About us
Are you a social work manager who fed is up of jumping hoops to get children and families the right help? Are you fed up of asking your team to refer families to other services for support? Do you want to be a part of something new?
Join an Authority that:
• ‘Lets you be yourself’
• Has ‘approachable managers at all levels’ and
• ‘Cares about people’
Following significant investment into Children and Young People Services, we have further resourced our teams and enhanced our services for children in need of care and support.
We are now reviewing and developing our support services to children and families who use our services and are looking for a Team Manager, who is dynamic, creative and cares about helping families achieve their outcomes. You will be tasked with working as part our Divisional Management Team to develop and lead our Interventions Hub.
This Hub will help to deliver the right help at the right time, and will flip the narrative from what services are available, to what does this family need to achieve their potential.
About the role
Pay Details: Grade 11 SCP 40 - 43 £48,474 - £51,515 p.a.
Salary on appointment will depend upon qualification and experience as determined by the appointing officer.
Hours of Work / Working Pattern: 37 (with weekend on-call rota)
Main Place of Work: Barry
Temporary Reason: N/A
Description:
The vision is that the successful candidate will provide development, leadership and management for an expanding service that will offer relationship based interventions to children and families known to statutory services (including edge of care and crisis support). Staff will be offered support as and when needed, so participation in an on call rota will be necessary.
You will be responsible for setting up the Interventions Hub which will include working with colleagues to pull together our wider suite of services for families in the Vale ensuring that families get easy access to purposeful, meaningful support that helps them build on their strengths, no matter where they are in the system.
About you
You will need:
A thorough understanding of the needs of children who need care and support and experience of supervising others, alongside a commitment to relationship-based practice with children, young people and their families. Experience of developing services will be a bonus.
To be successful, you will:
• Know what good practice looks like.
• Be experienced in delivering excellent outcomes for children, young people and their families.
• Be able to manage risk confidently, take a strength based approach and promote strong partnerships across a range of multi-agency partners.
• Demonstrate commitment to relationship based practice.
In return, in joining our expanded service, you can expect:
• To be part of an Authority that is resourceful and resilient, committed to improvement and keen to embrace new ideas.
• To be supported by an able and committed team who have a proven capacity for good service delivery.
• Support, warmth and opportunities to develop.
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