Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Child Protection Team to work full time based in Southend.The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £51,790 per annum.Main duties:
1. To manage the social work team, to be responsible for the provision of services to children and young people, ensuring that child protection enquiries, assessment & support services are consistently completed to a high standard.
2. To ensure consistent interpretation of eligibility criteria and risk thresholds within the service.
3. To implement service strategy and performance management processes & ensure the teams contribution to the overall departmental and Council objectives.
4. To provide formal, professional supervision to staff, ensuring that appraisals are undertaken, identifying skill gaps or training needs, and endeavouring to provide for these.
5. Monitor & report on the teams performance, standards and quality of work to ensure that the Council complies with policy, procedures and professional standards. Constantly reviewing the performance of the team to ensure that the team embeds a culture of continuous improvement.
6. Support staff to formulate, agree and monitor care plans for children & young people in need, looked after or in need of protection.
7. Delivering effective liaison within the departme...