Social Work Team Manager - Children Safeguarding

Location Bolton
Job type Contract
Salary £40 per hour
Consultant Kelly Page
Call +44 7361 589768
Reference 165298

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency is currently looking for a dedicated and experienced Social Work Team Manager to work based in Bolton, within the Children’s Safeguarding Team.

The pay rate for this locum Social Work Team Manager role is £40 per hour (Assignment rate) and is a 1-month contract.

Interviews for successful candidates will be conducted via Microsoft Teams or in a socially distanced meeting room. References will be requested for any candidates offered an interview. There is free parking on site.

Main Duties:

  • Organisation of long-term children services involvement, including children subject to safeguarding plans, children in need, care proceedings and adoption.
  • Evidence based practice in children’s social care.
  • Manage one of the six teams of Social Workers based in Safeguarding Children - teams are small with a manageable caseload.
  • Balance between working from home/office to meet the needs of the service.

Requirements of the Social Work Team Manager:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work.
  • Current Social Work England registration.
  • Recent post-qualifying experience within frontline children’s social work.
  • Experience of managing Social Workers and demonstrate understanding and evidence of working in children’s Safeguarding Service.
  • Extensive knowledge an understanding of childcare law and practice.
  • Knowledge and evidence of management.

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 Team Manager job is advertised by Kelly Page; 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.