Team: Care Experienced People, North & Mid Devon
We have an exciting opportunity to become a Team Manager for our Care Experienced People Service, in North and Mid Devon. Are you an experienced, skilled, and passionate Social Worker looking for the next step in your career? Or perhaps you are already a Team Manager looking to broaden and further develop your leadership experience? If this is you, we want to hear from you!
About the role
As a Team Manager for our Care Experienced People service, you will be leading your team of skilled Personal Advisors in building long term relationships with children and young people.
You will have a sound knowledge of the legislation and regulations surrounding children in care and care experienced young people, and you will be responsible for ensuring your team apply these and produce quality work, resulting in positive impacts on the children and young people they have responsibility for.
The work includes occasional Court Work, linked to achieving permanence for our children and young people. The role also involves managing adolescent risk and a good understanding of contextual safeguarding is desirable.
About You
We are looking for someone with significant experience of evidence-based practice with children and families, including in the corporate parenting space, and the expertise and approach to effectively supervise and manage social workers and other social care practitioners.
You will be relentless in your focus on the child and uncompromising as a corporate parent. You will demonstrate and role model restorative practice principles and will be passionate about relationship-based social work and proud of your profession.
You will be a team player with the ability to work independently to demanding standards and deadlines whilst remaining able to reflect and think creatively about how you can lead and support your social work teams to build relationships that make a difference to the children and families of Devon.
As well as providing a pivotal role in the nurture, development and support of care experienced young people, you will also have a continuous focus on learning and development opportunities for your staff.
You will need to be a Registered Social Worker with Social Work England, with experience in statutory social work with children and families. The ability to engage and communicate with other professionals is essential.
About Us
Devon County Council is a welcoming and inclusive place to work, underpinning our ‘People First’ approach. It is a really exciting time here, we’re an ambitious authority on an exciting journey of cultural change. We're continuing to embed restorative practice and relational ways of working and we believe that for most families, the family home is the best place for children to live and thrive. We're proud of our workforce and what we are achieving for children and families in Devon.
In the corporate parenting service, to achieve the best possible outcomes for our children in care - and care experienced young people - we embed restorative practice and relational ways of working at the heart of our practice.
Together, we're working hard to deliver permanence for our children in long-term care, with a real focus on supporting children to thrive in Devon and build lifelong links with their family and their community. We're incredibly proud of our workforce and what has been achieved, and will continue to be achieved, for children and families in Devon.
For the vital contribution you make, you will receive the following:
1. £2,000 annual retention payment (pro-rata for part time employees)
2. Flexible working arrangements promoting a healthy work-life balance to support your wellbeing, including some remote working
3. Generous annual leave with the option to purchase additional leave
4. Free onsite parking
5. Career progression opportunities
6. A full induction
7. A supportive working environment with regular supervision
8. Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
9. A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme including a variety of employee well-being services
10. Discounts at over 900 national & local high street retailers through our benefits platform
11. Salary sacrifice schemes including electric vehicles and cycle to work
12. Relocation package of up to £8,000, subject to qualifying conditions