Team Manager: Children in Care (Long Term)

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Children in Care (Long Term) to work full time based in Northamptonshire.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £55,519 per annum.

Main duties:

• To provide an effective child centred service, which complies with legal, regulatory and statutory guidance, and leads to improved outcomes for children
• To ensure the promotion and safeguarding of children and young people’s welfare is cornerstone of service delivery, taking responsibility for the implementation of legislation, policies and procedures within the team/centre/designated specialism
• To be responsible for overseeing the social work practices within the team through reflective supervision, regular evidence-based auditing and feedback this setting standards of service
• To take responsibility for a team of Social Workers, ensuring high quality and regular supervision and effective performance management systems are in place
• To work with staff to manage and allocate cases ensuring that children, young people, carers and families receive first class specialist assessments and timely support to meet their needs
• To develop collaborative working relationships with relevant services and provide local leadership which contributes to effective partnership working
• To provide operational leadership, vision and direction by delivering service improvement within a social care service or disabled children’s or fostering and adoption service
• The Team Manager will be responsible for a team of staff; formed of social workers, senior social workers, senior practitioner and social work support staff
• To be accountable for ensuring the team achieves its operational plan; by promoting an appropriate culture, empowering others and setting and maintaining high and measurable standards of practice

Requirements of this Team Manager job:

• A social work qualification or equivalent
• Understanding of relevant legislation
• Continual professional development
• Social Work England registered

Contact:

This Team Manager job is advertised by Harry Smy; 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.