Community Children-Young People service lead

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Southwark Council Full time €3,600

Are you passionate about making a positive difference in children's lives in Southwark?
Does the sound of leading a team of dedicated professionals who share your passion for positive outcomes for children and families appeal to you?
We are looking to recruit a Team Manager for our Safeguarding & Family Support Service to play a key role in ensuring children in Southwark are safe and happy at home. Come and join us at Southwark and be part of a team dedicated to making a lasting, positive impact on the lives of children and families.
Our Children's Services is dedicated to providing outstanding support to vulnerable children and families in Southwark. Our systemically-informed, relationship-based approach prioritises the needs of each child, working purposefully with families to manage risk, promote positive outcomes, and create lasting change.
Our most recent Ofsted inspection was graded as ‘good’ in all areas. The children in our care said we are a “special council and are like a family to them”.
You will be joining a friendly team of dedicated professionals who share your passion for positive outcomes for children and families and ensure the delivery of a high quality, comprehensive, integrated, systemically-informed social work service within Southwark’s Practice Framework.
As the Team Manager, you will provide leadership, management and professional guidance to your team. You will promote excellent social work practice, ensuring timely assessments, purposeful interventions and effective safeguarding measures.
Through one to one and group supervisions, you will challenge and motivate your team to deliver outstanding services to our vulnerable children, young people and their families while upholding high professional standards.
Extensive knowledge of childcare legislation, statutory guidance, and child development
Ability to provide high-quality, emotionally intelligent supervision and support staff development
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required at enhanced level and you will also need eligibility to work in the UK.
How we can support you:
We have a diverse range of training courses, practitioners and teams to help support you so you can provide the best outcomes. We have Family Support Workers, a Keeping Families Together team, a Parenting Assessment Team that conducts specialised court assessments and a SWIFT / clinical service that specialises in delivering intensive therapeutic services to families.
We also have Practice Group Coordinators offer administrative support, including providing training on our database.
Strong supportive senior management team
Professional development & training opportunities
Agile and flexible working arrangements
Season ticket and cycle loans
Annual Leave starting at 28 days per year, increasing to 33
HSF Health plan and eye care scheme
EAP employee assistance programme, confidential counselling and support
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through ourSouthwark Stands Together initiative . We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
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