We are looking for a Practice Manager to join East SASH, an intensive intervention team based within the Specialist Adolescent Service Hertfordshire (SASH).
We are looking for an experienced practitioner who has experience of supervising staff and can demonstrate initiative and ambition to lead and shape the Central SASH service and work very closely with the Team Manager.
Responsibilities include:
Line management responsibility for social workers & alternatively qualified staff.
Provide high quality supervision for staff.
Chair meetings, such as strategy meetings.
Provide duty management support to the team manager.
Deputise for the team manager as needed.
Based - Farnham House, Stevenage, 3/2 hybrid split
Experience include:
Extensive line management / experience of supervising staff.
Experience of familial and extra-familial safeguarding.
Working with CIN, CP, CLA
Experience of supporting staff to manage complex case loads of children.
To support children and young people in achieving positive outcomes through delivering interventions to young people with the following presenting issues:
Child Sexual and Child Criminal Exploitation
Homelessness
Family Breakdown - preventing children becoming Looked After
Young People Missing from Home
Young People at risk of radicalisation
Children becoming Looked After
Rehabilitating Young People home after a period of being Looked After
Young People in the Criminal Justice System and at risk of entering the system
To manage a team of staff, providing performance management and supervision to achieve targets and deliver an effective service.
The team:
Well-structured organised team, growing their staffing levels
Minimum requirements:
3 year post qualified experience in a similar role within the UK
Enhanced DBS/CRB (we can obtain for you)
Eligibility to work in the UK
DipSW/CQSW equivalent
Post qualifying supervision of SW's or students
To discuss this Practice Manager SASH team, or any similar vacancies we currently have available in Hertfordshire, please contact Faye Rowe on (phone number removed) or email to (url removed)