Assistant Team Manager

My Social Work News; Enfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking an Assistant Team Manager for the Adoption Team. This pivotal role involves safeguarding vulnerable individuals, managing social workers, and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation. You will support families during the adoption process, participate in recruitment activities, and contribute to workshops aimed at improving service delivery. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of children and families while working in a supportive and dynamic environment. If you're passionate about social work and eager to lead a dedicated team, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent is required.
• Must be registered or eligible for registration.

Responsibilities

• Manage designated social workers and ensure compliance with policies.
• Support families throughout the matching process and create support packages.
• Participate in recruitment activities for prospective adopters.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Understanding of Relevant Legislation

Management Skills

Coaching and Development

Education

Professional Social Work Qualification

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Assistant Team Manager within the Adoption Team to work Full Time based in Oval Way, London, For PACT (Parents & Children Together).

The salary for this permanent Assistant Team Manager job is up to £48,198 per annum.

• Safeguards and protects vulnerable adults and children in accordance with PACT’s policies and procedures at all times.
• Has direct responsibility for the management of designated social workers, including their performance, training, coaching and development. Includes responsibility for the safer recruitment and induction of designated new team members.
• Quality assurance the work of designated supervisees and participates in the management audit programme.
• Supports the Team Manager to oversee, coordinate and manage the workload of the team, including resource planning and to assist in preparing for inspection, achieving outstanding outcomes.
• Represents the Team Manager at meetings where appropriate and works collaboratively across other team where necessary.
• Delivers excellent customer service and compliance with PACT’s contract monitoring and management processes.
• Can contribute to facilitating the in-house workshops to share learning and good practice and to inform service improvements when needed.
• Assist’s the Team Manager by networking Regional Adoption Agencies, to drive the development and implementation of best practice and maintain relationships.
• Assists designated supervisees in the process of making and supporting placements.
• Ensures all information systems and case records are compliant, of high quality and are up to date, supporting good practice and meeting the needs of children and families.
• Undertakes evidence-based home study assessments which provide an analysis of the skills adopters can offer and present these to Adoption Panel.
• Supports families throughout the matching process and creates adoption support packages to meet individual needs.
• Participates in recruitment activities for prospective adopters, for example information evenings, drop-in events and contribute to webinars on the Adopter Hub – some activities may involve occasional evening and weekend work.
• Takes responsibility for and is committed to personal and professional development and keeps up to date with law, regulation, guidance, standards, Government policy and research relating to all aspects of the work.
• Undertakes any other duties within the Adoption Service as identified by the Line Manager.

Requirements of this Assistant 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.

Contact:
This Assistant 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. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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.

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