Team Manager
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Job Summary
- Lead manage supervise and support a team of Social Workers.
- Oversee care and permanence planning for children and young people in care.
- Maintain high standards of social work practice within the team.
- Advocate for trauma-informed and relationship-based practice.
- Assist practitioners in forming meaningful and consistent relationships with children and families.
- Monitor performance quality assurance and service delivery.
- Offer guidance and professional oversight on complex cases.
- Ensure adherence to statutory duties policies and procedures.
- Collaborate with partner agencies and professionals.
- Support service priorities and improvement initiatives.
- Utilize management information systems to track performance and outcomes.
- Drive positive outcomes for children and young people through effective leadership and decision-making.
- Foster a positive aspirational and high-performing team culture.
- Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration.
- Extensive experience in Childrens Social Care.
- Proven management supervisory or leadership experience.
- In-depth knowledge of Children in Care and Care Proceedings practice.
- Experience in managing complex child care cases and care planning.
- Strong safeguarding and risk management expertise.
- Exceptional leadership and people management skills.
- Ability to handle competing priorities and demanding workloads.
- Strong analytical planning and decision-making capabilities.
- Excellent communication and partnership-working skills.
- Proficiency in using management information and performance systems.
- Ability to lead teams within a trauma-informed and relationship-based practice framework.
- Previous experience as a Team Manager within a Children in Care Service.
- Experience in service improvement and quality assurance activities.
- Familiarity with restorative or strengths-based practice models.
- Experience leading within a large local authority environment.
- 41.42 per hour (Umbrella)
- 3 Month Contract
- Full-Time Hours
- Bi-Weekly Pay
- Flexible Hybrid Working Arrangement
- Supportive and collaborative management environment
- Opportunity to lead a dedicated Children in Care team
- Career-enhancing management experience
- Potential for contract extension
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Essential Requirements Requirements: Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration. Significant experience within Childrens Social Care. Previous management supervisory or leadership experience. Strong knowledge of Children in Care and Care Proceedings practice. Experience overseeing complex child care cases and care planning. Strong safeguarding and risk management knowledge. Excellent leadership and people management skills. Ability to manage competing priorities and demanding workloads. Strong analytical planning and decision-making skills. Excellent communication and partnership-working abilities. Experience using management information and performance systems. Ability to lead teams within a trauma-informed and relationship-based practice framework. Desirable Previous Team Manager experience within a Children in Care Service. Experience of service improvement and quality assurance activities. Knowledge of restorative or strengths-based practice models. Experience leading within a large local authority environment. Whats on Offer 41.42 per hour (Umbrella) 3 Month Contract Full-Time Hours Bi-Weekly Pay Flexible Hybrid Working Arrangement Supportive and collaborative management environment Opportunity to lead a dedicated Children in Care team Career-enhancing management experience Potential contract extension Ideal for candidates with experience as a Team Manager Childrens Team Manager Children in Care Team Manager Social Work Team Manager Practice Manager Senior Social Worker Advanced Practitioner Assistant Team Manager or Safeguarding Team Manager.
