Job Details
Assistant Team Leader
SO3 (circa £43,693)
37 Hours, Full Time
Permanent
Fred Perry House
Application Deadline: 1 June 2025, 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 4 June 2025
Interview Date: 10 June 2025
Interview Type: Face to face
Your Role
We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic Assistant Team Leader, who holds a Social Work or Occupational Therapy degree and is registered with Social Work England/ HCPC to join The Front Door team.
The Front Door team consists of Occupational Therapists, Social Care Officers, Referral and Information Officers and Social Workers. Together the team are the first point of contact for residents and professionals who need advice and support from a range of services, agencies or community offers. The team works closely with partners such as NWAS, GMP, Stockport Family and Adult Social Care teams to triage and prioritise referrals to ensure people receive a timely and appropriate response to their enquiry. The OTs and SCO’s carry out short-term interventions to reduce the need for formal care. The Social Workers are responsible for statutory and non-statutory safeguarding enquiries, attendance at Team Around the Adults meetings and additional screening of referrals and hold a small caseload.
As an Assistant Team Leader you will need to undertake all statutory duties in line with the Care Act 2014 and other relevant legislation ensuring that the principle of promoting and supporting wellbeing is at the heart of your practice. You will work alongside the existing Assistant Team Leader and Team Manager to manage the day-to-day work of the team. This includes:
- Triage and prioritise referrals. Thinking Prevent, Reduce, Delay.
- Being confident in decision making in a fast-paced environment.
- Allocation of case work.
- Complete supervisions of staff and support through put of work, wellbeing and training/ development opportunities.
This supportive team is committed to multi- disciplinary working where each team member is valued for their unique contribution.
About You
You will be a team player who has a keen interest in achieving better outcomes for adults we work with. You will bring your excellent organisational skills to the role. In addition, you will have the ability to be creative and good at problem solving.
To be successful in this role, you will have a can-do outlook, be flexible, enjoy fast paced work and multidisciplinary working. Have a good working knowledge of Stockport values, and expectations.
About Us
Our Vision in Adult Social care is:
To help the people of Stockport live their best lives possible through promoting independence within our communities, working with our partners and empowering our staff to use an asset-based approach to provide high quality support for residents that is appropriate for their level of need.
In the Front Door Team, we are putting this vision into practice as part of the Prevention, Wellbeing and Independence service. In return, you will receive a competitive salary, access to staff benefits and discounts and extensive development opportunities. You will receive high levels of support through professional supervision and peer support.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
Click here to find out more about the Employee Benefits you will receive when you join our team!
If you would like to find out more about the role please contact joanna.sheridan@stockport.gov.uk
The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.
Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme
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Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.
We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.