Team Leader

7 days ago

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom City of Edinburgh Council Full time

Job Summary

This is a challenging and rewarding leadership role within the City of Edinburgh Council's Children's Services department. As a Team Leader, you will be responsible for providing professional support and supervision to a team of social work staff, ensuring the delivery of high-quality services to children and families.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of social work staff, providing guidance and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality services to children and families.
  • Develop and implement effective strategies to improve service delivery and outcomes for children and families.
  • Work closely with business support colleagues to ensure the implementation of effective business systems and data management.
  • Provide sound professional advice and consultation to team members, including advice on child protection matters.
  • Make recommendations to senior managers on planning for children and families, including chairing fostering and adoption panels.
  • Contribute to team plans that improve service delivery and are consistent with wider council and multi-agency service planning.
  • Manage staff within the policies and procedures of the City of Edinburgh Council, including disciplinary procedure, absence management, and grievance.
  • Investigate and respond to client complaints and queries from stakeholders.
  • Provide advice to the Service Manager on issues raised by elected members.

Requirements

  • Substantial operational experience in children's social work services.
  • Considerable experience in child protection investigations and post-investigative child protection cases.
  • Experience in working with children who are looked after and accommodated (children in care).
  • Experience in permanency planning for looked after and accommodated children.
  • Previous experience of managing and coordinating child protection investigations.
  • Previous experience of managing / supervising post-investigative child protection cases.
  • Previous experience of supervising / managing cases involving children who are looked after and accommodated (children in care).
  • Experience of practice teaching and supervision of social work trainees.
  • An in-depth understanding of operational issues in children's social work services.
  • A sound knowledge of the legal/statutory framework for working with children and families.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the permanency legislation and process for Looked After Children.
  • Very well-developed assessment and communication skills (written and verbal).
  • Experience of taking a lead role in developing practice in a social services setting.
  • Ability to initiate and develop new ideas and approaches to meet the needs of children and families.
  • Ability to maintain high practice standards in a culture of responsiveness to changing needs of children and families.
  • Previous experience of managing, supervising or mentoring social work personnel.
  • The understanding of the need for fiscal responsibility and the ability to take on budget responsibility.
  • Experience of managing change processes in organisations.
  • A strong commitment to inter-agency working and the ability to form and maintain strong and effective professional relationships that influence behaviour and outcomes.
  • A team player - able to play a lead role in building and maintaining team and locality identity.
  • Be seen as a trusted adviser and who can be relied upon to deliver effective outcomes.
  • Ability to plan and monitor services and prioritise and co-ordinate cases.
  • Ability to monitor and analyse performance and a strong commitment to performance improvement.
  • Ability to understand issues and problems, to analyse and assess complex situations, often within limited timescales.

Working with Us

The City of Edinburgh Council is committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work. We recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

We are committed to improving our organisational culture and creating a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh. We want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

We're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

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