Assistant Team Manager - Family Safeguarding Team - Newbury - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Newbury; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A dedicated recruitment agency is seeking an Assistant Team Manager to oversee a Family Safeguarding Team in Newbury. The role includes managing Social Workers, ensuring high-quality case reports, and leading staff development. Ideal candidates will have a social work qualification, legislative knowledge, and experience in management. This position offers a salary up to £47,420 and promotes a hybrid working model with extensive training opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual leave starting at 29 days

Access to training and development

Family friendly policies

Wellbeing Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in managing Social Workers and caseloads.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Capability to manage risk within service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Oversee management of Social Workers and their caseloads.
• Ensure quality preparation of reports for care proceedings.
• Deputise for the Team Manager as required.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Understanding of relevant legislation

Flexibility in working hours

Leadership skills

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Assistant Team Manager – Family Safeguarding Team

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Assistant Team Manager within the Family Saf safeguarding Team to work Full Time based in Berkshire.

The salary for this permanent Assistant Team Manager job is up to £47,420 per annum.

• Oversee the management of Social Workers allocated caseloads, to include assessments of children, families and parenting and other work to meet statutory requirements.
• Ensure high quality, timely preparation and submission of written reports, including statements and care plans for care proceedings. Support Workers in court work and preparing evidence.
• Manage a small group of staff within a team of Social Workers and support staff, applying WBC staff policies and procedures.
• Oversee allocation of work to team members, audit case files, care records and management issues.
• Provide advice and support to members of the team in relation to all cases.
• Be involved with or lead on matters of recruitment, training and personal development, absence management, retention, grievance/disciplinary procedures.
• To monitor, assess and manage risk within the delivery of the service and escalate issues to managers in a timely manner.
• Deputise for the Team Manager as required.
• Undertake professional and reflective supervision, carry out annual performance appraisals in line with West Berkshire guidance and timescales, acting to address performance issues.
• Use a range of leadership styles appropriate to individual team members and the situation.
• Encourage team members to reflect on experience and learning, actively encourage transfer of learning.

Requirements of this Assistant Team Manager role:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Flexible working wherever possible between the hours of 07:00-19:00
• Hybrid working wherever possible working 40% in the office
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities
• Family friendly policies
• A range of local discounts
• Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistance Programme and employee benefits
• You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave entitlement starting at 29 days per annum (plus public holidays) rising by an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service.

Contact: This Assistant Team Manager job is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, 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 played a significant role in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well as 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.