Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Children with Disabilities Team to work full time based in Newham.
The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £62,201 per annum.
Main duties:
- To be responsible for the effective operation of statutory services ensuring that children, young people and families who require statutory interventions are effectively safeguarded and that children looked after and care leavers receive the highest possible standards of care.
- To have experience of, or willingness to train in, a practice model that is restorative and relation in approach and utilises systemic ideas and tools to work with and develop others.
- To lead on the development of policy and practice relating to the specific service area of the team under direction of the Service Manager.
- To consistency use the Newham practice framework when assessing need and delivering interventions that includes working in a respectful, collaborative and professional manner with children and families that is focused on achieving good outcomes.
- To maintain regular reflective supervision in line with the Newham Supervision Framework and appraisal of direct reports ensuring timely decision-making, professional guidance and support, recognising good practice and areas of underperformance, with appropriate plans in place to address performance issues.
- To manage and facilitate regular group supervision that is restorative, relational, and systemic in approach.
- To chair meetings such as core groups, child in need reviews, and care planning reviews to ensure plans safeguard and deliver the best outcomes for children and young people.
- To produce high quality case/supervision records that are up to date, include rationale, reflects the Newham practice model, are clear, succinct and written so as the child, young person or family member can understand.
- To be accountable for team progress against a service plan and a set of agreed key performance indicators and targets, providing regular and reliable management information and the analysis to inform continuous learning.
- To promote and engage in a strong culture of learning and performance improvement.
- To promote and champion equality and diversity in the delivery of all council activities, service provision and employment practice.
- To undertake other duties that may be required from time to time.
Requirements of this Team Manager role:
- A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Registered or eligible for registration.
Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.
