Social Work Team Manager

Social Work Team ManagerSupport and Safeguarding - Corby£49,582 to £54,430Plus £2,200 Welcome Bonus About the role We are seeking a Social Work Team Manager, with current Social Work England registration, and previous leadership experience in a similarrole.You will provide leadership to your team, who will consist of each team consists of a Team Manager, Advanced Practitioner, who holds complex cases and supports 5 or 6 Social Workers / Senior Social Workers and a Newly Qualified Social Worker within theirteam. You will be responsible for allocating and prioritising workloads effectively to ensure the care of the child is paramount, whilst also ensuring you develop your team to provide an effective and efficient service. The right candidate will have responsibilityfor the team plan to meet objectives and ensure performance targets are achieved.About you The right candidate will be a qualified Social Worker, with current Social Work England registration, and ideally with a Level 5 NVQ Management qualification, or equivalentrelevant experience.You will have the ability to manage a team and ensure development and performance issues are addressed though support and coaching.You will have previous budgetary control experience, ICT skills and the ability to represent the serviceat a more senior level if required.About our team Children's support and safeguarding teams complete work with children who are subject to child protection plans, child-in-need plans and Public Law Outline/initial care proceedings. They also support multi-agencypractice in completing pre-birth and parenting assessments and work with adolescents focusing on contextualised safeguarding.Utilising a relationship-based approach, where the young person is at the heart of everything we do, the service will undertake assessments,both statutory and non-statutory, and will focus on intensive, direct work to meet complex needs and manage associated risks. Some packages of support will be led by social workers, others by lead professionals from across the service, including from CFN'spartners. The service wants good outcomes for young people and for them to be safe; adequately housed and supported (with their families wherever possible); physically and emotionally healthy and achieving good outcomes through education, training or employment.Aboutus The Childrens Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children's Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils. This provides theorganisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish, deliveringat the cutting edge of new innovation.What we offer Highly competitive salaries £2,200 Welcome bonus Retention bonus Social Work England registration costs Flexible working practices, including home working, flexi time and job share The opportunity to personallycontribute to improving the service Monthly high quality supervision Up to 27 day's annual leave plus bank holidays (with service rises to 32 days plus bank holidays) Opportunity to buy back up to 5 weeks of additional holiday each year Subsidised local authorityPension Scheme Additional 12 weeks of maternity leave at 50% Employee discount schemes Up to £8,000 relocation allowance Signs of Safety training An onsite academy delivering a variety of learning & development opportunities Heavily subsidised city centreparking Regular engagement opportunities with the CEOApply Please send your CV and statement of suitability to NCTrustcareers@nctrust.co.ukThis post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speakfluent English is an essential requirement for the role.Enhanced DBS clearance and SW England required. Some posts in MASH and First Response (s47) teams are based in the Criminal Justice Centre (CJC) and are thereforesubject to annual vetting by NorthamptonshirePolice. This clearance is required to undertake the role.Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the closing date should we have sufficient applicationsWe regret that we are not accepting any overseas applications at this time.