JOB [ Click Apply]d94d2 Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Deputy Team Manager within the Leaving Care Team to work full time based in Luton. The salary for this permanent Deputy Team Manager job is up to £51,773 per annum. Main duties: * Prevent the separation of children from their families whenever possible and appropriate. * Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people. * Ensure children and young people reach their full potential and have equal access to services available. * Ensures effective risk management, decision making and preventative working to safeguard children and young people effectively in accordance with statutory requirements and policies. * Establishes the appropriate assessment required and identified the level of need for support/services and or placements for children and young people. * Follow procedures to determine the need for care proceedings to be instigated where the risk of significant harm is so great as to warrant a Court Order. * Maintains effective systems for prioritising, allocating and monitoring workloads and ensures that suitable systems of supervision and appraisal are in place to ensure children and families needs are met in accordance with legislation, departmental policies and procedures. * Proactively identify opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the team through using managerial performance data. Maintains the high standards of social work practice through taking part in Quality Assurance and monthly audits. * Use advanced professional knowledge, skills, experience and your initiative to demonstrate a clear understanding of safeguarding in accordance with the Luton threshold document and an initial view of risk in order to keep children safe by conducting risk assessments and providing advice and direction to staff/clients. * When required by the Team Manager, to deputise and support in their absence as agreed with the Service Manager. Requirements of this Deputy Team Manger job: * A social Work Qualification or equivalent. * Understanding of relevant legislation. * Continual professional development. * Social Work England registered. Contact: This Deputy Team Manger job is advertised by Alex Moon; 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.