Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency is currently looking for a dedicated and experienced Social Work Team Manager to work based in Hillingdon, within the Fostering Team.
The salary for this permanent Social Work Team Manager role is £46,000 per annum.
Main Duties:
- Lead, motivate, and guide two Team Manager to in turn support their teams of experienced Supervising Social Workers, ensuring outstanding care and the best possible outcomes for children and safeguarding principles are embedded in their practice.
- Support the Operations and Registered Managers in continuing to provide an efficient, child focused service whilst also driving continuous support.
- Mixture of home and office-based working.
- Ensure all records and data are completed within set deadlines and to a high standard by all staff members.
- Liaise closely with the recruitment and duty teams and fulfil specific responsibilities in relation to foster carer recruitment and assessment, referrals, and placements.
- Have innovative ideas with regards to recruitment and events and actively partake with the organisation of such events and outcomes.
- Maintain foster carer learning and development and review and bring about change where beneficial.
- Continual supervision of the staff team and seeking to continually improve working practices.
Requirements of the Social Work Team Manager:
- Degree or equivalent in social work.
- Current Social Work England registration.
- Recent post-qualifying experience within frontline social work, including experience as Social Work Manager within the Independent Fostering Sector.
- Excellent knowledge of fostering legislation, policies, and procedures.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Ability to motivate a team.
- Excellent communicator with ability to form strong relationships internally and externally.
- Highly organised with a keen eye for detail.
- Highly literate.
- Full driving licence and access to personal vehicle.
- Prepared to travel across the region.
Contact:
This Social Work 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.
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.
