Social work Team manager - Children looked after

Remedy Recruitment Group; England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal consultant

Top tier supplier across London

Referral bonus - up to £250 per person

Double payrolls each week

Job summary

Remedy Recruitment Group is assisting Shropshire Council in recruiting a Social Work Team Manager for the Children Looked After service. The role involves supervising a team of seven social workers, chairing multi‑agency meetings, and ensuring timely progression of care plans, SGOs, and risk management efforts.

The post requires strong leadership, a responsibility for performance oversight, and availability to chair meetings in person; hybrid working with occasional travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• To provide management cover to an additional capacity team with responsibility for looked after children.
• Supervise a team of 7 social workers, meeting the requirement for all children to receive supervision on a 4 weekly basis.
• To chair multi-agency meetings in relation to permanence planning and risk management, providing comprehensive management oversight to progress young people's plans.
• To progress plans of SGO or discharges of care order, working with legal services to ensure this is progressed in a timely way.
• To quality assure key documents and assessments in a timely manner as part of care planning regulations and to meet the needs of the service.
• To provide performance oversight for the team, attending a weekly performance meeting to share current data and agree a plan to remedy any outstanding tasks.
• To act as a duty manager for the CLA and UASC Service, covering annual leave and staff sickness.

Skills

Team leadership

Job description

Social work Team manager - Children looked after

Our client Shropshire council are looking for a Social work Team manager to join their Children looked after service.

• Driving Licence Required: TM's may need to visit families with the SW as required and chair meetings in person

Working/ Hybrid Arrangements:

• Office based one day per week


• Face to face team meetings on a monthly basis


• Face to face managers meetings once per month


• Quarterly directors assurance face to face


• There may be additional times that the team manager needs to travel for case purposes such as chairing meetings in person, attending court etc.

Job responsibilites

• To provide management cover to an additional capacity team with responsibility for looked after children.


• Supervise a team of 7 social workers, meeting the requirement for all children to receive supervision on a 4 weekly basis.


• To chair multi-agency meetings in relation to permanence planning and risk management, providing comprehensive management oversight to progress young people's plans.


• To progress plans of SGO or discharges of care order, working with legal services to ensure this is progressed in a timely way.


• To quality assure key documents and assessments in a timely manner as part of care planning regulations and to meet the needs of the service.


• To provide performance oversight for the team, attending a weekly performance meeting to share current data and agree a plan to remedy any outstanding tasks.


• To act as a duty manager for the CLA and UASC Service, covering annual leave and staff sickness.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.


• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs


• Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.


• Double payrolls each week.

*Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.