Deputy Team Manager, Children in Care Team - Barnwell St Andrew - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Deputy Team Manager for the Children in Care Team to ensure compliance with state responsibilities. This full-time position involves managing casework, improving outcomes for children, and leading a team. Applicants must have a Social Work qualification and relevant management training. The position offers a salary up to £75,458 per annum, based in Guernsey.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing social services.
• Strong theoretical knowledge of Children in Care principles.
• Ability to handle complex case audits.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Children in Care Team.
• Manage workloads and resource allocation.
• Ensure compliance with legislation and policies.

Skills

Understanding of relevant legislation

Management skills

Social Work qualification

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

CMI Level 3 or willingness to obtain

Job description

Deputy Team Manager, Children in Care Team

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Deputy Team Manager within the Children in Care Team to work full time based in Guernsey.

The salary for this Deputy Team Manager job is up to £75,458 per annum.

• To ensure that all Children in Care needs are being met in line with the responsibility of the State of Guernsey’s Corporate Parenting role.
• To take lead responsibility for designated services, including specifically the development of the Leaving Care Service (including Pathway Planning) and to positively contribute to the development of services, policy and procedure as requested by the Manager.
• To work with the Manager to ensure work is carried out in accordance with the relevant legislation, policy, guidance and accepted good practice. A key feature of the post will involve improving outcomes for children and young people and being able to demonstrate this within a quality framework.
• To provide line management and professional supervision to the Social Care Professionals within the CIC and Leaving Care Service, ensuring effective management of workloads, appropriate allocation of resources and maintenance of standards of performance.
• Provide guidance to team members on a day-to-day basis on the management of individual cases and ensure accurate recording and evidence-based decision making.
• To work with the Manager to implement ongoing performance and development activities so that practitioners are able to provide a good and improving quality of service both on individual and team basis.
• The post holder may hold case responsibility for specific complex cases or pieces of work within the team or be allocated a piece of work that reflects the skills of a Deputy Manager.
• To chair as identified by the Team Manager a range of meetings pertinent to Children in Care & Leaving Care young people including complex reviews and planning meetings and to attend Children, Youth & Community Tribunal (CYCT) meetings and court where necessary.
• To maintain a sound theoretical knowledge and skill base regarding Children in Care and those young people Leaving Care and Knowledge and understanding of their needs including children and young people who have experience trauma, loss and neglect and who may present with challenging behaviour.
• To undertake case audits in line with the quality assurance and governance arrangements when requested to do so.
• Participate in the management of the Out of Hours Social Work Service on a rota with other managers.

Requirements of this Deputy Team Manager:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Hold a Management Qualification, e.g. CMI Level 3 or willingness to work towards CMI Level 3.

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

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

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