Working Hours: 35 Hours per week
Contract Type: Full time / Permanent
Additional Payments: Essential car user allowance and £5,000 Market Rate Supplement
Closing Date: 24 May 2024
This role is subject to -
1. Social Work Qualification and registration with Social Work England
2. This post is a designated Essential Car User. Therefore you must hold a full valid driving licence at all times and provide your own car for use at work. You will receive the Essential Car User Allowance.
3. Driving Licence – you must always hold a full valid driving licence
4. The post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Appointable candidates will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. We have a policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders and it is available upon request.
Your role as Team Manager in Locality would be to support and supervise a team of 4 social workers and 2 Advanced practitioners, with a focus on reflective and relationship-based practice. The Locality model within Manchester focuses on the principle of Permanence from Day 1. Duty and Assessment Manages will support initial assessments of the right intervention at the right time for our families. The Locality teams will then support with children from Child in Need, those children subject to Child Protection plans, those who are subject to pre proceedings and those in the court arena.