Practice Manager, MASH Team

Sanctuary Personnel; London Borough of Redbridge; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanctuary Personnel is recruiting a permanent Practice Manager for the MASH Team in Redbridge. The role is full-time with a salary up to £61,653 per annum.

You will assist the Team Manager, lead HCPC registered and unregistered staff, and ensure delivery of high-quality children’s social care in line with legislation and local policies. The post involves supervision, development of staff, and contributing to service improvements.

Qualifications

• Degree or Equivalent in Social Work.
• Current Social Work England Registration.
• Post Qualifying Social Work Experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of HCPC registered & unregistered staff and ensure delivery of Children’s Social Care.
• Provide regular supervision, mentoring and development targets for staff.
• Prepare complex reports and briefings for senior managers.

Skills

Team leadership

Supervision

Education

Degree in Social Work

Post Qualifying Social Work

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Practice Manager within the MASH Team to work Full Time based in Redbridge.

The salary for this permanent Practice Manager role is up to £61,653 per annum.

• To assist the Team Manager as required, in all aspects of the team’s work including the allocation of work, maintaining, developing & encouraging high professional practice standards, and supporting the supervision and development of individual staff.
• To lead a team of HCPC Registered & Unregistered Staff, and under the direction of the Team Manager, ensure the operational delivery of a Children’s Social Care Service is in accordance with legislation and local policies and delivers best outcomes for children.
• To enable and challenge others to develop their knowledge base and skills, and make evidence-based judgements, including improved independent decision-making regarding risk.
• To be responsible for managing a team including the individual performance management & professional development of staff. This will include establishing regular individual and group supervision arrangements, mentoring and coaching staff, and setting and monitoring developmental targets and objectives whilst balancing this with the development of staff skills and ongoing training and development needs.
• To model and use critical reflective skills in management, practice or organisational supervision settings to enhance best practice. Model and support others to maintain professional and personal boundaries and enhance the skilled use of self in more complex situations.
• To assist the Team Manager in developing and maintaining team plans and objectives that ensures delivery of the wider business plan. To take responsibility for ensuring compliance within the team with agreed working practices and identifying and meeting practice needs.
• To represent the Team Manager at internal & external meetings where appropriate, and to act as Deputy to the Manager.
• To write complex reports and briefing papers on policy and operational issues for the Team Manager, Service Manager or Head of Service, and to actively participate in a range of meetings, case conferences or task forces, service & project management groups.
• To assist in ensuring that team members fulfil expectations in relation to the council’s statutory responsibilities, policies and standards and that all practice is delivered and maintained in accordance with Equality and Diversity policies and procedures.
• To assist, when required, in ensuring that the council’s employee communication system CASCADE is fully implemented and maintained in order that all employees receive appropriate information and that employee feedback is encouraged.
• This Job Description is a guide to the level and range of responsibilities the post holder will be expected to undertake initially. It is neither exhaustive nor inclusive and may be changed from time to time to meet changing circumstances and demands.

Requirements of this Practice Manager Job.

• Degree or Equivalent in Social Work.
• Current Social Work England Registration.
• Post Qualifying Social Work Experience.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

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.