Team Manager, 16+ Leaving Care Service

Location Southwark
Job type Permanent
Salary £48,747 - 55,845 per year
Consultant Zehnn Young
Call +44 7723 457338
Reference 186579

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the 16+ Leaving Care Service Team to work full time based in Southwark.

The salary for this permanent Team Manger job is up to £55,845per annum.

Main duties:

  • Through leadership and management, promote and govern excellent practice to deliver high quality outcomes for children, young people and families in safeguarding  and care/pathway planning, ensuring accountability for high professional standards which comply with procedures, agreed timescales and targets. Ensuring the safety of children and young people remains the highest priority.
  • Responsible for management of the team, overseeing workload and performance management to drive continuous service improvements, in co-production with children and young people.
  • Maintain own continuous professional development and that of the team through appropriate training, learning and research opportunities and in conjunction with the Service Manager.
  • Positively manage and contribute to service development within the team and across the service, by sharing practice knowledge and expertise, data and research findings, and by monitoring key performance areas for the team.
  • On the basis of assessed needs and risks, devise, implement and review care or pathway plans, including the development and management of protection plans within a child protection framework, applying a proportionate and ethical approach to the exercise of authority.
  • Work purposefully with other agencies to promote positive outcomes and ensure an integrated approach, which takes account of the views of other professionals and recognises where patterns of relationships between professionals may compromise the welfare or safety of children and families.
  • Ensure decision-making is based on observation and analysis exploring a wide range of family and professional contexts. Ensure practitioners build relevant relationships and work directly with children and young people, providing clear and accurate assessments of their and their family’s needs in line with statutory guidance and that risks are identified and managed.
  • Ensure case recording and management information is maintained which clearly demonstrates how and why decisions have been made, ensuring the case files of the team are organised and up to date with the reader’s need (first person recording) at the forefront of practice.
  • Ensure professional, respectful and honest relationships with children, young people, and all relevant family members are built and maintained, to develop trust and assist in safeguarding children and promoting positive and timely outcomes.
  • Undertake day-to-day management functions with self awareness and resilience. Assign tasks to members of the team, oversee caseloads and manage capacity to ensure throughput of work and that workload is manageable.
  • Ensure that record keeping and data collection is undertaken in accordance with departmental policy and to meet statutory requirements.


Requirements of the Team Manager:

  • CQSW, DipSW, BA Social Work of equivalent professional qualification.
  • Management qualification at least at Level 4.
  • At least 1 years’ experience of supervising professional staff.
  • Knowledge of relevant childcare legislation.
  • Ability to travel independently to all required areas by the job’s responsibilities.

Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Zehnn Young; 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.