Team Manager – Looked After Children Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Looked After Children Team to work full time based in Enfield.

Based in the bubbling heart of Enfield Town; Enfield’s recently refurbished open plan office has bespoke areas for service users and is an environment which supports their smart working policy surrounded by small businesses, bars, restaurants, a buzzing high street and shopping centre. The high-tech multi-agency office has good transport links into Central London and is easily assessable via the M25, A10 and A406.

As well as of a range of benefits detailed below, Enfield are an employer that offer hybrid and flexible working.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £64,346 per annum.

Main duties:

• To manage the day to day operational delivery of a social work team
• To ensure that the needs of looked after children within the team are met
• To ensure that looked after children within the team are safeguarded
• To maintain quality and quality and performance in the area of social work services to looked after children
• To support strategic transformation including New Ways of Working
• To develop and implement user participation strategies for looked after children

• To ensure that children and young people are safeguarded and that team members adhere to child protection processes and that child protection risk assessments are proportionate and robust.
• To provide day-to-day management of the team and its staff ensuring that casework is completed to a high standard and that a robust duty systems is in place.
• To embed user participation and ensure that service design and delivery is influenced by the Children in Care Council.
• To ensure that Care Plans for Looked After Children reflect multi-agency involvement and decision making and meet the holistic needs of children and young people.
• To drive timely permanency planning ensuring that arrangements for children are made under the most appropriate legal framework.
• To develop and implement quality assurance systems to meet statutory and best practice requirements and national and local KPI’s.
• To implement financial management strategies to ensure that services are delivered in a cost-effective manner.
• Any other duties reasonably requested by management.
• Carry out all accountabilities in compliance with the Council’s Policies and Procedures.

Why it’s great to work for Enfield Council:

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas
• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods
• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family
• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work

Requirements of this Team Manager job:

• A Social Work Degree or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Ability to engage, coach and motivate teams and set clear targets and expectations.
• Evidence of high levels of customer service and satisfaction.
• Experience of successfully managing performance and providing clear constructive feedback.
• Continual professional development.
• Social Work England registered.

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, 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.