| Position | Assistant Team Manager - Portsmouth |
| Posted | 09 May 2026 |
| Expired | 08 Jun 2026 |
| Company | Portsmouth City Council |
| Location | Portsmouth | GB |
| Job Type | Full Time |
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Assistant Team Manager - Adult Care and Support
30 hours per week - working pattern to be discussed at interview.
Office attendance is required minimum 50% of contractual working hours.
Your new role
This is a great opportunity for a highly skilled, experienced and motivated social worker and supervisor to join our Adult Care and Support Team.
The post holder will provide professional support to staff, leading on practice development to improve performance and quality of service delivery and ensure integrated, multi-agency working is at the heart of improving outcomes for adults with care and support needs. You will demonstrate a high level of competence and confidence in the full range of social work tasks, particularly in relation to Adult Safeguarding, adults with complex care and support needs, mental capacity assessments, DoLS and partnership working.
An experienced assistant team manager, you will support the team manager and be responsible for the day-to-day management of social workers and other practitioners, enabling them to make effective decisions and be professionally resilient to ensure they make safe and effective outcomes for our residents. You will undertake supervision, prioritising resources, monitoring and evaluating service delivery, disseminating best practice, managing individual performance, report writing and supporting practitioners to represent PCC in court when required.
In return we can offer you a supportive management team, learning and development opportunities and an opportunity to shape the way we deliver services.
Who is the person summary:
You will be a passionate, experience and motivated social worker who puts the customer at the heart of what you do. With experience of providing highly skilled supervision and extensive experience of managing staff, you will be a qualified social worker registered with Social Work England. You will be responsible for the writing or supervise the writing of complex reports and be able to support, educate and develop practitioners to their full potential but taking necessary steps to address issues when required. You will have a sound knowledge of applicable legislation including the Care Act, the Mental Capacity Act and Adult Safeguarding legislation. You will manage complaint investigations, have robust recording and report writing skills and have excellent interpersonal and reflection skills with the ability to support practitioners to apply theory to practice.
For full details, please review 'who is the person' on the job profile below attached.
About Portsmouth City Council
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
Additional Information
We are not able to offer sponsorship for this position.
Our recruitment process
Full information about our recruitment process can be found on our support for applicants' page: Support for applicants - Careers portal
You must demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. If you apply without a detailed personal statement, it is unlikely that you will be successful.
We are a disability confident employer and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. More information can be found at Equality, diversity and inclusion - Careers portal
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our career's portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board safer recruitment procedures.
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Please read the relevant DBS privacy notice before submitting any information.
You will need to explain any gaps in your career history within the last 5 years - this is essential for all safeguarding roles.
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