Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Children Looked After Team to work full time based in Slough.
The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £55,805 per annum.
Main duties:
* As a member of Slough Children First’s Management Team, lead the team providing appropriate support and challenge to ensure the delivery of high-quality services, accurate and timely case file records, and the effective use of resources to statutory and legislative requirements.
* Oversee the distribution of caseloads to ensure that the child or young person’s needs are met appropriately.
* Make clear decisions around the threshold for cases that are part of legal planning meetings, strategy decisions, ensuring at each point risk is evaluated and decisions are recorded on the case file.
* Carry out regular quality assurance activities including observations, case reviews, team, and peer moderated audits that collaboratively involve social work staff to support their professional development, improve the consistency of practice, and seek the views of families.
* Use all available performance information and audit outcomes to efficiently manage the team, translating this information in a meaningful way so that all members of the team understand what it is saying and what they need to do.
* Create, implement, and monitor a team plan which links to service and strategic objectives with the overall aim to improve performance.
* Directly supervise the Assistant Team Managers and Senior Social Workers in the team as per Slough Children First supervision policy.
* Lead team meetings to high standards, ensuring that service and corporate messages are cascaded to the team in a timely way and supporting effective two-way communications back up to managers from the team.
* Assist and encourage the professional development of the Assistant Team Manager, providing them with opportunities to grow and develop to become Team Managers.
* Ensure all interventions are conducted within an anti-discriminatory framework, taking into account issues such as race, gender, sexuality, etc., and deliver appropriate services to the diverse communities of Slough.
* Deputise for the Head of Service, undertake projects, and other additional duties as required. Undertake work outside office hours as necessary.
Requirements of this Team Manager role:
* A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Registered or eligible for registration.
Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position, please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
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