Team Manager Adult Social Care

The starting salary for this position is £61,954 per annum, working 36 hours per week (pro rata for part time).

Are you passionate about delivering timely, strengths-based support that helps people live independently and stay connected to their communities. We are excited to be hiring a highly skilled and motivated Team Manager to join our Connect to Community management team (West) within our Adults, Wellbeing & Health Partnership Directorate who will provide leadership to our Mental Health and Learning Disabilities social care professionals.

If you have a flexible and adaptable management style and are excited by the opportunity to be part of our transformation, using your skills and experience to make a real difference to the lives of people in Surrey, we would love to hear from you. Guided by our values of collaboration, respect and ambition for our residents, we are looking for motivated people who share these values and behaviours and want to be part of a growing, evolving service that is committed to doing things differently and making a significant, positive impact.

Surrey offers Agile Working and, as the Team Manager, you will be able to work flexibly within the office and licants will need to be willing to travel around Surrey in accordance with the demands of the work and the job profile. Surrey also offers excellent training opportunities for all staff and have a variety of management courses.

Our Offer to You

As a Surrey County Council employee, you'll have access to the full range of staff benefits, including

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 our Service

This is an exciting opportunity for a Team Manager to help shape a modern, transformative service that focuses on early intervention and prevention. From March 2026, our brand-new Connect to Community (C2C) operating model will reshape how residents access Adult Social Care by offering timely, strengths-based and person-centred support that helps people remain independent and connected to their communities. As the first point of response for adults seeking help, C2C will bring adult social care professionals into a dynamic multidisciplinary team, working together through daily case reviews and rapid problem solving.

They will lead on urgent assessments, safeguarding, risk management and short-term interventions, with direct access to services such as reablement, housing advice and technology-enabled care to put practical solutions in place quickly.

By reducing delays, avoiding unnecessary handoffs and focusing on early, preventative action, the new C2C model enables professionals to apply strengths-based practice, clinical reasoning and functional assessment at the earliest stage. The C2C model will ensure residents receive consistent, high-quality support from professionals with the right skills in a timely manner.

C2C works alongside Area Teams to create a seamless pathway for people with complex needs, promoting wellbeing, reducing risk and maximising independence. The service collaborates closely with Area Teams, specialist Learning Disabilities and Autism teams, Mental Health teams, and Acute Hospital Teams, and Team Managers may be required to work flexibly across these services as needed.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated professional who as the Team Manager will be leading a proactive and dynamic group of mental health, learning disability and autism practitioners in providing a strength-based approach to assessments and support planning. You will work alongside adults with diverse and often complex needs, including those who…