Job Description
3 months contract with a local authority
Job Purpose
* To deliver and improve services for Children, young people and their Families through the provision of high-quality social work interventions, and effective partnership working with all those involved with the child.
Key Duties/Accountabilities
* Lead and direct a team of professional social workers and other staff alternatively qualified together with support staff to provide services to children, young people and their Families requiring support/ and or intervention.
* Recruit, develop and motivate staff groups capable of fulfilling the changing demands of the service, through day-to-day support and providing high quality decision making with regards to children who are allocated to your staff group and within the service.
* Allocate resources and workload across your team to ensure effective delivery of services within allocated agreed budgetary limits.
* Ensure that team members record all case work, undertake assessments, analysis, decisions.
Essential Experience Required
* Demonstrable evidence of management and Leadership Skills within a management role in a Social Work setting.
Essential Qualification Required
* Social Work England Registration is essential.
* Social Work Degree
Additional Information
* Working hours: 37 hours per week
* Enhanced DBS is required for the role.
* The role closes on 1st Aug 2025, apply ASAP.
* Location: Civic Campus, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JG, United Kingdom
Requirements
Requirements
* Management and Leadership Skills within a management role in a Social Work setting
* Social Work England Registration
* Social Work Degree
Requirements
To deliver and improve services for Children, young people and their Families through the provision of high-quality social work interventions, and effective partnership working with all those involved with the child.