Children's Team Manager

Frontier Consulting; Reigate; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social services organization in Reigate is seeking a Team Manager for its Assessment Team. This role emphasizes flexibility with remote and office work, aiming to support families in partnership while developing the team of social workers. The salary ranges from £54,636 to £58,953 per annum, supplemented by benefits including annual leave and professional development support.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Social Worker registration fee payment

Learning and development resources

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in managing and leading a team of social workers.
• Ability to engage with families and professionals positively.

Responsibilities

• Nurture and grow a team of social workers.
• Engage with families and their support networks.

Job description

Overview

We have an opportunity for a Team Manager to join our Assessment Team based in Reigate.

When not working with our residents in the community, we are keen to support agile working with a combination of home and office working. We are keen to get the balance right of providing flexibility but ensuring you feel connected to your team and the service.

Salary and Benefits

• The salary range for Team Managers is £54,636 - £58,953 per annum.
• We also offer a financial package of up to £6,000 which is payable in 3 instalments across your first 18 months in post.

Rewards and Benefits

• We pay your Social Worker England Registration fee
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 31 days after 5 years' service (plus bank holidays)
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme EAP to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer’s leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Refer a friend payment of 1000 as a thank you for finding the right Social Worker

Our Progress

We are proud of our recent Good Ofsted judgement, which marks a significant milestone for Surrey. The report highlights how strong assessments in Surrey consider children's histories and involve social workers spending time alone with children to understand their experiences. Our strong training and development offer in Surrey helps to equip staff with the understanding, knowledge and skills that they need to practice in a kind, sensitive, motivational and respectful way and that staff feel highly valued, are proud to work for children\'s services.

Joining Surrey as a Team Manager

Joining Surrey as a Team Manager will be an opportunity to be part of a culture in which children and families are supported in a spirit of partnership that encourages them to develop their own solutions while receiving the help and support they need to address their complex situations. You will also nurture and grow your own team of social workers and practitioners using a motivational interviewing approach, which contributes to Surrey\'s continued journey to outstanding.

About working in Assessment

The first contact any family or professional has with our assessment service sets the tone for our entire working relationship with them. Our practice across the whole service is based upon consent, strong relationships with families and with partners who are also supporting our families. Using motivational approaches the assessment social worker engages with both the family and the network supporting them to understand the presenting worries and work out whether a statutory social work service is required. If not, a plan to support the family at a lower level of need will be put in place to meet the need of the child and family.