Assistant Team Manager

Brackenberry Limited; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in Swindon is seeking an Assistant Team Manager on a 4-month contract, possibly extendable. The role involves leading a team of social workers and ensuring the delivery of high-quality social work interventions. Applicants should have relevant qualifications, including a Social Work degree and registration with Social Work England, along with significant experience in a front-line social work setting, particularly within children's services.

Qualifications

• Registered Social Worker with experience in a front-line Social Work setting.
• Demonstrable leadership skills in a managerial role.
• Current knowledge of legislation and policy relevant to Children's Social Care.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a professional team focused on child safeguarding.
• Ensure effective assessment and child protection processes.
• Conduct regular case file audits for quality assurance.

Skills

Leadership skills

Team management

Child Protection knowledge

Assessment and risk management

Quality Assurance knowledge

Education

Diploma or Degree Level Qualification in Social Work

Post Graduate qualification in practice

Registered Social Work Practitioner with SWE

Job description

We are working closely alongside with a local authority in Swindon to assist with the appointment of a Assistant Team Manager on a 4-months contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration., The Assistant Team Manager (ATM) within the Children with Disabilities (CWD) service plays a pivotal role in operational leadership, responsible for managing and supervising a team of professional social workers and support staff. The ATM is instrumental in delivering and improving high-quality social work interventions to children, young people, and their families, ensuring effective safeguarding practice is paramount. You will be a champion of Social Work values, focusing on outcomes that keep children safe and, where possible, within their family networks, all while operating within statutory guidelines and allocated budgetary limits.

• Lead and manage a professional, skilled team to provide a high-performing, outcomes-driven service, ensuring effective safeguarding is paramount.
• Ensure supervision is frequent, reflective, challenging, and explorative, promoting professional curiosity and solution-focused approaches to inform complex judgments based on the best evidence from research.
• Ensure team members accurately record all casework, assessments, analysis, decisions, and care planning on IC systems, signing off all critical decisions and discussing issues that require further scrutiny.
• Ensure effective assessment, risk management, child protection, and care planning processes are in place to protect the most vulnerable CWD children and their families.
• Ensure team practice is confident in child care practice and family law, using power and authority effectively and taking proportionate action to safeguard children, especially when faced with resistant behaviours to change in families.
• Ensure the team understands and adheres to the Quality Assurance Framework, including undertaking regular case file audits and evidencing continuous improvement informed by national and regional practice.
• Ensure diversity is respected and taken into account in decision-making and service delivery, addressing discriminatory issues of language, gender, ethnicity, religion, ability, sexuality, and social background.
• Diploma or Degree Level Qualification in a relevant area (e.g., Social Work, CQSW, CSS, or equivalent).
• Post Graduate qualification in the field of practice (essential).
• Registered Social Work Practitioner with Social Work England (SWE) (essential).
• Qualification in, or working towards, Leadership/Management.
• Demonstrable evidence of leadership skills within a managerial role in a Social Work setting.
• Significant post-qualification experience and evidence of practice in a front-line Social Work setting, preferably within CWD or related complex children's services.
• Detailed, current knowledge of all primary legislation and policy relevant to Childrens Social Care (including relevant CWD-specific legislation and guidance).