Children with Disabilities Team Manager - Nottingham

Caritas Recruitment; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Caritas Recruitment is recruiting an experienced Children\'s Social Work Team Manager to lead a Children with Disabilities (CWD) / Disabled Children\'s Team in Nottingham. The role focuses on safeguarding, statutory assessments, care planning and reflective supervision for social workers and support staff.

You will drive service improvement, ensure statutory timescales are met and work closely with families and partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes for disabled children.

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker with a recognised Social Work qualification.
• Social Work England registration
• Significant post-qualified Children's Social Work experience
• Management, leadership or supervisory experience within Children's Services
• Experience working with Children with Disabilities (CWD) or children with complex needs is highly desirable
• Strong safeguarding and risk-management experience
• Sound knowledge of statutory Children's Social Care practice
• Experience of assessments, care planning and statutory reviews
• Strong multi-agency working skills, including partnership working with Health and Education

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a Children with Disabilities (CWD) / Disabled Children's Social Work Team
• Provide reflective supervision, guidance and professional oversight to Social Workers and support staff
• Oversee safeguarding practice and complex casework
• Ensure high-quality statutory assessments, care planning and review processes
• Monitor case progression and ensure work is completed within statutory timescales
• Provide oversight and challenge around risk, safeguarding and decision-making
• Ensure practice complies with relevant legislation, policies and statutory guidance
• Promote relationship-based and child-centred Social Work practice
• Work closely with families to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people with disabilities
• Develop effective multi-agency working with Education, Health and other partner agencies
• Manage performance and promote consistently high standards of Social Work practice
• Drive service improvement and contribute to a positive and supportive team culture

Skills

Team management

Leadership

Supervisory experience

Education

Qualified Social Worker (SWE)

Job description

CWD Team Manager

Please note that only Social Work England Registered Social Workers with Right to Work in the UK will be considered for this role, please do not apply if you are not a SWE Registered Social Worker who has the Right to Work in the UK.

Caritas Recruitment is recruiting an experienced Children's Social Work Team Manager to lead a Children with Disabilities (CWD) / Disabled Children's Team with Nottingham City Council.

£42.00 per hour Umbrella | £31.23 PAYE | 37 hours per week | Inside IR35

This is a Team Manager opportunity providing operational leadership to a team delivering statutory Social Work services to children and young people with disabilities and their families.

You will oversee safeguarding, statutory assessments, care planning and reviews, while providing high-quality reflective supervision and management to Social Workers and support staff.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a Children with Disabilities (CWD) / Disabled Children's Social Work Team
• Provide reflective supervision, guidance and professional oversight to Social Workers and support staff
• Oversee safeguarding practice and complex casework
• Ensure high-quality statutory assessments, care planning and review processes
• Monitor case progression and ensure work is completed within statutory timescales
• Provide oversight and challenge around risk, safeguarding and decision-making
• Ensure practice complies with relevant legislation, policies and statutory guidance
• Promote relationship-based and child-centred Social Work practice
• Work closely with families to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people with disabilities
• Develop effective multi-agency working with Education, Health and other partner agencies
• Manage performance and promote consistently high standards of Social Work practice
• Drive service improvement and contribute to a positive and supportive team culture

Candidate requirements:

• Qualified Social Worker with a recognised Social Work qualification
• Social Work England registration
• Significant post-qualified Children's Social Work experience
• Management, leadership or supervisory experience within Children's Services
• Experience working with Children with Disabilities (CWD), Disabled Children and/or children with complex needs is highly desirable
• Strong safeguarding and risk-management experience
• Sound knowledge of statutory Children's Social Care practice
• Experience of assessments, care planning and statutory reviews
• Strong multi-agency working skills, including partnership working with Health and Education
• Ability to provide effective reflective supervision and performance management
• Strong leadership, communication and decision-making skills

This role would particularly suit experienced CWD Team Managers, Children with Disabilities Team Managers, Disabled Children's Team Managers, or Children's Social Work Managers with relevant disability and safeguarding experience.

For more information on this role or for a discussion about Social Work opportunities across England and Wales please contact Gemma at Caritas Recruitment - [e-mail] / 0 7 3 8 4 5 2 5 2 8 7

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.