Team Manager - Assessment

Location Cirencester
Job type Permanent
Salary £43662 - £45591 per annum
Reference HQ00097659_1573561071

Sanctuary Social Care has a permanent vacancy for an experienced and dedicated Assessment Team Manager to work full-time based in Cirencester. The ideal candidates will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice and be registered with the HCPC.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is £43,662 to £45,591 per annum (+£5000 welcome payment).

Summary:

  • As an Assessment Team Manager you will be accountable for a team of social workers on the front line. These workers will be making first contact with children and families, ensuring children are seen in a timely manner, quality assessments of need are completed, and the necessary actions taken.

To undertake this role you will need:

  • Your commitment and enthusiasm to add value to our Children's Service.
  • Your front line experience as a qualified and registered social worker.
  • Your leadership experience including mentoring / coaching to support a team of social workers.
  • You to provide high level support and challenge to social work colleagues to foster a learning culture.
  • You to also bring resilience to manage situations of a challenging nature.

In return we offer:

Gloucestershire are on an improvement journey and as part of this we recognise that pay and reward are a factor when seeking your next challenge. Therefore in addition to your salary Gloucestershire are offering Team Managers:

  • A welcome payment of £5,000
  • Relocation Package of up to £8,000
  • Retention payments of £2,000
  • Flexible working opportunities
  • Parking available

Requirements of the Team Manager:

  • Recognised and relevant professional qualification e.g. DipSW, CQSW, CSS.
  • Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • You will be a qualified Social Worker of 3 years+ with current HCPC registration.
  • Experience as a Social Work Team Manager
  • Required to work 37 hours per week.

Contact:

This Team Manager job is advertised by Jenifer Watts; 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.

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