Assistant Team Manager - Children and Families

Remedy Recruitment Group; St Helens; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council is seeking an Assistant Team Manager for their Children and Families team. This hybrid role involves overseeing safeguarding practices and supporting the team manager in operational management, requiring at least 3 years of relevant child protection experience. Strong communication, organizational skills, and knowledge of children's care planning are essential.

Benefits

Personal one-on-one service from dedicated consultant

Top tier supplier access to jobs

Referral bonus – up to £250 per person placed

Double payrolls each week

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience in managing child protection enquiries.
• Understanding of court processes, children's care planning, and strategy meetings.
• Excellent organizational skills and good communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Support the team manager in operational aspects of the duty team.
• Manage complex casework and staff mentoring.
• Chair and facilitate meetings for children's care plans.

Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Performance Management

Job description

Assistant Team Manager - Children and Families

Our client St Helens council, is looking for a Assistant Team Manager for their Children and Families team.

This role is within the Duty service, the role is to support the team manager in operational management of a duty team and responses to safeguarding children and those children in need.

The Duty team receive referrals from the MASH and undertake the children and family assessments, identifying levels of need and support plans for children and families.

The right candidate will need to have considerable experience ( at least 3 years) in managing child protection enquiries, charring and facilitating meetings for children's care plans, strategy meetings, CWLA, and court knowledge.

Although the team only manage cases on a short term basis the above knowledge is essential to support the team in managing and responding to children's care planning needs.

Your role will be to support the manager in managing performance, mentoring and supporting staff, managing complex casework, and chairing and facilitating meetings including some strategy meetings.

The right candidate will be an excellent communicator and have excellent organisational skills. An understanding of performance is also essential, and the ability and willingness to work alongside partners and support practice improvement within the service.

This is a hybrid role, with an expectation of being in the office on duty weeks and all other weeks x2 days a week.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

*Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

Assistant Team Manager - Children and Families