Deputy Team Manager - Leaving Care Team

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

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking a dedicated Deputy Team Manager for the Leaving Care Team in Luton. This pivotal role involves promoting the welfare of children and young people, ensuring they have access to necessary services, and effectively managing risk and decision-making processes. The ideal candidate will possess a social work qualification, be registered with Social Work England, and have a strong understanding of relevant legislation. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and inclusion while making a significant impact in the lives of children and families.

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England and possess a relevant qualification.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and relevant legislation.

Responsibilities

• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people.
• Manage workloads and ensure compliance with legislation and policies.
• Conduct risk assessments and provide guidance to staff.

Skills

Understanding of relevant legislation

Advanced professional knowledge in safeguarding

Risk assessment skills

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Social Work England registration

Job description

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

The salary for this permanent Deputy Team Manager job is up to £51,773 per annum.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Prevent the separation of children from their families whenever possible and appropriate.
2. Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people.
3. Ensure children and young people reach their full potential and have equal access to services available.
4. Ensure effective risk management, decision making and preventative working to safeguard children and young people effectively in accordance with statutory requirements and policies.
5. Establish the appropriate assessment required and identify the level of need for support/services and or placements for children and young people.
6. 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.
7. Maintain effective systems for prioritising, allocating and monitoring workloads and ensure that suitable systems of supervision and appraisal are in place to ensure children and families' needs are met in accordance with legislation, departmental policies and procedures.
8. Proactively identify opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the team through using managerial performance data. Maintain the high standards of social work practice through taking part in Quality Assurance and monthly audits.
9. Use advanced professional knowledge, skills, experience and your initiative to demonstrate a clear understanding of safeguarding in accordance with the Luton threshold document and an initial view of risk in order to keep children safe by conducting risk assessments and providing advice and direction to staff/clients.
10. When required by the Team Manager, to deputise and support in their absence as agreed with the Service Manager.

Requirements:

1. A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. 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 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.

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.