Team Manager - Children with Disabilities - Grade- 60819

Team Manager Children with Disabilities Croydon Council

Salary: Grade

Permanent 36 hours per week
Welcome Payment 10000
Retention Payment 5000

Hybrid working

We are seeking a qualified and experienced Team Manager to join us and support our extremely talented team of Social Workers to driving the service forward. You will lead and manage performance of a team and foster a culture of continuous learning and reflection of practice that inspires staff to give their best in their roles.

To lead and manage performance of a team of social workers and foster a culture of continuous learning and reflection of practice that inspires staff to give of their best in their roles.

Introduce embed and continually improve at team level the quality of social work consistent with established models of good practice.

To provide professional advice to staff colleagues and partners for the area of responsibility.

Ensure that assessments and plans for children are robust evidencebased progressed in a timely way are effective in keeping children safe and are outcome focussed.

Allocate cases effectively in terms of matching the risk / complexity of cases with the skills experience and professional development needs of social workers. Prioritise the deployment of staff resources and ensure practice is operating in accordance with the thresholds of Croydons early help and staged intervention model. Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and Croydon practice standards in respect of the protection and wellbeing of children including looked after

children and young people. To embed and develop the outcomes focussed framework and culture across the service that demonstrates measurable improvements in the stability wellbeing and safety of children and families allocated in the Team. Contribute to the development and introduction of a quality assurance framework for the service and use the findings to drive continuous practice improvement in the Team.

To manage and contribute to projects that deliver service improvement working to recognised project management principles and methods. To maintain uptodate knowledge of research findings legislation statutory guidance and policy developments relevant to the service area.

Essential Requirements

Qualified Social Workers who are Social Work England registered

Working knowledge of national policy strategy and developments regarding childrens social care and areas that impact on childrens social care.

Able to lead improvement in social work practice at an operational level through effective performance management

Evidence of leading and managing operational change effectively

Able to lead and manage in an operational area dealing with high risk and high complexity in a way that delivers good safeguarding and wellbeing outcomes for children and families.

Experience of managing and/or supervising childcare social workers in an area relevant to this particular service area with evidenced results of continuing practice and good outcomes for children.

Why Join Us

Our team consists of experienced dedicated practitioners

We meet regularly to make sure everyone we work with has the support and knowledge needed to make a difference and be the difference to our families communities and colleagues

At Croydon relationships matter and we are about strong partnerships and working together to make lasting positive change

We are an established team who can help you settle in and offer their expertise

You will have the support of an extremely knowledgeable understanding manager

You will have access to a busy buzzy committed workforce and work environment Opportunities to work from home and work flexibly provides you with more worklife balance

Opportunities to think together with your manager about career development

Support to help you grow develop learn and lead