Sanctuary Social Care currently has a permanent vacancy based in Reading for an Assistant Team Manager, within the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) 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 £46,675 - £50,632 per annum.
Duties:
- Lead a small number of staff in delivering a service in a specialised field (e.g. foster, adoption, family support, children and young people with learning or physical disabilities, duty, and referral) and/or geographical area in accordance with legislative requirements, all relevant policies and procedures and agreed performance targets.
- To advise your line manager of any significant incident, event or identified trend, in order to ensure effective and timely management and resolution.
- Provide advice and support in relation to complex cases.
- Oversee allocation of work to your direct reports to agreed service priorities; monitor case files, case records; deal with workload management issues as they arise.
- As directed be involved with or lead on matters related to recruitment, induction, training and personal development, absence management, retention, grievance/ discipline/capability, succession planning, workforce planning.
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
Contact:
This Assistant Team Manager job is advertised by Lucy Pearson; 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.
