Practice Manager – Child Protection Assessment Team (CPAT)

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an experienced Practice Manager within the Child Protection & Assessment Team to work full time based in Barkingside.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £54,827 per annum.

Main duties:

• To assist the Team Manager as required, in all aspects of the team’s work including the allocation of work; maintaining developing and encouraging high professional practice standards; and supporting the supervision and development of individual; staff.
• To lead a team of HCPC Registered and unregistered staff, and under the direction of the Team Manager, ensure the operational delivery of a Children’s Social Care Service is in accordance with legislation and Local Polices and delivers best outcomes for children.
• To enable and challenge others to develop their knowledge base and skills, and make evidence-based judgments, including improvement independent decision-making regarding risk.
• To be responsible for managing a team including the individual performance management and professional development of staff. This will include establishing regular individual and group supervision arrangements, mentoring, and coaching staff, and setting and monitoring development targets and objectives whilst balancing this with the development of staff skills and ongoing training and development needs.
• To model and use critical reflective skills in management, practice, or organisational supervision settings to enhance best practice. Model and support others to maintain professional and personal boundaries and enhance the skilled use of self in more complex situations.
• To lead and develop a working environment that promotes a learning culture and active practice development within the workplace.
• To assist the Team Manager in developing and maintaining teams plans and objectives that ensures delivery of the wider business plan. To take responsibility for ensuring compliance within the team with agreed working practices and identifying and meeting practice development needs.
• To write complex reports and briefing papers on policy and operational issues for the Team Manager, Service Manager or Head of Service, and to actively participate in a range of meetings, case conferenced or task forces, service, and project management groups.
• To assist ensuring that team members fulfil expectations in relation to the council’s statutory responsibilities, polices and standards and that all practice is delivered and maintained in accordance with Equality and Diversity policies and procedures.

Requirements of this Practice Manager job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Continual professional development.
• Social Work England registered.
• Proof of experience.

Contact:
This Practice Manager job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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, Global Healthcare Jobs 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.

Global Healthcare Jobs 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, Global Healthcare Jobs 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.