SHiFT Team Manager

CRA GROUP RECRUITMENT AND PAYROLL LTD

Job Location:

Kingston upon Thames - UK

Monthly Salary: £ 59 - 59

Experience Required: 4-5years

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

2-3 months contract with a Local Authority

Job Summary:

The SHiFT Team Manager will provide expert social work leadership to adolescents at risk of contextual harm across Kingston and Richmond.

Responsible for overseeing statutory social work practice including Child in Need Child Protection and court-related work within the Specialist Adolescent Service.

Works collaboratively with the Senior Guide Head of Service and Adolescent Safeguarding Manager to ensure excellent consistent and innovative practice.

Leads on service development performance management quality assurance recruitment learning and reflective supervision.

Acts as a critical friend providing constructive challenge maintaining fidelity to the SHiFT model and supporting continuous improvement in practice.

Ensures high-quality multi-agency working risk management and safeguarding for vulnerable adolescents and their families.

Key Duties/Accountabilities (Sample):

Provide frontline management oversight for all SHiFT adolescent social work practice.

Chair strategy meetings manage contacts into the service and provide case direction and supervision to practitioners.

Work closely with the Adolescent Safeguarding Manager to ensure risk is managed effectively and duty cover is in place.

Lead recruitment induction training development and performance management of team members.

Ensure robust quality assurance evaluation and reflective learning across the service.

Maintain the integrity and fidelity of the SHiFT model ensuring best practice is embedded across AfC and nationally.

Support innovation systems-thinking and solution-focused interventions for young people affected by contextual safeguarding concerns.

Use data intelligence and evidence to drive decision-making and improve service delivery.

Ensure compliance with safeguarding legislation statutory duties and organisational policy.

Build strong effective partnerships with multi-agency stakeholders including police youth justice health education and voluntary sector services.

Promote collaborative working resource-sharing and a strengths-based approach across the directorate.

Skills/Experience:

Significant experience in statutory social work with vulnerable adolescents.

Proven ability to manage high levels of risk including contextual safeguarding exploitation and public protection.

Experience managing and supervising social workers caseworkers or practitioners delivering adolescent-focused interventions.

Strong background in performance management staff development and quality assurance.

Excellent knowledge of safeguarding legislation Children Act duties and policy relevant to adolescent services.

Experience of delivering outcomes within integrated multi-agency environments.

Ability to analyse complex information use data and apply evidence-based practice in decision-making.

Skilled in relationship-building influencing de-escalation and multi-agency negotiation.

Experience handling equality diversity and inclusion issues in practice and addressing them proactively.

Competent with digital systems management information tools and professional recording.

Excellent communication problem-solving organisation and leadership abilities.

Able to work independently with initiative flexibility and limited oversight.

High levels of resilience determination and professional curiosity.

Additional Information:

The closing date: 01/12/2025 @17:00.

Location: Kingston and Richmond (Achieving for Children).

Contract: Agency full-time (36 hours).

Requirement: Social Work England registration and Social Work qualification.

Required Skills:

Significant experience in statutory social work with vulnerable adolescents. Proven ability to manage high levels of risk including contextual safeguarding exploitation and public protection. Experience managing and supervising social workers caseworkers or practitioners delivering adolescent-focused interventions. Strong background in performance management staff development and quality assurance. Excellent knowledge of safeguarding legislation Children Act duties and policy relevant to adolescent services. Experience of delivering outcomes within integrated multi-agency environments. Ability to analyse complex information use data and apply evidence-based practice in decision-making. Skilled in relationship-building influencing de-escalation and multi-agency negotiation. Experience handling equality diversity and inclusion issues in practice and addressing them proactively. Competent with digital systems management information tools and professional recording. Excellent communication problem-solving organisation and leadership abilities. Able to work independently with initiative flexibility and limited oversight. High levels of resilience determination and professional curiosity.

Required Education:

Social Work England registration and Social Work qualification.

2-3 months contract with a Local Authority Job Summary: The SHiFT Team Manager will provide expert social work leadership to adolescents at risk of contextual harm across Kingston and Richmond. Responsible for overseeing statutory social work practice including Child in Need Child Protection and cou...