Team Manager post in the Children in Care West team at Northamptonshire Children's Trust. The role leads social workers and family support workers on long-term cases, overseeing care planning and allocating workloads to meet team targets. The team works with children in care over the longer term and also carries out court work, with experience of complex needs preferred. Social Work England registration is required, and the post needs an enhanced DBS check with a barred list check.
What the job involves
- Lead the team's objectives, drive performance and ensure key targets and outcomes are met
- Supervise social workers and family support workers, overseeing effective progression of care planning
- Allocate and prioritise workloads so that children's welfare remains central
- Develop and support the team to deliver a high-quality, efficient and responsive service
- Support practitioners to make best interest decisions in line with legislation, regulation and best practice
- Build effective working relationships with internal and external partner agencies
- Use management information systems to drive performance and the quality of practice
- Coach staff to address development and performance issues
- Represent the service and manage demanding workloads with resilience
What’s required
Registration & licences
- Social Work England registration
Experience
- Previous leadership experience in a similar role
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent time management and organisation skills
- Strong people management and leadership skills
- Resilience to manage demanding workloads
- Problem solving, analysis and planning
- Ability to coach staff and manage development and performance issues
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS check with barred list check
Nice to have
- Experience of working with children in care with complex needs and their families
- Budgetary control experience
- ICT skills
- Court skills and experience
- Ability to represent the service at a more senior level if required
What’s offered
- Welcome bonus of £2,200, relocation costs of up to £8,000 and retention bonuses
- Social Work England registration fee paid yearly
- 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, with 5 more days after 5 years
- Option to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
- Local Government Pension Scheme with life cover of 3 times salary from day one
- Flexible and family working arrangements, including enhanced maternity benefits
- Learning, development and career progression opportunities
- Employee assistance programme, staff discounts and subsidised town centre parking
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
