Team Manager WCC620533

Job Details:

Salary range: £54,684 - £74,487 per annum
Work location: 219 Lisson Grove, London NW8 8LW
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check 
Closing date: 23 May 2025
Interview date: 2 June 2025

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF INDEPENDENT LIVES

Adult Social Care in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where our passionate, caring and committed professionals do brilliant work every day.
Mrs D was frail and unwell. Her son was her main carer, but he wasn’t coping. We stepped in to help, but they were hostile to outside agencies. They’d always lived together and were terrified they’d be split up. Our social worker did a great job persuading Mrs D to get hospital treatment and a temporary stay in a care home. In an epic effort throughout COVID, she gained the son’s trust and sorted all the repairs, carers and nurses needed so that Mrs D could come home to live with her son. We also got Mr D regular respite and a personal budget awarded in recognition of him as her carer. After all, there’s nothing more important than living the life you want.

The Role:

As a Team Manager, Learning Disabilities and Autism Services, you can make your own powerful contribution to some of Westminster’s most vulnerable adults. Leading the daily and strategic operations of our well-respected Learning Disability and Autism Service, you will guide the activities of a dynamic group of experienced and motivated Social Workers, seeing to it that our uncompromising standards are being maintained.

On a day-to-day basis, this will involve ensuring we are offering a person-centred service, that is consistently compliant with the relevant legislation and best practice. Ensuring adults with autism and learning difficulties are exercising their choice within the health mix of statutory and non-statutory services, you will encourage the team to deliver a bespoke service that is uniquely tailored to every individual. 

Working under the guidance of the Head of Service, you will find plenty of support to identify where we could be doing things better, and implement the strategic plans and improvement activities that you believe will elevate our capabilities. Furthermore, you will guide the successful implementation of various interesting initiatives that are already underway. For example, we are currently working on an exciting pipeline of work that is focused on developing preventative and community-based services for residents. You will champion these concepts, and see to it that they have the operational support they need to come to fruition. 

You will also implement the ‘Changing Lives’ strategy, which is a bi-borough plan for supporting those with learning disabilities and autism. So there really is plenty to sink your teeth into!

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants, so if you have plenty of ideas on how we can go even further in our mission to support adults with learning disabilities and autism, please do apply as soon as possible.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

This is a unique chance to join a high-performing adult social care service, that is populated by a team who are passionate about the impact they have on countless lives. We benefit from a stable workforce without needing to rely on agency staff, so you will have the support you need to build on your ideas from day one.

Your success in every programme of work will be dependent on your ability to build relationships with residents and families utilising our services, plus a wide variety of organisations who are helping us elevate the life outcomes of those with learning disabilities and autism. We already benefit from exceptional collaborations with statutory bodies and local third sector organisations, so you will nurture these partnerships, and identify where new relationships could be explored. As such, you will have exceptional communication, influencing and negotiation skills. 

As a qualified and registered Social Worker, you will hold a Best Interest Assessor qualification, or you will be willing to undergo the relevant training if you do not already have this. With an expert knowledge of the relevant legislation, guidance and policies, you will have experience in managing care and support planning in a statutory setting. As such, you will be well-versed in safeguarding, and you will be committed to upholding ethical standards and professional boundaries while always respecting the dignity of service users. 

With good leadership skills, we will expect you to be capable of managing resources in order to deliver a seamless service. Crucially, you will bring a solution-focused approach to every challenge, and you will have the ability to drive transformational change and deliver projects on time and to the agreed standards.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a Global Majority ( GM), people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities' ( formally known as B.A.M.E , Black, Asian and multiple ethnic) background and, while the role is open to all applicants,  we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.