Team Manager - 16+ Care Leavers

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the 16+ Care Leavers Team to work full time based in Medway. The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £64,198 per annum.

Main duties:

• Lead, manage and motivate a staff team ensuring high quality supervision is completed regularly which includes case management oversight, timely decision making, the effective implementation and review of children’s looked after plans and care experienced young people’s pathway plans.
• Reflect and recognise areas of practice which are good or require improvement, and support the ongoing learning and development of workers, including undertaking audits across the whole of children’s service and within the local service.
• Allocate cases within the statutory timescales supporting positive transitions and ensuring looked after children reviews and pathway plan reviews and statutory visits have clear objectives and outcomes.
• Complete and review performance development plans for the team which enhance individuals' personal and professional development needs and contribute towards staff retention.
• Effectively use available team performance data to monitor standards and performance and ensure compliance with practice standards and procedures.
• Provide high quality reflective case supervision to social workers and personal advisors within timescale, that clearly provides management oversight, appropriate professional challenge and supports the progression of children and young people’s plans.
• Ensure care experienced young people are supported effectively to develop into independence following their journey through care.
• Contribute to the management of the staffing budget for the team by approving and committing expenditure within your delegated authority, and monitoring and reporting commitments in order to ensure budget is not exceeded.
• Support the safer recruitment and selection of new staff, both within the team and across Children’s Social Care in order to ensure staffing levels are maintained.
• Deputise and support the Group Manager where necessary on all aspects relating to the development of the service, and cover for other Team Managers where appropriate.
• Actively promote the Council’s Fair Access, Diversity and Inclusion Policy and observe the standard of conduct which prevents discrimination taking place.
• At the discretion of the Head of Service, undertake such other activities as may from time to time be agreed consistent with the nature of the job described above.

Requirements of this Team Manager role:

• A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.

This Team Manager job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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.