Team Manager - Assessment Team

Location Bedford
Job type Permanent
Salary £55,227 - 59,543 per year
Consultant Alex Moon
Call 07458161360
Reference 191486

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

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £59,543 per annum.

Main duties:

  • To be responsible for the management of the identified social work service and, where appropriate, other related services in a given geographical area of specialism.
  • To manage, monitor and ensure the effective delivery of the service to the highest professional standard.
  • To be a member of the local management team and provide support to the Head o Service and to participate as a representative of the Council, as required, in other structures established for multi-agency working.
  • To ensure the effective allocation of work within the team, ensuring that stated protocols for responding and processing enquiries is adhered to, within the guidelines of Working Together.
  • To support all members of the team by ensuring that regular supervision and communication takes place on an individual and team basis.
  • To contribute to the development and dissemination of operational instructions and provide practice guidelines and research to ensure that the highest standards of practice are achieved and maintained.
  • To be responsible for the delegated budget in line with Council procedures and regulations or any agreed pooled budget arrangements to ensure effective use of financial resources.
  • To contribute to the timely analysis of management information to inform and improve service delivery.
  • To monitor, evaluate and review performance targets, identify deficiencies and take remedial action where necessary.
  • To ensure the requirements of the Complaints Procedure are compiled with and, if required respond to complaints.
  • To ensure that all work is delivered to children, young people and their families/carers and to communities, in a manner that complies with equality principles. And to ensure that services are available and accessible.
  • To undertake any other duties or tasks commensurate to the post as may be required by Senior Managers.

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 Alex Moon; 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.