Leicester City Council's Children's Social Care service is recruiting a permanent Family Help Team Manager to lead one of its Children's Social Work Clusters. The role centres on leading supervision and team performance, alongside managing a caseload within Family Help social work that uses Signs of Safety, trauma-informed practice and the Lundy model of participation. The post is hybrid, combining home working with time at Leicester offices, and includes an out-of-hours rota. Applicants must be practising social workers in the UK, with Social Work England registration.
What the job involves
- Lead and manage the performance of the Family Help team
- Lead supervision of social workers
- Manage a range of cases within a Family Help social work service
- Motivate and develop staff, guiding the team to work flexibly
- Apply Signs of Safety as the model of intervention
- Underpin practice with trauma-informed practice and the Lundy model of participation
- Use evidence-based practice and research to inform decisions
- Support the council's work on addressing racial injustice for families and across the workforce
- Cover out-of-hours work on a rota
What’s required
Qualifications
- Relevant professional qualification, such as a social work degree, DipSW, CQSW or CSS, or equivalent for education, police or health
Registration & licences
- Social Work England registration
- Currently practising social work in the UK
Experience
- Experience of children's social work
- Strong track record of working with children, young people and families to achieve positive outcomes
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of legislation relevant to children's social work
- Motivating and developing staff effectivelyGuiding a team to work flexibly
- Working under pressure
- Awareness of issues affecting vulnerable children, families and carers, including looked after children
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced children's DBS check
What’s offered
- Generous annual leave
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Agile and flexible working
- Training and development programme
- Flexible benefits, including childcare vouchers
- Discounts on city buses and trains
- Help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate
- Supervision, learning and wellbeing support
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
