Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the West Duty & Assessment Team to work Full Time based in Bradford, for Bradford Children & Families Trust. The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £57,495per annum. Main duties: Chairing of multi-agency planning meetings for children and young people, ensuring that partnership working takes place with other services, both internal and external to BCFT, to deliver effective and coordinated plans, which respond to identified needs and/or risks. Effectively allocate and manage staff resources using case management, review and allocation systems, to ensure that all cases have smart, outcome focused care plans that are regularly reviewed to avoid any drift. Responsible for the supervision and appraisal of individual workers to ensure that appropriate professional social care standards of practice are met and that continuous professional development takes place and is embedded and recorded. Monitor and manage team performance using performance management information and tools to ensure that performance against local and national targets is achieved and maintained. Routinely quality assure and audit social work case records, assessments, plans and documentation to ensure that practice standards and being met and to support staff development and appraisal. Undertake all elements of staff management including recruitment, progression, capability and absence in line with Corporate & Departmental policies and procedures. Ensure that all statutory requirements with regard to social work practice and processes are met and that Departmental policies and procedures are adhered to and delivered in accordance with these. Provide critical reflection, challenge and evidence-informed decision-making in complex situations for children on behalf of the Department, in line with delegated decision-making authority. Support others in developing these capabilities and finding their own solutions. Promote positive approaches to diversity and identify within the team and across the department, providing guidance and challenge as required. Implementing policy developments and decision-making in line with the overall Service. Promote the use of evidence and theory to support best practice in complex and changing circumstances. Participate in the learning of the service, supporting and facilitating projects and events that lead to the development of operational practice. Working in partnership with and understanding other services functions to ensure an effective and coordinated response to identified needs. Making decisions on expenditure of money within Department guidelines set out by Service Managers and maintaining effective monitoring systems for the same. To be responsible for the health and safety of staff, ensuring that statutory requirements are adhered to. Requirements of this Team Manager role: A social Work Qualification or equivalent. Understanding of relevant legislation. Registered or eligible for registration. Minimum of 4 years appropriate post-qualification experience Contact: This Team Manager job is advertised by Neil Clements; 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.