Team Manager – Children with Disabilities Team

GHJ, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Children with Disabilities Team to work Full Time based in Redbridge.

The salary for this Team Manager job is up to £66,159 per annum.

Main duties:

• To be responsible for the management and ongoing development of services to support Children & Families in delivering and improving services to children and families.
• Managing operational and support staff in accordance with the Performance Management Leadership Objectives.
• To be responsible for the management of local service development projects including developing and maintain project timetables.
• To represent the Head of Service at internal and external meetings.
• To be responsible for the development and maintenance of good liaison and co-operation with local community, community groups and other agencies and non-statutory organisations.
• To prepare and present complex reports for public law childcare court proceedings, to oversee the production of such reports to a high standard by members of the team.
• To prepare and write complex reports and briefing notes on operational issues for the Head of Service, task forces, external meetings, council committees and Partnership Boards.
• To ensure that decision making in all children’s matters is undertaken in accordance with legislation, local procedures and best practice.
• To implement effective performance management for all staff and provide regular support and supervision to directly managed staff.
• To manage health and safety within the workplace to ensure the safety of staff, service users and others.
• To manage the analysis of training needs for groups of staff and contribute to the development of the service area training plan.
• To maintain management information systems and provide regular reports identifying trends and proposing solutions where problems are identified.
• To prepare action plans in response to audit reports and ensure the required action is taken within the agreed timescales.
• To take lead responsibility for ensuring effective service delivery is achieved and that agreed performance targets are met.
• To ensure all staff understand how they can contribute to the provision of person-centred services and that measurable service improvements are actioned.
• To provide cover for the Head of Service in their absence including when necessary, supporting the Emergency Duty Team, community and residential services outside normal office hours.
• Any other duties appropriate to this area of work and consistent with the level of the post, as may from time to time be required.

Requirements of the Team Manager job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact:
This Team 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, GHJ 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.