Team Manager
Qualified Social Work
MASH
Location: Merseyside
Pay rate: £50 per hour
We are looking for an experienced and passionate Social Work Manager to join a dedicated MASH Team. Our client is looking for a Team Manager to lead their team of social workers based within the MASH service. The Team Manager will have knowledge and experience of working within child protection or permanence teams. They will need to have experience in direct work with children and insight into the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences and how trauma affects the young people requiring care outside of their birth family.
Working in accordance with social care legislation and local government requirements, informed by the values and principles of social care; you will be supporting in the delivery of person-centred, safe, and effective social care services. Using your professional knowledge and experience, you’ll make assessments and decisions about the most appropriate interventions. Applying your significant Social Work experience and excellent communication skills, you’ll establish and maintain relationships with service users and other agencies to ensure services meet identified needs.
You’ll be committed to ensuring positive and sustainable results from your interventions. Using best practice, you’ll strive to provide the best outcomes for children and adults. Most importantly, however, you’ll have a passion for supporting children and their families to ensure that they thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to be as efficient as possible.
Perfect candidate will be:
* Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
* BA/MA/BSc/MSc Social Work, CQSW, DipSW, CSS or CCETSW approved equivalent.
* Experienced in working with children and families, including those from vulnerable groups.
* Creative, flexible, and forward-thinking in approach.
* Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation and understanding of child protection issues.
* Constantly striving for continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for children.
* Able to use excellent mediation and negotiation skills on behalf of service users.
* Highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them in assessments and plans.
* Committed to providing our service users with a high-quality service.
* Experienced in working in a multi-disciplinary, interagency basis.
* To be up to date with legislation.
* To have worked within a similar team previously.
* 4 Years plus Qualified
In this role you will:
* Use skills, knowledge, and experience to make full assessments of risks, protection, and social care needs.
* Manage an agreed caseload.
* Use specialist communication skills to achieve optimum outcomes for service users.
* Devise individual care plans, taking account of diversity and promoting dignity and empowerment.
* Offer advice and support to unqualified staff and students to assist development.
This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:
* A dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to.
* An easy registration process (all done online).
* Referral schemes and incentives.
* Ongoing compliance managed for you.
* Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.
This role is ideally located for those travelling from Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Trafford, Ashton under Lyne, Macclesfield, Warrington, Wigan, Knowsley, Huddersfield, St Helen, Widnes, Altrincham, Middleton, Urmston, Irlam, Stretford, Eccles, Salford, Stockport, Longsight, Bradford, Chester, Runcorn, Wirral, Rochdale, Liverpool, Skelmersdale, Cheadle, Leigh, Blackburn, Preston, Partington, Manchester, Openshaw, and Wythenshawe.
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