What is the job role?
We are seeking a Team Manager for the Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children's team in the Through Care service on a 12-month fixed-term basis. You will lead a dedicated team of Social Workers and Personal Advisers providing high-quality services to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people.
All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Who are we looking for?
You will have experience in leadership and be trauma-informed and culturally competent. You will be a confident and compassionate leader, ideally with experience of working with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children or children in care.
Within our team at Through Care, people from minority ethnic backgrounds are currently under-represented across our middle-management team; as a result, we would like to encourage both men and people from minority ethnic backgrounds to apply for this post. This does not prevent any other applicants with a protected characteristic or a non-protected characteristic from applying.
For an informal conversation about this challenging and rewarding role, please contact Natasha Stirling – Operational Lead
If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our to see how we can assist you.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
1. Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
2. Are currently in care or have previously been in care
3. If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview date:13th October
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At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
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