Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Fostering Team to work full time (3 days in office) based in Croydon.
The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £57,102 per annum.
Main duties:
* To lead and manage performance of a team of social workers and foster a culture of continuous learning and reflection of practice that inspires staff to give of their best in their roles.
* Introduce, embed and continually improve at team level, the quality of social work consistent with established models of good practice.
* To provide professional advice to staff, colleagues and partners for the area of responsibility.
* Ensure that assessments and plans for children are robust, evidence-based, progressed in a timely way, are effective in keeping children safe and are outcome focused.
* Allocate cases effectively in terms of matching the risk/complexity of cases with the skills, experience and professional development needs of social workers.
* Prioritise the deployment of staff resources and ensure practice is operating in accordance with the thresholds of Croydon’s early help and staged intervention model.
* Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and Croydon practice standards in respect of the protection and wellbeing of children, including looked after children and young people.
* To embed and develop the outcome focused framework and culture across the service that demonstrates measurable improvements in the stability, wellbeing and safety of children and families allocated in the Team.
* Contribute to the development and introduction of a quality assurance framework for the service and use the findings to drive continuous practice improvement in the Team.
* To manage and contribute to projects that deliver service improvement, working to recognised project management principles and methods.
* To maintain up-to-date knowledge of research findings, legislation, statutory guidance and policy developments relevant to the service area.
Requirements of this Team Manager job:
* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Past Management Experience.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Continual professional development.
* Social Work England registered.
* Experience within Adult Social Work.
Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
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