Lead Family Help Team Manager: Child Safeguarding

Connect2Luton; Luton; Sur place; GBP 45 000 - 55 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Connect2Luton, on behalf of Luton Borough Council, invites applications for the role of Team Manager - Family Help within the Children, Families & Education department. You will lead the Family Help Team delivering assessment, care planning, and safeguarding for children and young people.

The post requires substantial social care experience, strong leadership and mentoring skills, and the ability to manage complex child protection decisions.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in a social care field with emphasis on Family Help, Safeguarding and Child Protection.
• In-depth experience of complex decision making in children's social care services on child protection and statutory case work.
• Able to manage, motivate and develop a social services team, effectively achieving high levels of performance from staff and presenting the service and department.
• In-depth communication skills, including producing complex reports.
• Able to make sound professional judgements including high risk issues about children, parents, families and carers.
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of equality issues and legislation and the ability to integrate equality policies into strategies and service delivery.
• DBS checks will be undertaken as part of the recruitment process.

Responsabilités

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the team providing a social work service of assessment, care planning, and child protection.
• Provide specialist intervention services throughout Luton in line with statutory provision of social work service.
• Take responsibility for development of self and that of the team, providing coaching guidance and mentoring.
• Recruit, motivate, train and develop staff within Council procedures and undertake development activities.
• Manage projects in specialized and complex areas in line with departmental strategic objectives.
• Ensure the delivery of an effective service to local people by maintaining high standards of professional practice.

Connaissances

Leadership

Child protection

Complex decision making

Staff development

Equality legislation

Description du poste

Connect2Luton, on behalf of Luton Borough Council, invites applications for the role of Team Manager - Family Help within the Children, Families & Education department. You will lead the Family Help Team delivering assessment, care planning, and safeguarding for children and young people.

The post requires substantial social care experience, strong leadership and mentoring skills, and the ability to manage complex child protection decisions.