Team Manager - Leaving Care
Southend-on-Sea City Council
£55,224 - £60,805 per annum
Permanent | Full Time
Hybrid working | Minimum 3 days on-site at the Civic Centre
Caritas Recruitment is supporting Southend-on-Sea City Council with the recruitment of a permanent Team Manager - Leaving Care.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Children's Social Work professional to take a key leadership role, managing a multidisciplinary team that includes Senior Practitioners, Social Workers, Children & Families Workers and administrative staff.
The Role
As Team Manager, you will provide strong operational and professional leadership, ensuring services for children and young people are delivered consistently to a high standard.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and managing the Social Work team, maintaining high standards across assessments, child protection enquiries and support services.
- Providing professional supervision, appraisals and identifying development and training needs.
- Monitoring team performance, standards and quality of practice, embedding a culture of continuous improvement.
- Supporting staff to develop and monitor pathway plans for young people.
- Building effective relationships with partner agencies and professionals.
- Representing the Council within legal proceedings.
- Managing team budgets and expenditure.
- Chairing meetings, conferences and reviews as required.
- Contributing to management decision-making and deputising for the Service Manager when required.
About You
You’ll need a recognised Social Work qualification, alongside extensive knowledge of child protection, looked-after children, social work interventions and relevant legislation.
The Council is looking for someone who can demonstrate:
- Experience at Senior Social Worker level within Children's Social Work.
- Experience working with families with varying needs and complexities.
- Multi-disciplinary and integrated working experience.
- Experience contributing to the learning and supervision of other professionals.
- Previous staff management experience is desirable.
- Strong leadership, decision-making, analytical and organisational skills.
An Enhanced DBS is required for this position.
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Team Manager - Leaving Care - Southend in Southend-on-Sea employer: Caritas Recruitment
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