Deputy Team Manager - LD & Autism

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Deputy Team Manager to join its client’s LD &amp; Autism team, based at Blackpool.</span></p> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What will your responsibilities be?</span></h3> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In this role, you will:</span></p> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Oversee day‑to‑day workflow across the LD &amp; Autism team, providing supervision, case direction, and quality assurance to ensure statutory duties, safeguarding thresholds, and Care Act responsibilities are consistently met</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lead on complex, high‑risk, or escalated cases involving adults with learning disabilities and autism, offering professional guidance, chairing MDT discussions, and ensuring robust risk management, person‑centred planning, and legal compliance</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Drive service improvement through performance monitoring, audit activity, and practice development, embedding strengths‑based approaches and working collaboratively with health, commissioning, and provider partners</span></li> </ul> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Qualifications &amp; Experience:</span></h3> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">To be successful in this role, you must have:</span></p> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Social Work England registration</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Eligibility to work in the UK</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A full UK driving licence</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Significant post‑qualified experience within Learning Disability and/or Autism services</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Degree level qualification (or equivalent) in Social Work</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience supervising staff and managing complex casework</span></li> </ul> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Benefits:</span></h3> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Immediate start with an initial 3‑month contract</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rare locum managerial opportunity</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hybrid working arrangements</span></li> </ul> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Why Liquid Personnel?</span></h3> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Free DBS and compliance service</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Twice‑weekly payroll and <strong>‘</strong>Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">*Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.</span></p> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Reasonable Adjustments:</span></h3> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support throughout the recruitment process and into your work placement.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health and Social Care Personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">BH – 198455</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">GH – 34732</span></p> <hr>