Practice Manager - Children with Disabilities in Salford

We are on our way to achieving our goal to provide Outstanding support and care to children, families, carers and practitioners across Salford. We are investing in the right social workers to get us there across our teams from newly qualified social workers to team managers including those who are looking to relocate to the area.

We have a vacancy for a practice manager within our Children with Disabilities Team. This is an exciting permanent position which has arisen on a stable, well established team of experienced staff. We are looking for someone who is driven, dynamic and passionate who could advocate strongly for the families in Salford and drive forward service developments.

You will have at least 5 years post qualifying Social Work experience, be able to display and promote Salford’s behaviours and values, whilst demonstrating enthusiasm and passion for protecting children and young people across the city. In Salford, we are interested in you as a person and the practitioner you are or who you aspire to be.

Your role will include:

• Oversight and management of the day to day delivery of all aspects of the Social Work team.
• A focus on the quality and improvement of social work and service delivery.
• Ensuring the service is facilitating effective participation of children, young people and families and that their lived experiences are known, understood and inform plans.
• Responsible for ensuring documentation, record keeping, accounting and communication is maintained.
• Making sure effective information strategies and systems are in place to enable appropriate sharing of data and information, including responding to complaints.
• Regular and effective analysis, monitoring, measurement and maintaining of the performance of the team to ensure impact on outcomes for children and families is understood.
• Accountable to the Service Manager for staff supervision, care and development of the team.

Our offer to you:

• Up to 34 days holiday a year.
• Free parking.
• Hybrid working giving flexibility for you to manage your diary and offer a better work/life balance.
• Refurbished office space with free parking on site.
• Rich in resources to help you with any child or family you work with.
• Robust training offer and mentoring scheme to support you with your career and aspirations.
• Regular, quality, reflective supervision from a consistent management and leadership team.

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character.

We will not be accepting candidates who require a sponsorship for this position.

As an authority we are dedicated to improving the lives of our residents, and as an employer we are passionate about helping individuals to thrive in their work. We are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture and are proud of our professional accreditations which champion this.

Continuous Service commitment: New employees can keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others under this scheme.