Principal Manager

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leasowe; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in England seeks an experienced leader to head a social work team, overseeing approx five social workers and an Advanced Practitioner, providing management oversight, support, and reflective supervision.

You will develop a culture of learning and systemic, relational practice, support students and social workers in ASYE year, and work with leadership to deliver good outcomes for children while supporting team morale.

Responsibilities

• Leading a team of approximately 5 social workers and an Advanced Practitioner, providing management oversight, support, and reflective supervision.
• Leading and developing a culture of learning and systemic, relational practice.
• Supporting students and social workers in their ASYE year.
• Working with the leadership team to deliver good outcomes for children and support team morale.
• Ensuring that safeguarding of children with disabilities is effective, timely, and child-focused.
• Working with Adults' Services to support positive transitions for children age 14 to 18.
• Chairing strategy discussions, pre-proceedings meetings, managing a small number of care proceedings situations effectively.
• Providing quality assurance and management decision making for children with short breaks including respite care, and children with CIN plans.
• Ensuring positive outcomes for our children who are in our care.

Job description

• Leading a team of approximately 5 social workers and an Advanced Practitioner, providing management oversight, support, and reflective supervision.
• Leading and developing a culture of learning and systemic, relational practice.
• Supporting students and social workers in their ASYE year.
• Working with the leadership team to deliver good outcomes for children and support team morale.
• Ensuring that safeguarding of children with disabilities is effective, timely, and child-focused.
• Working with Adults' Services to support positive transitions for children age 14 to 18.
• Chairing strategy discussions, pre-proceedings meetings, managing a small number of care proceedings situations effectively.
• Providing quality assurance and management decision making for children with short breaks including respite care, and children with CIN plans.
• Ensuring positive outcomes for our children who are in our care.

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.