Qualified Social Worker, Team Manager, Duty and Assessment Team

Pertemps; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Qualified Social Worker to fill the Team Manager role in Tameside. You will oversee a Duty and Assessment team, ensuring high standards of support and service for children in need, while building strong relationships with families and partner agencies. This is a contract role with a pay rate of up to £46 per hour.

Qualifications

• Considerable experience in statutory social care managing teams.
• Extensive frontline experience working with children and families.
• Solid track record of developing and managing a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage a Duty and Assessment team providing assessment services to children.
• Support and challenge social workers in their roles.
• Build relationships with children, families, and partner agencies.

Skills

Leadership skills

Experience managing social workers

Ability to supervise complex caseloads

Relationship building

Job description

Qualified Social Worker, Team Manager, Duty and Assessment Team

Pay rate to £46 per hour

Contract role

We are recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to work as a Team Manager in a Duty and Assessment team in Tameside.

Job Purpose

For this role you will have considerable experience of working with children and their families in a statutory social care environment, specifically managing and supporting social workers and ASYEs, and a wealth of experience supervising complex caseloads on a busy team. As Team Manager you will be responsible for a team providing assessment, planning and intervention services to children in need of a statutory assessment.

With fantastic leadership skills and attributes, you will ensure your team members are well supported and equipped to succeed. We expect you to have extensive frontline experience as well as a solid track record of managing and developing a team. Building positive relationships is important not just with the children, young people and families we work with but also with colleagues and external partner agencies.

You will offer a high level of support and challenge to your social workers and inspire your teams to do their very best for Tameside children.

Don’t forget, if this role isn’t the perfect fit, we’re confident we can find one that is. We recruit across a wide range of public sector specialisms, including:

• Best Interest Assessor (BIA)
• Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
• Looked After Children (LAC)
• Children’s Social Work
• Adult Social Work
• Service Manager
• Head of Service
• Team Manager
• Assistant Team Manager
• A wide range of housing roles
• Careers in SEND in local authorities

Let us help you take the next step in your career. Get in touch with me today to explore our exciting opportunities! Contact me on [e-mail] or 07521053670 for more information.