Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Team Manager to work full-time within a North Locality Team based in Swindon. The ideal candidates will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice and be registered with the HCPC.
The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is £40,276 to £53,928 per annum, Retention payments on top of salary;£3000 in year 1, £2000 in year 2 and £1000 in year 3.
Job Purpose:
- To ensure that the team provides a high quality service to children; focussed on good outcomes with timely interventions at the right level within statutory guidelines and within given resource and budget availability.
- To model good management by taking professional responsibility for the provision of a high quality and responsive service.
- To determine priorities, assess need, and safeguard children so as to promote positive outcomes in line with national standards, working closely and collaboratively with other areas of children's services; partner and other external agencies.
- To initiate and implement strategies and plans, operational business plans, recent research, legislation and policy guidance for the delivery of the Council priorities, to achieve national government expectations and performance to local and national targets. To ensure these are known and understood by all staff.
- To contribute to the strategic development of children's social care and Children, Families and Community Health more widely through taking lead responsibility for specific aspects of work. With other managers and partner agency colleagues, to develop and deliver high performing and targeted services to improve and achieve best outcomes for children and their families.
Main Duties:
- Provide line management and supervision to the Assistant Team Managers within the Team.
- Ensure all staff are well managed, motivated and developed through learning opportunities that make use of evidence and effective methodologies, and that enhances their professional practice, within service aims and objectives. This includes the implementation of appraisals, as well as through both individual supervision and team reflection and learning, to ensure learning is translated into practice and service development.
- Promote and develop good working relationships in accordance with employee relations policies and codes of practice agreed by the Council, and follow agreed procedures for the speedy resolution of grievances, capability, the maintenance of discipline and absence control.
- Manage staff, the working environment and working practice by demonstrating personal and professional example and demonstration of the Council's values and behaviours.
- Ensure that diversity is respected and takes account of the different needs of children and their carers, and that the decisions made and service delivery is sensitive to and addresses discriminatory issues of language, gender, ethnicity, religion, ability, sexuality and social background.
- Oversee the allocation monitoring and audit of work ensuring there is high quality response, analysis, decision making, planning and review in place, recorded accurately and concisely.
- Within delegated authority, ensure that complaints are responded to and investigated in a timely manner in accordance with policy.
- Contribute to business planning of children's social care and Children, Family & Community Health more widely to achieve the Council's priorities.
Requirements of the Team Manager:
- Recognised and relevant professional qualification e.g. DipSW, CQSW, CSS.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Significant post qualification experience in a Local Authority child protection children's services setting.
- Management experience of recruitment, performance, appraisal and direct responsibility for operational staff.
Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Jenifer Watts; 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.
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 by contacting us. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
