Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Hourly Rate: £51.00 per hour
Contract Type: Locum / Contract
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced, decisive, and inspiring Team Manager to lead our Adults Safeguarding Team in Bradford. In this pivotal leadership role, you will oversee a dedicated team of social workers and safeguarding practitioners, ensuring that vulnerable adults at risk of abuse or neglect receive robust, timely, and person-centered protection.
You will be instrumental in driving high standards of practice, promoting a culture of continuous improvement, and ensuring statutory duties under the Care Act 2014 are met with empathy and clinical excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Team Leadership: Provide robust operational management, direction, and reflective supervision to a team of social workers and support staff.
- Safeguarding Oversight: Oversee, screen, and allocate Section 42 safeguarding enquiries, ensuring investigations are thorough, legally compliant, and outcome-focused.
- Quality Assurance: Monitor team performance, audit case files, and ensure all safeguarding interventions align with local policies and statutory frameworks.
- Chairing Meetings: Chair complex safeguarding conferences, multi-agency risk assessment panels, and strategy meetings.
- Multi-Agency Working: Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with key partners, including the police, health services, ICBs, and care providers.
- Crisis Management: Provide expert guidance and swift decision-making on high-risk, complex, and escalating cases.
Essential Requirements
- Professional Qualification: A recognized degree or diploma in Social Work.
- Registration: Active registration with Social Work England.
- Experience: Proven experience at a management or advanced practitioner level within an Adults Safeguarding or complex Adult Social Care team.
- Legislative Expertise: Exceptional working knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005, Human Rights Act, and Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) principles.
- Leadership Skills: Strong ability to motivate, develop, and support a busy team while managing demanding workloads and competing priorities.
What We Offer
- A premium locum rate of £51.00 per hour.
- A supportive senior management structure committed to your professional development.
- Flexible/hybrid working options to promote a positive work-life balance.
- The opportunity to shape safeguarding practices and make a significant impact on the safety of vulnerable adults in Bradford.
How to Apply:
If you are an experienced leader ready to make a tangible difference in adult safeguarding, we want to hear from you. Please submit your CV
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
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