Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Leaving Care Team to work full time based in Southwark.
The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £55,845 per annum.
Main duties:
* Through leadership and management, promote and govern excellent practice to deliver high quality outcomes for children, young people and families in safeguarding and care/pathway planning, ensuring accountability for high professional standards which comply with procedures, agreed timescales and targets. Ensuring the safety of children and young people remains the highest priority.
* Responsible for management of the team, overseeing workload and performance management to drive continuous service improvements, in co-production with children and young people.
* Maintain own continuous professional development and that of the team through appropriate training, learning and research opportunities and in conjunction with the Service Manager.
* Positively manage and contribute to service development within the team and across the service, by sharing practice knowledge and expertise, data and research findings, and by monitoring key performance areas for the team.
* On the basis of assessed needs and risks, devise, implement and review care or pathway plans, including the development and management of protection plans within a child protection framework, applying a proportionate and ethical approach to the exercise of authority.
* Ensure all planning, assessments and reviews fully consider the long term consequences of decisions, in consultation with and incorporating the wishes and feelings of children, young people, families and carers.
* Organise complex information and produce comprehensive, analytic, high quality reports which make cogent arguments based on the evidence.
* Ensure professional, respectful and honest relationships with children, young people, and all relevant family members are built and maintained, to develop trust and assist in safeguarding children and promoting positive and timely outcomes.
* Ensure statutory responsibilities are undertaken including visiting children and young people, reviews, reporting to the court in addition to meeting timescales and performance targets with visible and timely management overview on files.
* Undertake day-to-day management functions with self-awareness and resilience. Assign tasks to members of the team, oversee caseloads and manage capacity to ensure.
Requirements of this Team Manager job:
* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Continual professional development.
* Social Work England registered.
Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Keir Turnbull; if you are interested in this position, please click above to apply now.
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