Social Work Team Manager - Out of Hours Social Work Team (EDT) - Haringey - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Team Manager for their Out of Hours Social Work Team based in Haringey. The role involves managing a team to ensure high standards of service and adherence to legislation. Candidates must have a social work qualification, be a qualified AMHP, and have experience in team management. This position offers a salary of up to £57,102 per annum.

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with registration with Social Work England.
• Proven experience in supervising social work teams.
• Familiarity with current children’s health and social care legislation.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Out of Hours Social Work Team to ensure high service quality.
• Supervise staff and oversee all casework within the team.
• Establish partnerships to enhance outcomes for children and families.

Skills

Social work qualification with registration

Qualified AMHP

Experience in managing social work caseloads

Experience of community and/or group work

Knowledge of children's health and social care

Job description

Social Work Team Manager – Out of Hours Social Work Team (EDT)

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Out of Hours Social Work Team (EDT) to work full time based in Haringey.
The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £57,102 per annum.

• To be responsible for the management of the Team and ensure that the service provided is of the highest professional standard and is responsive to legislation requirements as well as corporate and national priorities.
• To be responsible for all the work held within the team and to ensure that it is prioritised and allocated promptly within the available resources.
• To ensure the team’s record keeping is maintained to a high standard and that managerial decisions are taken and recorded promptly within the appropriate frameworks.
• To provide regular, high quality, challenging and reflective supervision of staff within agreed timescales and according to the departmental policy.
• To facilitate and direct as necessary partnership with parents, carers, other professionals and partner agencies to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people.
• To develop a service consistent with models of partnership working with other agencies, children and their families and to enable children to stay safely at home wherever possible.
• To implement the service business plan, ensuring that team members are clear about their individual and collective contribution towards achieving the objectives, targets and standards contained within it and to manage performance against these.
• To participate in quality assurance processes, including audit and review in order to identify and promote best practice.
• To ensure that the team undertakes its work in accordance with health & safety legislation and council policy.
• To take the lead role for defined areas of service, to deputise for their line manager, to ensure that all decisions are taken at an appropriate level and senior managers informed of identified risk, as and when necessary.
• To undertake any other temporary responsibilities aligned with the overall purpose and grade of the role.

Requirements of this role:

• Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.
• Must be a qualified AMHP.
• Experience in managing social work caseloads and supervising others.
• Experience of community and/or group work.
• Knowledge of children’s health and social care systems, agencies, and relevant legislation.

Contact:

This Team Manager job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

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

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, 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. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

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.