Sanctuary Social Care currently has a permanent vacancy based in Kent for a Practice Manager to work full-time within a child in care Team.
The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of Social Work Practice in Children's Services and be registered with the English Social Work registration.
As the post holder of this role, you will receive a competitive salary of £38,864 - £40,864 per annum, plus £3,000 recruitment bonus and £8,000 towards relocation.
Duties:
- To hold or undertake the Practice Teacher / Enabling Others award in order to enable skill development and support the delivery of the listed responsibilities.
- Under the direction of the team, manager to organize and delegate the workload of social workers and provide monitoring, professional development and professional supervision of support staff, newly qualified and student/trainee social workers and to social workers in situations of high complexity ensuring a high standard of service delivery. Support the Team Manager in managing a current and reliable record of allocation, assurance in service provision and ensuring a high standard of service delivery.
- To improve the quality of casework through undertaking case file audits and ensuring feedback from audit activity is implemented into social work practice; and, formal observations of practice a year on people they supervise
- Within the framework of current legislation, to deliver professional leadership for staff within a service team and provide effective professional service delivery. Ensuring that excellent standards of practice and service are provided to service users and their families/ carers.
Requirements of the Practice Manager:
- Degree or equivalent in Social Work
- Current English Social Work registration
- Significant senior level frontline experience within Children's Services.
- Experience within Assessment.
- Previous management experience within Children's Social Services.
Apply today:
This Practice Manager job is advertised by Matt Claydon; 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.
