Deputy Team Manager - Leaving Care Team

Sanctuary Personnel; Luton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A professional service provider is looking for a Deputy Team Manager for their Leaving Care Team in Luton. This permanent position offers a salary up to £51,773 per year. The role involves promoting the welfare of children, ensuring effective risk management, and supporting the team manager as needed. A Social Work qualification and registration with Social Work England are required.

Qualifications

• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

Responsibilities

• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure effective risk management and decision making.
• Maintain systems for prioritising and monitoring workloads.

Skills

Advance professional knowledge

Risk assessment

Safeguarding understanding

Education

Social Work qualification or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Sanctuary Personnel has a new permanent position for a Deputy Team Manager within the Leaving Care Team, based in Luton. The salary is up to £51,773 per annum.

Responsibilities

• Prevent the separation of children from their families whenever possible and appropriate.
• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure children and young people reach their full potential and have equal access to services available.
• Ensure effective risk management, decision making and preventative working to safeguard children and young people effectively in accordance with statutory requirements and policies.
• Establish the appropriate assessment required and identify the level of need for support/services and/or placements for children and young people.
• Follow procedures to determine the need for care proceedings to be instigated where the risk of significant harm is so great as to warrant a Court Order.
• Maintain effective systems for prioritising, allocating and monitoring workloads and ensure suitable supervision and appraisal processes to meet children and families' needs in line with legislation, departmental policies and procedures.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the team using managerial performance data; participate in Quality Assurance and monthly audits to maintain high social work practice standards.
• Use advanced professional knowledge, skills, experience and initiative to demonstrate safeguarding understanding in accordance with the Luton threshold document; conduct risk assessments and provide advice and direction to staff/clients to keep children safe.
• When required by the Team Manager, deputise and support in their absence as agreed with the Service Manager.

Requirements

• A Social Work qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

Contact

This Deputy 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 may not always respond to all applicants; we will respond to those who meet the client’s requirements.

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