Assistant Team Manager - Children in Care Team

BCP Council; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate Assistant Team Manager to join their Children in Care Team. This role is pivotal in ensuring that children and families receive the best possible care and support. You will be responsible for leading a dedicated team, fostering strong relationships, and ensuring that children's voices are prioritized in all decisions. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive work environment, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the community while enjoying a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Full induction program

Clear career progression

Manageable caseloads

Regular supervision

25 days annual leave

Local government pension scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Employee Assistance Programme

Relocation Scheme

Staff network groups

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualifying experience in social work with children.
• Ability to build effective relationships with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Ensure children’s voices are at the heart of practice.
• Manage a team to deliver high-quality care and support.

Skills

Management Experience

Supervisory Skills

Assessment Skills

Analytical Skills

Relationship Building

Education

Registered Social Worker

Job description

Assistant Team Manager - Children in Care Team

Salary GBP45,718 - GBP48,710 plus GBP7,130 p.a. contractual supplement

Job Introduction

Assistant Team Manager

BCP Council is looking for dedicated and compassionate Assistant Team Manager to join our team. We are proud to have achieved a GOOD rating from Ofsted, recognising our commitment to providing excellent care and support for children and families.

We are looking for experienced Assistant Team Managers from within Children Social Care or aspiring senior Social Workers, with management and supervisory experience, to join our Children in Care Team and help us achieve our vision for all our children, young people and families in Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council.

You will need to be a registered social worker with Social Work England and have significant post qualifying experience working with children and families in the statutory sector.

Across our Children's Service Directorate, we have adopted a systemic approach to practice - ensuring children and their voices are at the heart of everything we do. You will ensure this approach is embedded as a core ethos within your teams. You will be able to build effective relationships, demonstrate strong assessment and analytical skills and work effectively as part of a management team.

Brief description of the team:

Children in Care Team: The Children in Care teams are dedicated to ensuring all looked after children receive the best possible care and support to meet all their needs. Workers will work alongside the child, carer, family and agencies to ensure a good, up to date care plan is in place to meet their needs.

What we can offer you:

• Full induction, with a very supportive Practice Fundamentals offer

• Clear career progression pathway and excellent learning opportunities

• Manageable and diverse caseloads

• Regular Supervision

• 25 days annual leave (pro rata, for those without continuous service), plus bank holidays

• Competitive salary with access to local government pension scheme

• Flexible working arrangements in our newly refurbished Civic Offices with Local Offices near to where you need to work

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Relocation Scheme

• Staff network groups

To be considered for this role all applicants must have full Right to Work in the UK without any current or future requirement for sponsorship in the future.

If you think you this could be your next step and you are a registered social worker, we want you to join our team.

For more information on the ATM role in Children in Care, contact Shan Searle, Service Manager for Children in Care email:

Or check out our academy website for more details BCP Partnership Academy

To find out more about BCP Children's Services and our offer to you please see our new BCP website Children's social care ( bcpcouncil.gov.uk )

About BCP Council

BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package for further details see here

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.

We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.

DBS

BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Job Description or Role Profile for more details.

Attached documents

• JDPS CSC Assistant Team Manager.pdf