Team Manager

3 weeks ago


Croydon, Greater London, United Kingdom Croydon Council Full time
Job Title: Team Manager

Join Croydon Council as a Team Manager and lead a team of social workers in delivering high-quality services to children and families.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and skilled Team Manager to lead our team of social workers in providing effective and efficient services to children and families. As a Team Manager, you will be responsible for managing the performance of the team, introducing and embedding quality social work practices, and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and Croydon practice standards.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and manage the performance of a team of social workers, ensuring they have the skills, experience, and professional development needs to deliver high-quality services.
  • Introduce, embed, and continually improve the quality of social work consistent with established models of good practice.
  • Ensure that assessments and plans for children are robust, evidence-based, progressed in a timely way, effective in keeping children safe, and outcome-focused.
  • Allocate cases effectively, matching the risk/complexity of cases with the skills, experience, and professional development needs of social workers.
  • Prioritize the deployment of staff resources and ensure practice is operating in accordance with the thresholds of Croydon's early help and staged intervention model.
  • Embed and develop the outcomes-focused framework and culture across the service, demonstrating measurable improvements in the stability, well-being, and safety of children and families.
  • Contribute to the development and introduction of a quality assurance framework for the service, using the findings to drive continuous practice improvement in the Team.
  • Manage and contribute to projects that deliver service improvement, working to recognized 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
  • Experience of managing and/or supervising childcare social workers in an area relevant to this particular service area, with evidenced results of continuing practice and good outcomes for children.
  • Able to lead improvement in social work practice at an operational level through effective performance management.
  • Able to lead and manage in an operational area dealing with high risk and high complexity, delivering good safeguarding and well-being outcomes for children and families.
  • Working knowledge of national policy, strategy, and developments regarding children's social care, and areas that impact on children's social care.
What We Offer

Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We offer a range of benefits, including a welcome payment of £10,000 and a retention payment of £5,000. We also offer hybrid working arrangements and support flexible working.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

Croydon Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.


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