Adult Social Care Team Manager


Company:	inploi
Salary:	£52.41
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Blackpool, FY1 3AH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	6 Aug 2026
Closing date:	5 Sept 2026

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Summary

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 37 per week

Salary: Grade H4 SCP 41 - 46 £52,413 - £57,881 per annum

Closing Date: 23rd August 2026 at 23:59pm

Are you an experienced and registered Social Worker ready to help shape the future of Adult Social Care? Blackpool is a town of ambition, resilience and opportunity. Alongside over £2 billion of investment across the borough, Adult Social Care is on a significant improvement and transformation journey. We are strengthening leadership, embedding strengths-based and trauma-informed practice and creating services that enable people to live well, independently and safely in their own homes. We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Team Manager to lead within our Social Work Neighbourhood Services.

Reporting to the Service Manager you will provide operational management and leadership. Leading Social Workers and Social Care Professionals you will provide supervision, and guidance to the team and support to safeguard people and carers in Blackpool. You will support workforce development, performance and quality, and work collaboratively with key system partners across the Fylde Coast.

You will receive regular and supportive supervision, access to training opportunities, flexible and hybrid working subject to service need. We are looking for a Social Work England registered professional who is passionate about improvement, thrives in complex environments and brings a positive, can-do approach to change. We offer hybrid and flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities, Social Work England registration fees paid, Local Government Pension Scheme membership, generous annual leave entitlement and a comprehensive employee benefits package.

We offer an informal visit to Bickerstaffe House to meet the team and learn more about the opportunity, or an informal discussion, via video call or telephone, contact: Carrie-Ann Dickins Head of Adult Social Care – Community and Hospital carrie-ann.dickins@blackpool.gov.uk 07717355594

At this point in time we are not able to offer a Visa sponsorship in this role due to operational reasons

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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