Social Work Team Manager

2 weeks ago

Croydon, United Kingdom Sanctuary Personnel Ltd Full time

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Social Work Team Manager to join a well-established Children’s service based in Croydon.

Team/Specialism: Children in Care & Care Experienced Young People

Pay Rate: £44.50 per hour (assignment rate)

Contract: Locum, 3-Months

Hours: Full-time. 36 hours per week.

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
  • Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
  • Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious Social Work roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
  • Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
  • Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards Refer a friend that works in Social Work and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many friends you can refer.
  • Professional Development: Working as a locum in Social Work provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.

Duties:

  • Lead and manage performance of a team of social workers and foster a culture of continuous learning and reflection of practice that inspires staff to give of their best in their roles
  • Introduce, embed and continually improve at teamlevel, the quality of social work consistent with established models of good practice
  • Provide professional advice to staff, colleagues and partners for the area of responsibility
  • Ensure that assessments and plans for children are robust, evidence-based, progressed in a timely way, are effective in keeping children safe and are outcome focussed
  • Allocate cases effectively in terms of matching the risk / complexity of cases with the skills, experience and professional development needs of social workers
  • Prioritise the deployment of staff resources and ensure practice is operating in accordance with the thresholds of Croydon’s early help and staged intervention model
  • Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and Croydon practice standardsin respect of the protection and well-being of children, including looked after children and young people
  • Embed and develop the outcomes focussed framework and culture across the service that demonstrates measurable improvements in the stability, well-being and safety of children and families allocated in the Team
  • Contribute to the development and introduction of a quality assurance framework for the service and use the findings to drive continuous practice improvement in the Team
  • Manage and contribute to projects that deliver service improvement, working to recognised project management principles and methods
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of research findings, legislation, statutory guidance and policy developments relevant to the service area

Requirements of the Team Manager:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Working knowledge of national policy, strategy and developments regarding children’s social care, and areas that impact on children’s social care
  • Demonstrable knowledge of relevant legislation, statutory guidance, standards and procedures
  • Able to lead improvement in social work practice at an operational level through effective performance management
  • Evidence of leading and managing operational change effectively
  • Able to lead and manage in an operational area dealing with high risk and high complexity in a way that delivers good safeguarding and well-being outcomes for children and families
  • Able to apply and use effectively at operational level outcomes-based quality assurance frameworks
  • Able to drive continuous improvement in operational practice, and promote evidence-based outcomes for children
  • Able to contribute to budget planning and control, and demonstrate effective use of public funds
  • Experience of managing and/or supervising child care social workers in an area relevant to this particular service area with evidenced results of continuing practice and good outcomes for children
  • Experience of providing reflective supervision that postively impacts on practice and outcomes
  • Experience of contributing to the development of a highly motivated, high achieving and stable work force with a positive, “can-do”, customer-centred culture
  • Able to work outside of normal office hours when required
  • Undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure prior to employment and then every three years

Contact:

This Team Manager job is advertised by Michael Bowen; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.

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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