Safeguarding and Family Support Team Manager

1 month ago


Slough, Slough, United Kingdom Sanctuary Personnel Ltd Full time

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd is seeking a highly skilled Team Manager to join their Safeguarding & Family Support Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a team of social workers and ensuring the delivery of high-quality services to vulnerable children and families.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager position is up to £60,285 per annum.

  • Make clear decisions around threshold for cases that are part of legal planning meetings, strategy decisions, ensuring at each point risk is evaluated and decisions are recorded on the case file.
  • Carry out regular quality assurance activities including observations, case reviews, team and peer moderated audits that collaboratively involve social work staff to support their professional development, improve the consistency of practice and seek the views of families.
  • Use all available performance information and audit outcomes to efficiently manage their team, translating this information in a meaningful way so that all members of the team understand what is saying and what they need to do.
  • Responsible for the regular and effective appraisal of staff performance through Slough Children First's appraisal process in order to provide clear direction and challenge to prevent drift and delay.
  • Directly supervises the Assistant Team Managers and Senior Social Workers in the team as per Slough Children First supervision policy.
  • Support all members of the team to actively seek the views of children and families to inform practice in individual cases and uses this feedback to shape the team, its learning and feed into the overall strategic direction of Slough Children First.
  • Maintain own professional development through training and other suitable mechanisms and keep up to date with changes in national, regional and local policy initiatives that will impact on the delivery of services and respond accordingly.
  • Supports the Assistant Team Manager to make effective day-to-day use of all available professional resources, addressing barriers and issues across Slough Children First and with partners where required through the development and maintenance of professional links with partner agencies and the voluntary sector, whilst supporting the links of the Assistant Team Manager.
  • Ensure all interventions are conducted within an anti-discriminatory framework, and take into account issues such as race, gender, sexuality, disability etc., and deliver appropriate services to the diverse communities of Slough.
  • Deputise for the Head of Service, undertake projects and other additional duties, as required. To undertake work outside office hours as necessary.

Requirements of this Team Manager position:

  • A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Experience within a management role.
  • Continual professional development.
  • Social Work England registered.
  • Experience within Adult Social Work.


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