- Fixed Term
- Full Time
- Portsmouth
- Posted 4 days ago
- 48000 - 53000 £ / Year
- Closes: 14 October 2026
Website Portsmouth City Council
Local Government
Assistant Team Manager – Adult Intermediate Care – secondment/fixed term opportunity for up to 9 months or until the substantive post holder returns.
37 hours per week
Your new role
This is a great opportunity for a highly skilled, experienced and motivated social worker and supervisor to join our Adult Intermediate Care Team on a secondment basis.
As an assistant team manager, you will operate with a high level of autonomy and authority using a wide range of evidence-based intervention and tools. You will provide professional support to staff, leading on practice development to improve performance and quality of service delivery and ensure integrated, multi-agency working is at the heart of improving outcomes for adults with care and support needs. You will demonstrate a high level of competence and confidence in the full range of social work tasks, particularly in relation to Adult Safeguarding, adults with complex care and support needs, mental capacity assessments, DoLS and partnership working.
Supporting the team manager, you will line manage a group of social workers and other practitioners, equipping them to make effective decisions and be professionally resilient to ensure they make safe and effective outcomes for our residents. You will undertake supervision, prioritising resources, monitoring and evaluating service delivery, disseminating best practice, managing individual performance, report writing and supporting practitioners to represent PCC in court when required
In return we can offer you a supportive management team, learning and development opportunities and an opportunity to shape the way we deliver services.
Who Is The Person Summary
You will be a passionate, experience and motivated social worker who puts the customer at the heart of what you do. With experience of providing highly skilled supervision and experience of managing staff, you will be a qualified social worker registered with Social Work England. You will be responsible for the writing or supervise the writing of complex reports and be able to support, educate and develop practitioners to their full potential but taking necessary steps to address issues when required. You will have a sound knowledge of applicable legislation including the Care Act, the Mental Capacity Act and Adult Safeguarding legislation. You will manage complaint investigations, have robust recording and report writing skills and have excellent interpersonal and reflection skills with the ability to support practitioners to apply theory to practice.
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Assistant Team Manager in Portsmouth employer: Local Government South East
Reading Borough Council is an excellent employer, offering a supportive work culture that prioritises the well-being and professional development of its staff. As a member of the PDOP Social Care team, you will benefit from competitive salaries, including a market supplement for experienced social workers, and have access to ongoing training and growth opportunities in a vibrant community-focused environment.
Contact Details:
Local Government South East Recruitment Team
