Team Manager - Assessment Team in Dagenham

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Assessment Team to work full time based in Barking & Dagenham. The salary for this permanent Team Manager role is up to £61,653 per annum.

Main duties:

• Contribute to the development and dissemination of operational instructions and provide practice guidance, making use of legislation, national guidelines and research to ensure that the highest standards are achieved and maintained.
• Be a member of the local Management Team to provide support to the Service Manager and participate as representatives of the Council, as required in other structures established for multi-agency working.
• Support all members of the team by ensuring regular supervision, appraisal and communication on an individual and team basis to ensure an informed and professional approach to service delivery and an awareness of the changing national and local demands and priorities by the implementation of appropriate performance review mechanisms.
• Promote evidence-based practice in the team and manage, monitor and ensure the effective delivery of the service.
• Set Team/Service objectives and targets linked to national & local performance indicators, legislation and guidance including the provision of regular and reliable management information and its analysis to inform the continuous improvement to safeguarding services.
• Conduct annual appraisals of all staff supervision and identify individual and team staff development needs.
• Chair and attend complex strategy meetings and support staff to prepare for multi-agency meetings and evidence giving at court.
• Allocate and provide detailed management oversight on new or transferred referrals, including tracking the progress of interim safeguarding plans, conducting audits and preparing files for case transfer.
• Be responsible for assigned budget expenditure to approve appropriate expenditure and assist in budget management, maintaining proper budget monitoring and working within budget.
• Demonstrate awareness of best value and opportunity cost implications of all decisions and actions in relation to individual cases supervised within the team.
• Develop effective working partnerships across the council and with key strategic partners.
• Develop a practice focus and a high level of awareness in listening actively to children, parents, carers and the community.
• Be responsible for personal and professional development and seek evidence of good practice.

Requirements of this Team Manager Job:

• Degree or Equivalent in Social Work.
• Current Social Work England Registration.
• Post Qualifying Social Work Experience.

This Team Manager job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role.

Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.