Social Work Deputy Team Manager - Fostering

Location Waltham Forest
Job type Contract
Salary £38 per hour
Consultant Jess Ling
Call +44 7361 589745
Reference 172097

Sanctuary Personnel, a leading recruitment company to the private and public sector has a locum vacancy for a Social Work Deputy Team Manager to work full time based in Waltham Forest, within the Fostering Team.

The pay rate for this locum Social Work Deputy Team Manager is £38 per hour (Assignment rate) and is a 1-month contract.

Main Duties:

  • Work within the Fostering Service, which is responsible for all aspects of recruitment, assessment, supervision and support to approved foster carers, connected carers and private foster carers.
  • Assessment and support service to provide consistency in support that is provided to foster carers.
  • Be a member of a positive ‘fostering family’ culture in Waltham Forest, where staff are very supportive of each other.
  • Lead workers in the practice support group model and will be involved in further developing innovations such as the Mockingbird Family Model and Virtual Reality Project Waltham Forest is involved in.
  • Monitor and drive performance and good practice at all levels.
  • Provide a cohesive support and challenge to our foster carers and to ensure that the children cared for by Waltham Forest receive quality care in a safe and stable family environment.

Requirements of the Social Work Deputy Team Manager:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant frontline experience in Children’s Services
  • Be highly conversant and have in depth knowledge of relevant legislation and experience of working in children’s services.
  • Be enthusiastic and highly committed to deputising the Fostering Team Manager, supervising staff and working closely with the Advanced Practitioner in the Team

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Daily payroll
  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
  • Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place after 100 hours of work has been completed
  • Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
  • Clinical governance support with a specialist safeguarding team
  • In-house payroll system
  • Free digital copy of the Social Work News Magazine

Contact:
This Social Work Deputy Team Manager job is advertised by Jess Ling; 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.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity.

With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.