Assistant Team Manager - Family Support/Child Protection Team

Location Bexley
Job type Contract
Salary £42198.00 - £48156.00 per annum
Reference HQ00108188_1593683133

Sanctuary Social Care currently has a permanent vacancy based in Bexley for an Assistant Team Manager, within the Family Support/Child Protection Team. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of Social Work Practice in Children's Services and be registered with Social Work England.

As the post holder of this role, you will receive a competitive salary of £42,198 - £48,156 per annum.

Duties:

  • To support in the implementation of local policies and service improvement strategies within the team.
  • To provide specialist social work and child protection knowledge and advice to the team, service, and other multi-agency professionals that helps them better understand the diverse experiences the children and young people have that we work with and support.
  • To liaise, network, influence, and coordinate with other multi-agency partners to provide the best level of multi-disciplinary support to the children and families we work with.
  • To represent the local authority in a professional and competent matter, especially when making representations at court, with families, or with other agencies.
  • To work within the Council's policies, procedures, values, and code of conduct at all times and to help support and ensure others within the team are aware of and follow these expectations.
  • To help ensure that timely response and action is carried out by the team to any contacts, referrals, allocations, complaints, information requests, child protection enquiries, court directives received, and plans for children.

Requirements of the Assistant Team Manager:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within Children's services
  • To have experience with, or a willingness to be trained and learn, the Signs of Safety practice model and support this approach in all aspects of the work carried out by the team.
  • To have previous management or supervisory responsibilities of other practitioners or students working with children and families.

Contact:

This Assistant Team Manager job is advertised by Matt Clayden; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.