Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Team Manager to fill a full-time role within a Children's Services based in Guernsey, within the Children with Disabilities Team.
The pay rate for this locum Team Manager job is £45 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an initial 3-month contract.
Duties:
- To act as lead on professional and management matters as may relate to the care of disabled children and young people within the Directorate.
- To have overall responsibility on a day-to-day basis for the management of the Children's Disability Service and be accountable for the service delivery, including business planning and future developments.
- Develop, monitor and implement policies for the Children's Disability Service.
- To have responsibility for the services budgets and accountable for expenditure and monitoring, purchasing capitals, equipment, supplies and resources.
- To provide training to a multi-agency group on safeguarding issues for children with disabilities.
- To deputise for the Service Manager, Child Health.
- To be aware of and comply with States of Guernsey, Children and Family Community Services policies, procedures, guidelines and professional standards related to service staff.
- To participate in on-call/duty arrangements as required by the Directorate.
Requirements:
- A recognised and relevant professional social work qualification (Degree / Diploma in Social Work).
- Registered on Social Work England.
- Management experience is essential.
- Excellent understanding and vision of children's disability services
- Ability to support a multi-disciplinary team and enable inter- disciplinary collaboration
- Excellent management and leadership skills
- Ability to motivate the team and initiate change
- Financial management skills
- Experience at Band 7/senior practitioner, within a relevant speciality
- Experience of leading and managing a team of health/social care staff
- Experience of managing poor performance
- Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints
- Experience of staff development through clinical supervision and mentoring
Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Tom Loomes; 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.
