Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £47,694 - £52,155 + £3,000 market premia per annum (pro rata for part time)
Working Hours: 37 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 30th March 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Families Together Team within the Children & Families Service, who work with children aged 11 – 18 who are at risk of coming into the care of the local authority.
We are looking for a team manager for our Families Together Team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead practitioners to work intensively with children and their families, or care givers.
We are looking for an enthusiastic team manager, who is passionate to use evidence-based approaches to bring about change. You will understand the impact of trauma on children, how additional needs can impact risk management, and recognise the importance of community liaison.
About You
Who we are looking for -
To apply for this post, you must :
1. Have an appropriate social work professional qualification such as MA, DipSW or CQSW with experience of working in a statutory child safeguarding setting and evidence of continuing professional development.
2. Knowledge and understanding of the complexity and contexts of vulnerabilities and risks that young people experience and the complex needs of families where children are on the edge of care.
3. Ability to evidence your skills and knowledge of creative, innovative and relationship-based social work and demonstrate your ability to lead and manage a skilled workforce.
4. Be able to demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
5. Be confident in your supervisory skills and oversee learning and development for your team – ensuring they make the most of their CPD time and our learning offer.
6. Have retained a strong interest in research and the evidence base for practice and are confident about how this can be used in practice
7. Have an in depth understanding of Trauma informed practice and ensuring the child/family are at the centre of everything you and your team do, and you have high aspirations for those we serve and support.
We hope this sounds like you!
Our salaries are competitive (£47,694 - £52,155 + £3,000 market premia per annum (pro rata for part time) but we know from our own staff that there are other reasons to come to Leicestershire. We hope you agree. We look forward to hearing from you
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About Us
In Leicestershire we have a fantastic package to provide our workers. This includes the option as a full-time worker to do hybrid working, celebrating diversity with a range of events throughout the year, recognition of our staff in annual Pride in Practice events, fantastic learning and training opportunities - enabling our staff to develop and progress within their roles and committed wellbeing support.
We are proud of our continuous improvement plan - 'Achieving Excellence through Purposeful Practice' which sets out our key values, behaviours and ambitions. We have embedded the Signs of Safety approach throughout our services and this approach mirrors our values of Aspiration, Being Curious and Collaboration. We are focused on working with families and the networks of family, friends and professionals around children, to work in collaboration to achieve shared goals.
We are committed to our vision of becoming a trauma informed responsive department where we believe we are "stronger together". Our culture is one of partnership, where we look for solutions and recognise the potential impact of trauma on the children and families we work with and on our staff. We will strive to create a safe, compassionate, healing environment demonstrated through relationships based on trust, respect, hope and empathy. We will achieve this through a spirit of curiosity, by nurturing connections through relationships, making a deliberate effort to know and understand people, and by providing hope for growth and recovery.
We support and empower our staff to be the best that they can be. We will give you the support and resources that you need to work in collaboration with children and families.
8. We want all our staff to be inspired to go the extra mile. We are doing our best to create the sort of culture where practice excellence can flourish. We want to learn from what works, as much, if not more, than from when things go badly – we are ambitious to create a true ‘learning organisation. So…
9. Every year we run three annual conferences for staff to come together and reflect and learn.
10. Every month each team sets aside time for team learning.
11. You will receive consistent, regular, and reflective supervision
12. You will receive group supervision support
13. Twice a year our senior leaders take a week out spending time with social workers observing positive practice and talking to young people and parents and carers about their experience of services
14. All Social Work England registered workers have three extra Continuous Professional Development days over the year.
15. Our training offer to social workers is refreshed each year and is highly valued by our staff
16. We provide course and training to support workforce career progression including Practice Educator Awards, Aspiring Managers Program, and Social Work Apprenticeship Program.
17. We have a team dedicated to supporting practice excellence who work alongside practitioners offering monthly training and learning, coaching and mentoring to build practitioner confidence, 1:1 or group reflective case discussions, and other support to staff and teams that can be requested.
18. Our Practice Development Group is well established for practitioners to collaborate on practice development.
19. We have a Critical Incident Response service for staff which provides independent therapeutic support within 48 hours if you experience a significant traumatic experience within work.
20. We have a well-respected Wellbeing Service who provide specific support to staff when needed, but also offers events throughout the year. They also hold a weekly 1:1 focused session for children’s social care staff with a qualified therapist and we support our workers to use this service and seeing the strength in doing so.
In all service areas you are expected to work closely with colleagues across team and agency boundaries to ensure that families get the most appropriate level of support. Staff workloads are manageable and are monitored and managed closely. Managers and staff all have regular monthly supervision, and you will be supported in your practice by an experienced senior management team.
We are currently operating a hybrid model of working, which includes office working and working from home. You will be provided with equipment including a laptop and smart phone to enable you to complete your role. We utilise smarter and flexible working policies to support staff to fulfil their roles within flexible circumstances.
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