Assistant Team Manager – Adult Social Care

Assistant Team Manager – Adult Social Care

Location: Dudley, West Midlands
Pay: Competitive Rate (DOE)
Contract: Temporary, full-time assignment
Provisional assignment period: August to December 2026
Application deadline: 1 August 2026

Everest Recruitment and Services Ltd is recruiting an experienced Assistant Team Manager to support an Adult Social Care service for a local authority client in Dudley.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and professionally registered social worker with strong leadership, safeguarding and supervisory experience. The successful candidate will support the Team Manager in maintaining high standards of professional practice, managing team performance and ensuring positive outcomes for adults, carers and families.

Main responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

• Provide professional leadership and operational support to a team of social workers and associated practitioners.

• Support the Team Manager with the allocation, oversight and management of complex caseloads.

• Provide regular, reflective and professionally challenging supervision to social work staff.

• Monitor the quality of assessments, care planning, case recording and risk management.

• Lead and coordinate adult safeguarding enquiries, strategy discussions and case conferences where required.

• Provide professional social work advice in complex, high-risk or sensitive situations.

• Ensure practice complies with relevant legislation, statutory guidance, professional standards and local procedures.

• Support staff to apply strengths-based, person-centred and outcome-focused approaches.

• Address performance or practice concerns appropriately and contribute to staff development.

• Promote equality, dignity, independence, inclusion and individual choice.

• Work collaboratively with adults, carers, families, health professionals and partner organisations.

• Contribute to service development, policy implementation and organisational change.

• Deputise for the Team Manager when required.

• Assist with complaints, recruitment, performance management and service monitoring.

Essential requirements

Applicants must have:

• A recognised Social Work qualification, such as a Social Work degree, DipSW or CQSW.

• Current registration with Social Work England.

• At least four years’ post-qualified social work experience.

• Significant recent experience within adult social care.

• Experience supervising qualified social workers and supporting reflective practice.

• Strong knowledge of adult safeguarding procedures and statutory social work responsibilities.

• Sound working knowledge of relevant adult social care legislation, including the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005.

• Experience assessing and managing complex risk.

• The ability to analyse complex or conflicting information and make defensible professional decisions.

• Strong leadership, communication, organisation and workload-management skills.

• Confidence addressing practice-quality and performance concerns.

• Competence using electronic case-management and information systems.

• The ability to work collaboratively with individuals, carers, families and multidisciplinary professionals.

• The right to work in the United Kingdom.

Experience relating to specialist areas such as learning disabilities, autism, dementia or sensory impairment would be advantageous.

Driving requirement

A valid driving licence and the ability to travel in connection with the role are required. Where a personal vehicle is used, appropriate business-use motor insurance and a valid MOT certificate, where applicable, will be required.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with disabilities in accordance with applicable equality requirements.

Safeguarding and compliance

Appointment will be subject to satisfactory compliance checks, which are expected to include:

• Verification of Social Work England registration.

• An Enhanced DBS check with the relevant Adults’ Barred List check.

• Identity and right-to-work verification.

• Employment history and satisfactory professional references.

• Qualification and training verification.

• Driving documentation where applicable.

Applicants should disclose any restrictions, conditions or ongoing fitness-to-practise matters affecting their professional registration.

How to apply

Please submit an up-to-date CV clearly demonstrating:

• Your adult social care experience.

• Your post-qualified experience.

• Your management or supervisory responsibilities.

• Your safeguarding experience.

• Your current Social Work England registration status.

Applications may close before the stated deadline once the maximum number of suitable candidates has been reached. Early application is therefore recommended.

Everest Recruitment and Services Ltd is acting as an employment business in relation to this temporary vacancy.

Everest Recruitment and Services Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults who may require care and support. We are also committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates from all backgrounds.