Job Title: Team Manager
Location: Barnsley
Working Hours: Full time, Hybrid
Rate: £40 p.h.
Vitalis Social Care are currently recruiting for an experienced Team Manager to join a busy team in Barnsley, based within the Contextual Safeguarding Team.
This team is at the centre of our partnership safeguarding response to the challenges faced by children who are vulnerable to, or subject of exploitation and harm ; who are at risk through persistent missing episodes; and who may pose a risk to themselves and others through harmful sexual behaviours, or violence.
We are looking for an experienced, inspirational and motivated manager to lead the team within this structure. Working within our evolved youth Justice Service structure and managing a small team of Social Workers, you will have responsibility for ensuring the effective planning and oversight of children subject to a variety of plans, supporting your team to work innovatively individually and with partners. All of this is based on a flexible brief that supports reduced caseloads enabling intensive and highly flexible practice to support the needs of the children and their families.
In addition, you play a vital role in the wider partnership work taking place to further develop the partnership response to exploitation and complex risk at both a strategic and operational level.
In this role you will:
* Develop and drive continuous professional development across the team and within wider children’s services
* Take a lead in the operational delivery of key processes to manage this cohort: MACE; partnership daily briefings; effective allocation of cases; effective case supervision and quality assurance; co-ordinating mapping and sharing intelligence with police partners
* Play a key role in workforce development
* Lead and supervise the Social Workers within the team
* Support wider management processes within the wider service
You will have;
* A highly dynamic approach and the ability to thrive when working in a challenging and unpredictable environment
* A recognised social work qualification and registration with SWE
* Significant post qualification experience that enables you to offer coherent input into management decisions
* Experience of supporting and supervising staff
* A commitment to supporting the learning and development of others
* Knowledge and understanding of working with vulnerable young people
* Experience and knowledge of working with partners to address contextual safeguarding risks
Benefits of the role:
* Flexible/Hybrid working opportunities
* Manageable caseload
* Excellent rate of pay
* Condensed working and part time roles can be discussed
What we are looking for in a Qualified Social Worker:
* Social Work England registration
* Eligible to work in the UK
* Hold a full UK license
* Post-qualified experience
* Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Why Choose Vitalis?
Vitalis Social Care is a social work recruitment agency with a difference. Serving the social care sector, our business is firmly based on the principles of the public services and gold-standard customer service. Our consultants build long-term relationships and act as trusted partners to their clients and candidates.
* A Dedicated consultant who has access to all Social Work roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
* An easy registration process (all done online)
* Ongoing compliance managed for you.
* Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.
Referral scheme
Not interested but know someone who is? At Vitalis Social Care, we know that great talent attracts great talent. We offer a generous £250 referral bonus if you make a referral to us! The best part? There’s no limit to the number of referrals you can make, so spread the word and multiply your rewards!
Further information
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this is not the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.
Contact Mia Isherwood at Mia.Isherwood@Vitalissocialcare.co.uk or on 07974 416413 for more information.