Senior Social Work Manager

4 weeks ago


Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom Social Personnel Full time
Job Title: Senior Social Work Manager

Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Social Work Manager to lead our team of social workers and family support workers in delivering and improving services for vulnerable children, young people, and their families.

Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and implement effective partnership working with other Council services and partner agencies to ensure efficient delivery of the service.
• Contribute towards delivering the council's vision for Children's Social Care, ensuring objectives and priorities are realised.
• Lead, manage, and motivate a staff team, ensuring high-quality supervision, case management oversight, timely decision making, and effective implementation and review of children's plans.
• Allocate cases within the statutory timescale, ensuring assessments, statutory visits, and planned reviews have clear objectives and outcomes.
• Complete and review performance development plans for the team, enhancing individuals' personal and professional development needs and contributing towards staff retention.
• Effectively use available team performance data to monitor standards and performance, ensuring compliance with practice standards and procedures.
• Supervise Newly Qualified Social Workers in their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment, where appropriate.
• Contribute to the management of the staffing budget for the team, approving and committing expenditure within your delegated authority and monitoring and reporting commitments.
• Support the safer recruitment and selection of new staff, both within the team and across Children's Social Care, ensuring staffing levels are maintained.
• Chair strategy, review, planning, professional, and network meetings as appropriate.
• Keep up to date with the Council's organisational policies, government guidance, legislation, research, and national trends, maintaining the highest professional standards.

About Us:
Social Personnel is a leading provider of social care services, dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable children, young people, and their families. We are committed to delivering high-quality services that meet the needs of our clients and stakeholders.

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