Social Work Team Manager (Integrated Neighbourhood Team)

You will manage Social Workers and Social Care Assessors and be responsible for providing professional supervision, adhering to HR processes, responding to complaints, approving budgets, quality assuring work, providing feedback and practice guidance around safeguarding and good social work practice.

You will inspire and support practitioners, promote excellent social work practice, and work collaboratively with partners across health, housing, the voluntary sector and community services to improve outcomes for Manchester residents. You will also contribute to service priorities, improvements and pilot projects.

For queries about the role, please contact the hiring manager, Chloe Harvey at [email protected]. This route is for vacancy-related enquiries only and should not be used to submit applications.

Pre-Employment Checks

• Qualification: Social Work qualification and registration with Social Work England.
• Medical Clearance: Pre-placement Health Assessment (PPHA).
• Essential Car: This post is a designated Essential Car User. Therefore, you must always hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work. 
• DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Clearance: The post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Appointable candidates will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice . We have a policy on the secure handling, storage and use of DBS information, as well as a policy on the recruitment and employment of ex-offenders. Both policies are available on request. 
  
  • If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years, or 12 months or more in the last 10 years while aged 18 or over, please refer to GOV.UK guidance regarding overseas criminal record checks.
• Satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks where applicable.

For more information on these checks, visit: Pre-employment checks information .

Working for Manchester City Council is a chance to make a real difference in a diverse city. You’ll help improve lives and support our local communities. Working together, we can create better public services for everyone. 

Benefits we offer

• Up to 26 days’ annual leave, rising to 31 days after five years’ service
•  Buy up to two extra weeks’ leave
•  Up to 3 days’ volunteering leave 
•  A 35-hour work week for full-time roles
•  We review pay each year and recognise three trade unions
•  A defined benefit pension scheme
•  Enhanced parental and carers leave 
•  Employee discounts and perks  

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Our commitment to inclusion 

At Manchester City Council, we're dedicated to creating a workplace that fully reflects the diversity of our local communities. We actively encourage applications from people of all ages and backgrounds and are particularly keen to hear from applicants from ethnic minority communities and disabled people, who remain underrepresented in parts of our workforce. 

GM Elevate Programme 

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the 'Personal Statement' section or 'Supporting Statement' section of your application. 

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