Team Manager - Duty and Assessment Team

Location
Job type Permanent
Salary £42527 - £49968 per annum
Reference HQ00099512_1582040033

Sanctuary Social Care currently has a permanent vacancy for an experienced and dedicated Social Work Team Manager to work within a Duty and Assessment Team based in Northampton. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of Social Work Practice in Children's Services and be registered with the Social Work England.

As the post holder of this role, you will receive a competitive salary of £42,527 - £49,968 per annum.

Our Duty and Assessment service is the single point of contact for all safeguarding concerns relating to children and young people in Northamptonshire.

Duties:

  • Your role will be to lead and manage the team to provide the highest quality front line services including providing quality supervision and coaching when required. You will support the service manager in continually driving performance
  • Our teams are based in Northampton at the Criminal Justice Centre and consist of a team of 5-6 social workers, a consultant practitioner a family support worker and a business support administrator

What We Offer:

  • The opportunity to personally contribute to improving the service
  • Opportunities to develop your career
  • Monthly high-quality supervision
  • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rises with service) and the opportunity to buy back up to 5 weeks of additional holiday each year
  • Subsidised pension scheme
  • Additional 12 weeks of maternity leave at 50%
  • There is free parking at The Criminal Justice Centre and Parking in areas of Northampton is £3.50 per day

Requirements of the Team Manager:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within children's services
  • At least 1 years post qualified experience

Contact:

This Team Manager job is advertised by Amanda Hubert; 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.