Become a Children’s with Disabilities Team Manager for Bury and help with our ‘Let’s Do it for Children’ vision.
About the role
We are on a journey in Bury and doing things differently. We consider that Team Managers are an important part of our journey, and we promise to develop your skills and support your learning. We understand that this is one of the most challenging and rewarding roles in Social Work.
We want the best talent in Bury and need practitioners who will help influence the services we are developing for children with disabilities. We want to help you to grow and develop confident practitioners and teams, to be the best you can be.
We are one of the first Authorities in the North-West to be pioneering the Hertfordshire Family Safeguarding Model of working with families and training will be provided to learn new skills within our Model of practice.
Within Children with Disabilities and Family Safeguarding teams, we use motivational interviewing and a multi‑agency approach, where Social Workers, Family Support Workers, Domestic Abuse Practitioners, Recovery Workers, Mental Health Practitioners, and Psychologists collaborate closely to support families to find their own solutions effectively, reducing the need for referrals to other agencies and improving outcomes for families. You will have access to these resources as part of the children with disability service, where there are additional safeguarding concerns for families.
At the heart of everything we do is the children and young people of Bury. We want staff who can form trusted relationships, working with the strengths in families and building on those assets, always looking for solutions to support families to live together safely and for children and young people to thrive.
Working collectively, we prioritise support, training and development to within child centred practice. If you are enthusiastic about improving the lives and opportunities for children, young people and their families and want to work and develop your practice, then we want to hear from you!
We want to invest in you, and we have a clear vision around succession planning for our most talented workers. You will have the support and opportunities to progress your journey in Social Work.
As a Team Manager you will lead a team comprising of an Assistant Team Manager and 6 Social Workers, including an EHCP Social Worker. The team also has 4 Family Support Workers who complete direct work and undertake Short Break Reviews.
We are looking for a Team Manager with experience of working with children with disabilities and a good knowledge of complex case management. You will have oversight of children and young people who are subject to child in need and child protection planning, who are subject to pre‑proceedings, private law and public proceedings. The team also undertakes capacity assessments and manages cases with applications in relation to Deprivation of Liberty. Experience would be required in relation to Mental Capacity Act 2005 alongside robust knowledge of the Children Act 1989.
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way.
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.
We encourage a balanced mix across roles to ensure progression and transparency in specialist areas. We also focus on supporting recruitment and retention, ensuring fairly assessed outcome including a descriptive 360 Content Benefits.
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