Assistant Team Manager - Early Help

Our client Sefton MBC is looking for an Assistant Team Manager to join their Early Help service.

Job responsibilities:

• Be accountable for the day to day management of a team of Social Workers and other professionals in the delivery of statutory and legislative duties and requirements.
• Manage the team to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable children and young people in Sefton whilst effectively managing risk.
• Ensure the key performance targets as they apply to the team, the service and the Council are met.
• Carry out this role in a collaborative manner that promotes equality of opportunity and joint working with other teams across the Council and partners, while challenging and supporting the team to ensure timely and suitable outcomes for children, young people and their families.
• Take a leading role in promoting, delivering and embracing Sefton's child care policies and help deliver our vision of making our children safe, secure and successful.
• Use all multi-disciplinary resources available to ensure that the quality of practice with children, young people and families is of a consistently high quality, is cost effective and that quality service standards are met.
• Support the day to day management of the team, providing appropriate support and challenge to ensure the delivery of high quality services that safeguard the welfare of children and young people.
• Make effective day to day use of all available professional resources and use a range of theoretical, evidence based and practical approaches to develop and implement effective interventions and support for children and families both within and outside of the family home.
• Manage the distribution of caseloads to ensure that needs are met appropriately.
• Support and challenge the team to meet the requirements around thresholds for cases, managing the preparation of high quality reports for court or other purposes, providing expert advice to guide the team through legal and organisational processes as required.
• Support and challenge the team in the completion of assessments, plans, toolkits based on identified need and achieving KPIs, ensuring at each point of risk is evaluated, decisions and management oversight are recorded on the case file and any issues or concerns are escalated to the Team Manager.
• Using performance data and findings from audits and feedback from families and other professionals including complaints and compliments to continuously improve practice.
• Chair meetings to a high standard, supporting social workers as required.
• Co-work complex cases with team members as required.
• Supervise social workers and non-qualified staff as per Sefton's supervision policy, supporting and supervising social work students, acting as a mentor to support them through their professional training.
• Lead group supervision to a high standard ensuring that all team members are aware of progress on cases.
• Provide day to day supervision on case work to a high standard.

Benefits of working with Remedy:

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs.
• Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

*Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions. Remedy Social Care is an APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.