Team Manager - Assessment & Duty

Location Dudley
Job type Permanent
Salary £47,711 - 51,249 per year
Consultant Harry Smy
Call 0333 7000 020
Reference 175457

 

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Duty & Assessment Team to work full time based in Dudley.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £51,249 per annum.

Main duties:

  • To provide an effective child centred service, which complies with legal, regulatory and statutory guidance, and leads to improved outcomes for children.
  • To ensure the promotion and safeguarding of children and young people’s welfare is the cornerstone of service delivery, taking responsibility for the implementation of legislation, policies and procedures within the team/centre/designated specialism.
  • To be responsible for overseeing the social work practices within the team through reflective supervision, regular evidence based auditing and feedback thus setting standards of service.
  • To contribute to budget monitoring ensuring that services are delivered within budget and deliver best value for children and young people.
  • To oversee that social workers can do their jobs safely and have the practical tolls and resources they need to practice effectively. Assess risks and take action to minimise and prevent them.
  • To take responsibility for a team in excess of 7 social workers, ensuring high quality and regular supervision and effective performance management systems are in place.
  • To work with staff to manage and allocate cases ensuring that children, young people, carers and families receive first class specialist assessments and timely support to meet their needs.
  • To develop collaborative working relationships with relevant services and provide local leadership which contributes to effective partnership working.
  • To manage own and support others continuous professional development.

Requirements of this Team Manager job:

  • A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Understanding of relevant legislation.
  • Continual professional development.
  • Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Harry Smy; 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.