Overview
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Assessment & Intervention Team to work full time based in Slough, on a fixed term contract of 12 months.
The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £62,405 per annum.
Responsibilities
* As a Team Manager, you’ll lead a team of Senior Social Workers and Social Workers in the delivery of our statutory and legislative duties, fostering a supportive and collaborative working environment, whilst promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and young people in Slough whilst effectively managing risk.
* To oversee the distribution of caseloads to ensure that the child or young person’s needs are met appropriately.
* Carry out regular quality assurance activities including observations, case reviews, team and peer moderated audits that collaboratively involve social work staff to support their professional development, improve the consistency of practice and seek the views of families.
* Attend Head of Service Performance clinics with a clear narrative for performance in their team and actions to be undertaken to address areas for development.
* Create, implement and monitor a team plan which links to service and strategic objectives with the overall aim to improve performance.
* Leads team meetings to a high standard, ensuring that service and corporate messages are cascaded to the team in a timely way and supporting effective two way communications back up to managers from the team.
* Maintain own professional development through training and other suitable mechanisms and keep up to date with changes in national, regional and local policy initiatives that will impact on the delivery of services and respond accordingly.
* Manage the complaints relating to your team effectively and to a high standard in line with Slough Children First’s complaints procedure ensuring they are dealt with promptly and feedback/learning from complaints is delivered back to the team.
* Ensure all interventions are conducted within an anti-discriminatory framework, and take into account issues such as race, gender, sexuality, disability etc, and deliver appropriate services to the diverse communities of Slough.
* Deputise for the Head of Service, undertake projects and other additional duties, as required. To undertake work outside office hours as necessary.
Requirements
* A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Registered or eligible for registration.
* Relevant management qualification and experience.
* Must have substantial post-qualification experience in children and families social work, with a collaborative and supportive approach.
Contact
This Team Manager job is advertised by Alex Moon; 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.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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.
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