Assistant Team Manager - Kingswood

How you'll make a difference

By leading and supporting a team of Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs), you will play a key role in ensuring the delivery of safe, timely and high-quality mental health services for people at some of the most vulnerable and critical points in their lives.

Providing visible leadership, professional oversight and expert guidance, you will support the team to manage complex risks, make sound decisions and deliver effective interventions that promote safety, recovery and wellbeing.

You will foster strong partnership working to ensure individuals receive co-ordinated, person centred support.

Through your leadership, you will help achieve positive outcomes while ensuring that legal responsibilities, best practice and organisational priorities are consistently upheld.

• What you will be doing
• You will lead, supervise and motivate the team, identifying and addressing development needs to maintain a highly competent, creative and participative culture.
• Providing specialist advice and guidance, you will interpret and apply relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice, ensuring policies are implemented consistently and services operate effectively.
• You will have operational oversight of the AMHP service, including data gathering, co-ordinating the rota and working closely with administrative colleagues to ensure the smooth and effective running of the service.
• Using your expertise, you will ensure services are delivered in line with safeguarding procedures, while managing quality and performance to meet service requirements and key performance measures.
• As a key member of the management team, you will contribute to service planning and development, helping to shape and implement new initiatives, policies and systems that enhance service delivery, improve outcomes and support organisational priorities.
• Working collaboratively with partners, you will provide specialist expertise, promote best practice, and co-ordinate reports and meetings to support the efficient use of resources and budgets.
• You will oversee and participate in the teams responsibilities relating to social supervision.
• What we need from you
• It is essential that you hold a relevant professional qualification, such as a social work degree, diploma or equivalent qualification, and are registered with Social Work England.
• We are looking for someone who is a AMHP qualified, with significant experience within an AMHP role.

You will also bring experience within a social care setting, including managing complex cases and managing risk effectively.

• You will have evidence of on-going Continuous Professional Development (CPD), alongside a thorough knowledge of current legislation and practice relating to mental health and social care, including the Care Act and the Mental Capacity Act.
• Drawing on your experience of supporting casework processes and supervising teams, you will be able to organise, allocate and prioritise tasks to ensure the timely and efficient delivery of work.

Overseeing casework standards and performance, you will manage resources and workloads effectively to drive the achievement of team objectives.

• Given the nature of this work, you will have excellent IT, verbal and written communication skills, enabling you to engage effectively with others and build positive working relationships.
• What you need to know
• You will be expected to travel throughout the authority and surrounding area so you must have a full, valid driving licence with regular access to a vehicle or have an alternative means of travel.
• Business insurance will need to be added to your insurance policy and you can claim back mileage expenses.
• Please note that due to the nature of this role, it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained.
• This role is hybrid, predominantly you will be required to work in the office orwithin the community, with occasional days working at home.
• Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 14 th

September.

• How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave

(pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts

, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.

• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work.

We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

• Whats special here is the strength of the team ethos

. We are a relatively small local authority, so managers know staff well. They can plan their services to ensure teams have manageable caseloads and have effective supervision so feel supported to make decisions which are right for the children and young people they work with.

• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Ensuring all our staff are given right skills, knowledge and support to recognise and respond effectively to potential abuse or neglect.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
• We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life.
• We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

Were making a difference, be part of it!

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Assistant Team Manager AMPH - Job Description