Adults Team Manager

Position: Adults Team Manager (Permanent)
This role has a starting salary of £61,954 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week.

This is a full-time position but part-time applications are also welcomed.

We are excited to be hiring a new Team Manager to join our fantastic Area team. The team is based in Woking. This is a hybrid role with a mixture of remote working and office based. Further discussion can be held at interview.

Our Offer to You

26 days' holiday, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 31 days after 5 years' service (prorated for part time staff)
Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
A generous local government salary related pension
Up to 5 days of carer's leave and 2 paid volunteering days per year
Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
Wellbeing and lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, and shopping
A chance to make a real difference to the lives of our residents.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced leader to join us as a Team Manager within Adult Social Care. You will provide strong, compassionate leadership to a frontline team, ensuring our residents receive safe, effective and empowering support.

As a Team Manager, you will lead, motivate, nurture and manage a frontline team to deliver high‑quality, person‑centred social care. You will ensure that practice standards, customer service expectations and quality assurance requirements are consistently met, while overseeing the day‑to‑day management of the team to maintain streamlined processes and make effective use of resources. A key part of the role is building and sustaining strong working relationships with partner agencies, service providers, carers and families.

You will supervise Assistant Team Managers and Senior Practice Leads, supporting their professional development, performance, recruitment and succession planning, and contributing to broader staff retention efforts. Your responsibilities also include ensuring that services are delivered in accordance with legislation, policy, guidance and budget, while driving continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for innovation and greater efficiency. You will promote health and safety and take appropriate action where required, and you will actively embed Surrey's commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion by fostering a culture in which discrimination is challenged.

Within your team, you will apply statutory responsibilities relating to safeguarding adults, safeguarding children, crime prevention and counter‑radicalisation. The role also requires a flexible approach to supporting the wider operational needs of the AWHP directorate, and you will hold direct line management responsibility for staff, typically including Assistant Team Managers, Senior Practice Leads and practitioners. Professional supervision will be provided.

Shortlisting Criteria

In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application will clearly evidence the following skills and align with our :

A professional qualification in Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, or another relevant health/social care field (including registration where required)
Extensive experience in adult social care, including statutory responsibilities, and a strong working knowledge of relevant legislation
Demonstrable experience in managing, motivating, coaching and developing staff
Ability to manage performance, support reflective practice, and lead high quality service delivery
Experience building effective partnerships and working collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders
Ability to handle complex casework issues, risk, safeguarding, and operational challenges confidently
Strong organisational skills with the ability to monitor performance, manage resources, and support improvement
A commitment to the personalisation agenda, strengths-based practice and accessible, inclusive services

Surrey has both urban and rural areas and locality based social care workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK and access to a…