Assistant Team Manager Adult Services (Learning & Physical Disabilities)

Our client based in Coventry is seeking an experienced Assistant Team Manager to support the leadership and operational management of services for adults with Learning Disabilities Older Adults and Physical Disabilities. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated leader to help deliver high-quality person-centred services that promote independence wellbeing inclusion and positive outcomes for individuals accessing support.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Service Manager and wider leadership team to ensure effective service delivery lead and support staff teams monitor quality and performance and contribute to the ongoing development of services. You will play a key role in ensuring that services remain responsive to individual needs whilst maintaining high professional standards and achieving service objectives.

This position is ideal for an experienced practitioner or manager with strong leadership skills a commitment to quality improvement and a passion for supporting vulnerable adults to achieve their personal goals and aspirations.

Key Responsibilities

Core duties include:

• Deputising for the Service Manager and supporting the day-to-day operational management of services for adults with Learning Disabilities Older Adults and Physical Disabilities.
• Supervising and supporting a team of Day Service Coordinators ensuring effective leadership and management of support staff.
• Providing leadership guidance coaching and professional support to staff to maintain high standards of service delivery.
• Ensuring that services are delivered in a person-centred way and are aligned to the assessed needs preferences and outcomes of individuals using the service.
• Monitoring service performance and quality through audits observations reviews and quality assurance processes.
• Supporting service development initiatives and contributing to continuous improvement activities across the service.
• Working collaboratively with service users carers families health professionals commissioning teams and partner organisations to promote positive outcomes.
• Ensuring services comply with relevant legislation policies procedures and best practice guidance.
• Supporting workforce development supervision induction performance management and staff wellbeing.
• Assisting with resource management and operational planning to ensure effective and efficient service delivery.
• Promoting strengths-based approaches that maximise independence community inclusion and individual choice.
• Supporting the management of complaints concerns compliments and service feedback to improve quality and customer experience.
• Contributing to safeguarding responsibilities and ensuring that vulnerable adults are protected from abuse neglect and exploitation.
• Preparing reports performance information and service updates for management and governance purposes.

Qualifications & Experience

• Relevant professional qualification in Social Work Health & Social Care Management or a related discipline.
• Experience working with adults with Learning Disabilities Older Adults Physical Disabilities or complex care and support needs.
• Previous experience supervising staff and supporting service delivery within Adult Social Care or related services.
• Strong understanding of person-centred practice safeguarding and outcome-focused service delivery.
• Experience of quality assurance auditing monitoring performance and continuous improvement activities.
• Ability to lead motivate coach and develop teams within a busy operational environment.
• Strong communication organisational problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience working collaboratively with families carers health services and partner organisations.
• Knowledge of Adult Social Care legislation safeguarding responsibilities and best practice principles.
• Commitment to delivering high-quality services that promote independence wellbeing and inclusion.

How to Apply

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Why Liquid Personnel

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and Faster Pay service getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that arent available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquids exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• Refer a Friend bonus get 500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• Find your own job bonus get 250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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