Team Manager

Job Introduction

Team Manager - Learning Disabilities Team

Adult Care & Community Wellbeing | Lincolnshire County Council

Lead Outstanding Practice. Empower Independence. Change Lives.

Are you an experienced Social Worker with a passion for supporting adults with learning disabilities to live fulfilling, independent lives?

Lincolnshire County Council is seeking an inspiring and motivated Team Manager to lead our dedicated Learning Disabilities Team
. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of adults with learning disabilities, while developing and supporting a team committed to delivering exceptional person-centred care and support.

As a leader within Adult Care and Community Wellbeing, you will play a pivotal role in shaping services that enable people to achieve their goals, build on their strengths, and remain active members of their communities.

As Team Manager for the Learning Disabilities Team, you will provide strong, visible leadership to a team of social care professionals delivering statutory adult social care services across Lincolnshire.

You will champion strengths-based practice, ensuring people with learning disabilities are supported to maximise their independence, exercise choice and control, and achieve outcomes that matter most to them.

Working collaboratively with health partners, providers, families, carers, advocacy services, and community organisations, you will ensure the delivery of high-quality, personalised support that promotes wellbeing, inclusion, and safeguarding.

• Lead, motivate and develop a team of social care professionals and Advanced Practitioners.
• Promote innovative, strengths-based approaches that support adults with learning disabilities to live fulfilled and independent lives.
• Provide oversight and decision-making for complex cases, safeguarding enquiries, risk management, and legal processes.
• Ensure assessments, reviews, support planning, and interventions are delivered to a consistently high standard.
• Support staff development through supervision, coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
• Drive continuous service improvement, quality assurance, and excellent practice standards.
• Build and maintain positive partnerships with health colleagues, providers, families, and community networks.
• Manage resources effectively and contribute to the strategic development of Learning Disability services across the county.
• Lead and support the implementation of service developments, transformation programmes, and new ways of working.

We're looking for an experienced and compassionate leader who is passionate about achieving the best outcomes for adults with learning disabilities.

• Professional qualification in Social Work with managerial experience
• Current registration with Social Work England (SWE)
• A minimum of five years' post-qualification experience within health or adult social care.
• Experience of leading, supervising, or managing teams.
• Strong knowledge of legislation relating to adult social care, safeguarding, the Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, and associated statutory frameworks.
• Experience managing complex cases and promoting positive risk-taking.
• Excellent communication, partnership-building, and problem-solving skills.

• Shares a genuine commitment to supporting people with learning disabilities to have great lives.
• Can inspire and develop high-performing teams.
• Leads with empathy, resilience, and professionalism.
• Is confident navigating complexity and driving positive change.
• Champions inclusion, equality, and person-centred practice.
• Believes in co-production and working alongside people, families, and carers to achieve the best…