Team Manager Children in Care
1 month ago
Team Manager Children in Care
How you'll make a difference
At South Gloucestershire Council we are immensely proud of the skills, abilities, and compassion of all our social workers and wider team members – demonstrated even more so during the pandemic. As a Team Manager you will provide support, recognition, guidance, and professional oversight to team members within your practice area.
We are pleased to say that we provide an Ofsted rated 'Good' service, our Ofsted report can be viewed here; we are seeking additional driven professionals to help us to collectively maintain and build on this for the ongoing betterment of the children and young people of South Gloucestershire.
We are looking for a talented strong and ambitious leader to join our strong management group within our wider Children in Care Service to lead one of our children in care teams.
This role includes managing social workers allocated to a full range of children in care, which may also include Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC), Early Permanence and Care Leavers.
If you are either a current Team Manager, looking to develop their practice in a different practice area or an experienced practitioner with supervisory experience looking for their progression into management, this is an exciting opportunity to develop your career further.
What will you be doing?
You will have the usual targets to achieve, but you will also have a very supportive leadership team around you, that are always accessible from the very top down. You will be a natural leader and able to get the best out of your colleagues and team members as we continue to implement further improvements across our services.
If you can focus on the people behind the Social Worker title – we know you will achieve the best for all of children and families.
- First and foremost, as a supportive manager you will be able to get the best from your team members whilst ensuring they are fully supported and know how valued they are.
- Ensuring a focus on the individual and assisting in personal and professional development through the several available pathways and programmes offered by our Children's Services.
- You will lead and oversee a consistently good service to these looked after children and young people as well as ensure specialist assessment and support is undertaken and delivered effectively to improve the outcomes and promote a positive future for Children in care, unaccompanied asylum seeking children or care leavers.
What we need from you- You will have relevant professional qualification and experience in a relevant setting, such as Corporate Parenting or Social Care that must include experience of management of staff, and supervision of other professionals.
- You will be able to evidence your ability to lead teams to achieve optimum performance in delivering excellent social care services for children.
- You will have evidence of on-going continuous professional development and a thorough knowledge of current legislation and practice relating to children and young people's services.
- Demonstrable experience of managing social workers responsible for age assessments or evidence of service improvement would be desirable.
Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.
You will be required to travel widely to a range of locations within the Authority so you must have a current driving licence and access to a suitable vehicle insured for business use.
How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
We invest in the careers of our people and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps our people make the greatest long-term difference in their work."Staff are overwhelmingly positive about working for South Gloucestershire Council. Staff report feeling heard and responded to by senior leaders. Reduced workloads, increased stability of managers and more business support have strengthened their ability to respond to and improve the quality of practice for children. A wealth of concentrated training, including the Programme for Change initiative, has developed skill sets and expertise of staff. Staff benefit from a clear pathway of career progression, including a bespoke managers development programme.." [Ofsted Report published July 2024]
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We're making a difference, be part of it
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- You will have relevant professional qualification and experience in a relevant setting, such as Corporate Parenting or Social Care that must include experience of management of staff, and supervision of other professionals.
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