Adults Team Manager in Chobham

This role has a starting salary of £61,954 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week. This is a full-time position but part-time applications are also welcomed. We are excited to be hiring a new Team Manager to join our fantastic Area team. The team is based in Woking. This is a hybrid role with a mixture of remote working and office based. Further discussion can be held at interview.

Our Offer

• 26 days’ holiday, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 31 days after 5 years’ service (prorated for part time staff)
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Up to 5 days of carer’s leave and 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Wellbeing and lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, and shopping
• A chance to make a real difference to the lives of our residents.

About The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced leader to join us as a Team Manager within Adult Social Care. You will provide strong, compassionate leadership to a frontline team, ensuring our residents receive safe, effective and empowering support. As a Team Manager, you will lead, motivate, nurture and manage a frontline team to deliver high-quality, person-centred social care. You will ensure that practice standards, customer service expectations and quality assurance requirements are consistently met, while overseeing the day-to-day management of the team to maintain streamlined processes and make effective use of resources.

A key part of the role is building and sustaining strong working relationships with partner agencies, service providers, carers and families. You will supervise Assistant Team Managers and Senior Practice Leads, supporting their professional development, performance, recruitment and succession planning, and contributing to broader staff retention efforts. Your responsibilities also include ensuring that services are delivered in accordance with legislation, policy, guidance and budget, while driving continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for innovation and greater efficiency. You will promote health and safety and take appropriate action where required, and you will actively embed Surrey’s commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion by fostering a culture in which discrimination is challenged. Within your team, you will apply statutory responsibilities relating to safeguarding adults, safeguarding children, crime prevention and counter-radicalisation. The role also requires a flexible approach to supporting the wider operational needs of the AWHP directorate, and you will hold direct line management responsibility for staff, typically including Assistant Team Managers, Senior Practice Leads and practitioners. Professional supervision will be provided.

Shortlisting Criteria

In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application will clearly evidence the following skills and align with our behaviours:

• A professional qualification in Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, or another relevant health/social care field (including registration where required)
• Extensive experience in adult social care, including statutory responsibilities, and a strong working knowledge of relevant legislation
• Demonstrable experience in managing, motivating, coaching and developing staff
• Ability to manage performance, support reflective practice, and lead high quality service delivery
• Experience building effective partnerships and working collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Ability to handle complex casework issues, risk, safeguarding, and operational challenges confidently
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to monitor performance, manage resources, and support improvement
• A commitment to the personalisation agenda, strengths-based practice and accessible, inclusive services

As part of the application process, you will be asked to upload your CV and answer the following application questions:

• Looking at our advert and the work of our Area Teams, and considering Surrey County Council’s commitment to ensuring that “no one is left behind”, what is it about the Team Manager role that has motivated you to apply? Please reflect on how your values align with our approach to strengths-based, inclusive and person-centred practice.
• What three leadership qualities do you have that would make you an effective Team Manager, and how would these qualities help you foster Surrey County Council’s culture of collaboration, inclusivity, learning and adaptability within your team and across partner agencies?
• Can you describe how you would support your team through a period of change — maintaining engagement, performance and practice quality, while ensuring staff wellbeing and creating a positive environment where people feel supported and safe to speak up?

Surrey has both urban and rural areas and locality based social care workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK and access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long-term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.

Before submitting your application, we recommend you read the job description and Our Life at Surrey handbook to get an insight into working at Surrey.

Contact us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment. For an informal discussion please contact Rado Bashev by e-mail at Radoslav.Bashev@surreycc.gov.uk or Steven Ward by email at steven.ward@surreycc.gov.uk.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 15th February 2026 with interviews planned for week commencing 26th February 2026. Interviews may include an on-the-day exercise; full details will be shared if shortlisted.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our Commitment and Context

Surrey County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation, moving from a two-tier system to two new unitary councils in April 2027. If you are employed by Surrey on 1st April 2027, your role will transfer with current terms and conditions to one of the new organisations, supporting local devolution and greater powers for our communities. Join our dynamic team and shape the future of local government. Make a lasting impact with innovative solutions and improved services for our community. Help us build a brighter future for our residents.

We are a disability confident employer which means if you have disclosed a disability on your application form and have evidenced you meet the minimum criteria, we guarantee you an interview. Your skills and experience truly matter to us. From application to your first day, we’re committed to supporting you with any adjustments you need. We value inclusion and warmly welcome you to join and help build a workplace where everyone belongs.