Practice Manager - Children with Disabilities

Salford Council; Swinton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Free parking

Up to 34 days holiday

Office in Swinton Unity House

Wellbeing offer

Mentoring scheme

Job summary

Salford Council in Swinton is seeking a Practice Manager for the Children with Disabilities Team. This fixed-term 12-month role requires a driven, dynamic leader to advocate for families and drive service development.

You will have at least 5 years post-qualifying Social Work experience and promote Salford's behaviours and values while protecting children and young people across the city. Hybrid working and supportive resources are offered.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years post-qualifying social work experience.
• Experience in supervising or managing a social work team.
• Commitment to safeguarding and child welfare across the service.

Responsibilities

• Oversight and management of the day-to-day delivery of all aspects of the Social Work team, with a focus on quality and improvement of service delivery.
• Ensure participation of children, young people and families and translate lived experiences into plans.
• Maintain documentation, records, accounting and communication.
• Ensure information strategies and data sharing while responding to complaints.
• Monitor and analyse team performance to demonstrate impact on outcomes for children and families.
• Accountable for staff supervision, care and development within the team.

Skills

Social work leadership

Management experience

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Practice Manager Children with Disabilities

Fixed term 12 months

We are on our way to achieving our goal to provide Outstanding support and care to children, families, carers and practitioners across Salford. We are investing in the right social workers to get us there across our teams from newly qualified social workers to team managers including those who are looking to relocate to the area.

We have a vacancy for a practice manager within our Children with Disabilities Team.

This is an exciting permanent position which has arisen on a stable, well established team of experienced staff. We are looking for someone who is driven, dynamic and passionate who could advocate strongly for the families in Salford and drive forward service developments.

You will have at least 5 years post qualifying Social Work experience, be able to display and promote Salford's behaviours and values, whilst demonstrating enthusiasm and passion for protecting children and young people across the city.

In Salford, we are interested in you as a person and the practitioner you are or who you aspire to be.

Your role will include:

• Oversight and management of the day to day delivery of all aspects of the Social Work team. Your role will have a focus on the quality and improvement of social work and service deliver
• You will ensure the service is facilitating effective participation of children, young people and families and that their lived experiences are known, understood and inform plans.
• You will be responsible for ensuring documentation, record keeping, accounting and communication is maintained.
• You will also be responsible for making sure effective information strategies and systems are in place to enable appropriate sharing of data and information, including responding to complaints.
• You will ensure the regular and effective analysis, monitoring, measurement and maintaining of the performance of the team to ensure impact on outcomes for children and families is understood.
• You will be accountable to the Service Manager for staff supervision, care and development of the team.

Our offer to you:

• Up to 34 days holiday a year
• Competitive salary
• Free parking.
• Hybrid working giving flexibility for you to manage your diary and offer a better work/life balance.
• Refurbished office space with free parking on site. The majority of our teams are sat together in Swinton at Unity House.
• Rich in resources to help you with any child or family you work with.
• Robust training offer and mentoring scheme to support you with your career and aspirations.
• A comprehensive Wellbeing Offer
• Regular, quality, reflective supervision from a consistent management and leadership team.

If you are interested in knowing more about the role of the practice manager or our offer to you please contact [e-mail]

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

We will not be accepting candidates who require a sponsorship for this position.

If you have completed the GM Elevate Leadership Development Programme within the last 2 years, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Want to know more about Salford? As an authority we are dedicated to improving the lives of our residents, and as an employer we are passionate about helping individuals to thrive in their work. We are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture and are proud of our professional accreditations which champion this.

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