Social Worker Team Leader

Social Work Team Leader – Adult Disability Services

A Social Work Team Leader role in adult disability services provides professional leadership to a multidisciplinary team supporting adults with intellectual disabilities across residential, respite, day, and community-based services. The focus is on person-centred planning, safeguarding, positive risk-taking, and empowering choice, independence, and self-determination.

The Role

As Social Work Team Leader, you will provide clinical and operational leadership, supervise, support and develop staff and students, lead complex case management and safeguarding, promote a rights-based approach, and collaborate with individuals, families, advocates, and multidisciplinary colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and operational leadership to the social work service.
• Supervise, support and develop social work staff and students.
• Lead on complex case management, safeguarding and adult protection matters.
• Promote a rights-based, person-centred approach across all services.
• Work collaboratively with individuals, families, advocates and multidisciplinary colleagues.

Essential Requirements

• Recognised Social Work qualification.
• Current registration with CORU.
• Minimum three years’ post-qualification experience.
• Experience working with adults with intellectual disabilities, autism and/or complex support needs.
• Demonstrated leadership, supervision or senior social work experience.
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults and disability services.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and organisational skills.
• Full driving licence and access to transport desirable.

Why Apply?

• Collaborate with experienced multidisciplinary teams including psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and medical professionals.
• Access ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities.