Social Work Leadership Role

5 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Sanctuary Personnel Ltd Full time
Social Work Team Leadership Role

Sanctuary Personnel is seeking a dedicated Social Work Team Manager to lead their Fostering Team on a permanent full-time basis in the South East London area.

About the Job Description
  • Develop and maintain knowledge of local and national child protection policies, research, and statutory procedures, ensuring their application within the team.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to develop and implement local policies and service improvement strategies, promoting their adoption within the team and service.
  • Provide expert social work and child protection guidance to the team, service, and other multi-agency professionals, enhancing understanding of diverse child experiences.
  • Liaise with multi-agency partners to provide high-level support to children and families.
  • Represent the local authority professionally, particularly in court, with families, or with other agencies.
  • Ensure adherence to Council policies, procedures, values, and code of conduct at all times, ensuring team members are aware of and follow these expectations.
  • Prioritize timely responses and actions to contacts, referrals, allocations, complaints, information requests, child protection enquiries, court directives, and plans for children.
  • Maintain compliance with relevant laws, statutory guidance, and local procedures governing children's safeguarding, adult safeguarding, the social work profession, health and safety, employment law, human rights, and data protection.
  • Regularly supervise and appraise worker performance, including case management oversight, timely decision-making, effective plan implementation, reflective space, respectful challenge, and supports ongoing learning and development.
  • Audit and review case work and records regularly to ensure contemporaneous and detailed case notes, up-to-date summaries and chronologies, good-quality assessments and reports, and holistic plans.
Job Requirements
  • CQSW, DipSW, BA Social Work, or equivalent professional qualification.
  • Knowledge of relevant childcare legislation.
  • Ability to travel independently to required areas by job responsibilities.
  • Previous management or supervisory experience working with children and families.
Annual Salary:

Up to £63,042.



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