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Area Practice Manager - Adults

Salary: £38 - £42 per hour
Location: Dorset

 

Dorset Council are looking for an experienced Area Practice Manager to lead and develop a high performing adult social care team in Dorset. This is a non case holding leadership role where you'll drive quality, performance, and innovation to help people live independently and achieve positive outcomes.

What you'll do:

  • Lead and manage a team of professionals.
  • Ensure effective, person centred assessments and support planning.
  • Promote integrated working with health, community, and voluntary partners.
  • Manage resources and demand to deliver high-quality, strengths-based services.
  • Champion safeguarding and continuous professional development.
  • To set and monitor team and individual performance standards and expectation
  • To ensure delivery of effective person-centred assessments, support plans and outcomes which promote independence and control for service users and carers including the promotion of direct payments where appropriate
  • To provide regular performance monitoring reports to the Locality/Specialist Manager on service and quality issues
  • To deputise at meetings for the Locality/Specialist Manager as required

Requirements as a Social Worker include:

  • SWE Registration
  • Eligible to work in the UK
  • Drive and have access to a car
  • Post-qualified experience
  • Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

Benefits of working for Connect2SocialWork:

  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • Access to a wide range of roles nationwide, as well as exclusive roles to C2SW
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive knowledge
  • Work for an agency owned by Kent County Council
  • Prompt and reliable payroll system
  • "Refer a Friend" bonus - get £300 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place

Interested? Contact me today for more information! chloe.boakes@csltd.org.uk / 07725 902 996

Connect2Socialwork is a trading style of Commercial Services Trading LTD - A company wholly owned by Kent County Council. Connect2Socialwork is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.