Social Work Team Manager

Sanctuary Personnel; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in London is seeking a Team Manager for the Maya Angelou Service. This permanent role requires a qualified social worker to manage a team, ensuring high professional standards and compliance with legislative requirements. The successful candidate will oversee work allocation, provide staff supervision, and collaborate with various stakeholders. The position offers a salary up to £59,328 per annum and is full-time based in Haringey.

Qualifications

• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Experience managing a team in a social work setting.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Team and ensure high professional standards.
• Oversee work and allocate tasks effectively.
• Provide supervision and evaluate staff performance.
• Collaborate with parents, carers, and professionals.

Skills

Understanding of relevant legislation

Good working knowledge of relevant legislation

Education

Professional Social Work qualification or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position for a Team Manager within the Maya Angelou Service to work full time based in Haringey, London. The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £59,328 per annum.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Team and ensure the service provided is of the highest professional standards, responsive to legislative requirements and aligned with corporate and national priorities.
• Oversee all work, prioritise and allocate tasks promptly within available resources.
• Ensure high standards of recording keeping and ensure managerial decisions are recorded promptly within the appropriate frameworks.
• Chair a range of practice meetings, including strategy meetings, core group meetings, and monitor performance of agreed tasks for all participants.
• Provide regular, high quality, challenging and reflective supervision of staff within agreed timescales and policies.
• Evaluate staff performance, including probationary assessments, appraisals, sickness absence procedures and other relevant processes.
• Facilitate and direct collaboration with parents, carers, other professionals and partner agencies to secure the best outcomes for children and young people.
• Develop a service aligned with partnership models with other agencies and families to enable children to stay safely at home where possible.
• Work with managers across the Children and Young People’s Service to deliver a seamless and holistic response to needs.
• Implement the service Business Plan, ensuring team members understand their contributions and manage performance against objectives, targets and standards.
• Ensure all work activities adhere to Council policies (including Equalities) and uphold organisational values.
• Take the lead on defined areas of service, deputise for the line manager as needed, and inform senior managers of identified risks when necessary.
• Undertake any other duties reasonably required by the service.

Requirements

• A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.

Contact

This Team Manager role is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested, please click above to apply now. Due to high volume of applications, we will only respond to candidates who meet the client’s requirements.

Additional information

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates reflects the clients we support. Sanctuary undertakes annual EDI and compliance training for recruitment staff. Reasonable adjustments are available during the recruitment process or at work if needed.