The postholder will manage staff within their team and will be key to ensuring a high level of engagement with multi agency partners in the geographic area of operation. The post holder will be instrumental in ensuring good service outcomes across agencies to meet OFSTED inspection standards. The postholder will ensure the delivery of high quality and timely assessment of childrens needs and appropriate decision making concerning child protection and social care. The postholder will actively manage and monitor budgets to ensure services are delivered to financial targets.
Ensure delivery of a service in a specialised field of social work in accordance with legislative requirements, all relevant policies and procedures and to agreed performance targets.
Ensure the effective assessment and management of risk with regard to keeping children and young people safeguarded and promoting positive and sustainable outcomes.
Provide leadership, advice and support in relation to complex cases.
Ensure professional decisions are made according to the highest standards, using an evidence base which stands up to scrutiny. Provide appropriate challenge to the decisions of other staff within the team.
Have a lead role in ensuring all service delivery including that of multi-agency partners meets high OFSTED standards
Manage the allocation of workload to agreed service priorities, monitor team and individual performance and resolve workload issues as they arise
Drive performance management and quality assurance and ensure value for money in services delivered by the team; act on inadequate performance as appropriate.
We are looking for a full time Team Manager who shares our values and passion to improve outcomes for Children and Young People. You will work in a team of Social Workers and Practice Supervisors. You will have a good understanding of the challenges that children and families face and want to truly make a positive change whilst driving forward the promotion and development of the Strength in Relationship Practice model, which puts effective relationships with children and families at its heart.
As a Partner in Practice, we are leading the way in social work with children and their families; our work is child-centred and there is a longstanding, clearly embedded model of practice, based on building effective relationships with children, young people and families.
One of the primary aspects of the role of Team Manager is to lead and manage Social Workers with the support of Practice Supervisors to ensure the delivery of an effective social work service to children and their families in accordance with the relevant policies and procedures.
As you continue to develop, you may decide you want to manage other social worker professionals and we support this with the First line leadership programme in conjunction with a range of corporate leadership programmes facilitated by the council itself. We're proud to support the Local Government Association's Return to Social Work programme, offering former social workers free training so they can return to social work.
The postholder will manage staff within their team and will be key to ensuring a high level of engagement with multi agency partners in the geographic area of operation. The post holder will be instrumental in ensuring good service outcomes across agencies to meet OFSTED inspection standards. The postholder will ensure the delivery of high quality and timely assessment of childrens needs and appropriate decision making concerning child protection and social care. The postholder will actively manage and monitor budgets to ensure services are delivered to financial targets.
Ensure delivery of a service in a specialised field of social work in accordance with legislative requirements, all relevant policies and procedures and to agreed performance targets.
Ensure the effective assessment and management of risk with regard to keeping children and young people safeguarded and promoting positive and sustainable outcomes.
Provide leadership, advice and support in relation to complex cases.
Ensure professional decisions are made according to the highest standards, using an evidence base which stands up to scrutiny. Provide appropriate challenge to the decisions of other staff within the team.
Have a lead role in ensuring all service delivery including that of multi-agency partners meets high OFSTED standards
Manage the allocation of workload to agreed service priorities, monitor team and individual performance and resolve workload issues as they arise
Drive performance management and quality assurance and ensure value for money in services delivered by the team; act on inadequate performance as appropriate.
We are looking for a full time Team Manager who shares our values and passion to improve outcomes for Children and Young People. You will work in a team of Social Workers and Practice Supervisors. You will have a good understanding of the challenges that children and families face and want to truly make a positive change whilst driving forward the promotion and development of the Strength in Relationship Practice model, which puts effective relationships with children and families at its heart.
As a Partner in Practice, we are leading the way in social work with children and their families; our work is child-centred and there is a longstanding, clearly embedded model of practice, based on building effective relationships with children, young people and families.
One of the primary aspects of the role of Team Manager is to lead and manage Social Workers with the support of Practice Supervisors to ensure the delivery of an effective social work service to children and their families in accordance with the relevant policies and procedures.
As you continue to develop, you may decide you want to manage other social worker professionals and we support this with the First line leadership programme in conjunction with a range of corporate leadership programmes facilitated by the council itself. We're proud to support the Local Government Association's Return to Social Work programme, offering former social workers free training so they can return to social work.