Practice Manager - Long Term Child Protection

Location Redbridge
Job type Permanent
Salary £48585.00 - £51492.00 per annum
Consultant Stefan Garrett
Call +44 7400 310920
Reference HQ00106254_1590577337

Sanctuary Social Care has a permanent vacancy for an experienced and dedicated Practice Manager to work within a Long Term Child Protection Team based in Redbridge. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of Social Work practice in Children Services and be registered with Social Work England.

The salary for this permanent Practice Manager job is £48,585 to £51,492 per annum.

Purpose of the Job:

  • To support their Team Manager to manage a duty rota and ensure the safe and robust allocation of CIN/CP and LAC cases within the team.
  • To lead, motivate, nurture and manage a team (Social Workers and unqualified staff) to deliver a Children's Social Care Service daily.
  • To ensure that the Service provided is effective and delivers the required outcomes, and Children's cases are dealt with in a timely manner.
  • To lead, contribute and support the development of best practice, policies and procedures within the relevant operational team.
  • To communicate effectively with colleagues across the service and take a lead in the development of strong and effective Multi-Agency relationship building.
  • To take a lead in managing team meetings and other related team functions, in the absence of the Team Manager.

Requirements of the Practice Manager:

  • Degree or equivalent in Social Work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Extensive post qualification experience which demonstrates the application of technical theories, issues and related principles in complex or specialist areas of Social Care with families with complex needs and applying this in a Social Care setting e.g. Child Protection, Looked after Children, Families in Crisis.
  • Experience of supervising QSW and ASYE workers.
  • Evidence of excellent assessment skills, including the demonstrable ability to ensure regular reviews and risk management with a variety of individuals, carers or families.
  • Demonstrable experience of dealing with a wide breath of issues and complex situations and using highly developed analytical skills to provide solution focussed and resource efficient options and outcomes.
  • Experience of maintaining and developing effective working relationships within a multi-agency partnership setting with evidence of the ability to influence change in order to maintain a focus on the needs of the Service users.

Contact:

This Practice Manager job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click below 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.