caseload and supervising others. Having previous experience working with adults in a social care context, especially within the community or in group work, would also be a bonus.

What we offer

We want you to have a happy career with us, so as well as providing ongoing training, we offer a fantastic benefits package. In addition to a competitive salary, youll receive a 4% employer contribution pension with free life assurance, childcare vouchers, generous mileage allowance for workthese are just a few from a long list of benefits. Its not hard to see why our staff are so passionate about Jewish Care once people start working for us, they tend to stick around!

This is your chance to make a real difference to some of societys most vulnerable people, supporting independence, promoting choice, and providing compassionate care in the community. A fulfilling career with the leading health and social care charity for the Jewish community in the UK awaits you, apply today and start the career youve been wishing for.

Benefits

Jewish Care offers excellent benefits and training to all staff. Benefits include, free meals, 20 day's annual leave, Jewish Care Pension scheme, various discounts, Loans and mileage reimbursement, ride to work scheme, eye tests, employee referral bonus and more.

About

Jewish Care is a leading communal organisation. We are the largest health and social care charity for the Jewish community in the UK, caring for nearly 7,000 people every week. Approximately 1500 staff from multi-cultural backgrounds together with 3,000 volunteers help to maintain their service. It provides a wide range of services to help meet the community's physical, social and emotional needs, both directly and in partnership with other organisations. We care & support many people including; older people with dementia, disabilities, mental health needs and Holocaust survivors and many more.

We aim to make a positive impact on the lives of Jewish people by creating excellent social care that enhances well-being and inspires them to stay connected to their community. The organisation is committed to finding innovative solutions tailored to the people who use their services.

We are a proud to be multi award winning organisation. Prestigious awards and accolades they have received include; The Skills for Care Best Employer for over 250 people, The Investors in People Gold standard and the Customer Service Excellence Standard.

Please be aware that this vacancy will close, once a sufficient number of suitable candidates have been identified therefore, we would recommend that you submit your application as early as possible

Benefits: Benefits

Price / Salary: £43000/annum + Benefits