Early Help Team Manager

Croydon Council; Greater London; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Croydon Council is seeking a Team Manager - Early Help to take operational responsibility for a team of social workers delivering statutory duties for children in need, those needing protection, and those subject to legal proceedings. You will oversee assessment and care planning and direct work with children and families to achieve safety and well-being outcomes.

The role also covers leading safeguarding practice, performance management, and ensuring permanence planning up to the second

Qualifications

• Qualified and registered Social Worker with current registration.
• Experience leading a social work team and managing performance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee assessment and care planning for children in need and those in protection.
• Direct work with children and families to achieve safety and well‑being outcomes.
• Lead improvement in social work practice and manage operational change.

Skills

Team leadership

Performance management

Education

Social Work qualification

Registered Social Worker (Social Work England)

Job description

Job Description

Salary range: Grade 16 (£62,574 - £64,839 p.a.)

Contract: Permanent

Hours of work: 36 hours per week

Location: Croydon

TEAM MANAGER - EARLY HELP

The Team Manager will take operational responsibility for a team of social workers delivering Council's statutory responsibilities for children in respect of:

• The assessment and care planning of children in need, including those in need of protection and subject to legal proceedings
• Direct work with children and families to achieve desired safety and well-being outcomes.
• Promoting the achievement of permanence by looked after children and care leavers through assessment and care / permanence planning up to the second statutory review.

The Team Manager will take operational responsibility for a team of Social Workers in respect of:

• Qualified and registered Social Worker who is Social Work England registered
• Able to lead improvement in social work practice at an operational level through effective performance management
• Evidence of leading and managing operational change effectively.
• Able to lead and manage in an operational area dealing with high risk and high complexity in a way that delivers good safeguarding and well-being outcomes for children and families.
• Able to apply and use effectively at operational level outcomes-based quality assurance frameworks.

About Us

Croydon Council's priorities

The Council balances its books, listens to residents, and delivers good sustainable services

• Get a grip on the finances and make the council financially sustainable
• Become a council which listens to, respects and works in partnership with Croydon's diverse communities and businesses
• Strengthen collaboration and joint working with partner organisations and the voluntary, community and faith sectors
• Ensure good governance is embedded and adopt best practice
• Develop our workforce to deliver in a manner that respects the diversity of our communities

Key business plan outcomes:

• Croydon is a place of opportunity for business, earning and learning
• Children and young people in Croydon have the chance to thrive, learn and fulfil their potential
• Croydon is a cleaner, safer and healthier place, a borough we're proud to call home
• People can lead healthier and independent lives for longer
• Croydon Council's new ways of working

Equal Opportunities Statement

Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.