Team Manager

My Social Work News; Slough; On-site; GBP 63,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking a Team Manager for the Assessment & Intervention Team in Slough. This full-time role focuses on leading a dedicated team to deliver high-quality services, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and fostering professional development. The successful candidate will oversee case management, conduct quality assurance, and support the growth of team members. This position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to make a significant impact in the community. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and inclusion, and contribute to meaningful change in the lives of children and families.

Qualifications

• Professional Social Work qualification or equivalent is required.
• Understanding of relevant legislation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team to ensure high-quality services and accurate case records.
• Oversee caseload distribution and ensure children's needs are met.
• Conduct quality assurance activities and support team development.

Skills

Leadership

Social Work

Quality Assurance

Communication

Decision Making

Education

Professional Social Work Qualification

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Assessment & Intervention Team to work full time (Maternity Cover of 12 Months) based in Slough.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £62,405 per annum.

Responsibilities:

• As a member of Slough Children First’s Management Team, lead the team providing appropriate support and challenge to ensure the delivery of high-quality services, accurate and timely case file records, and the effective use of resources to statutory and legislative requirements.
• Oversee the distribution of caseloads to ensure that the child or young person’s needs are met appropriately.
• Make clear decisions around the threshold for cases that are part of legal planning meetings and strategy decisions, ensuring at each point risk is evaluated and decisions are recorded on the case file.
• Carry out regular quality assurance activities including observations, case reviews, and team and peer moderated audits that collaboratively involve social work staff to support their professional development, improve the consistency of practice, and seek the views of families.
• Attend Head of Service Performance clinics with a clear narrative for performance in their team and actions to be undertaken to address areas for development.
• As part of Quality Assurance activities, ensure that there is effective direct work undertaken with all children and young people, with the voice of the child clearly recorded on case files.
• Lead team meetings to a high standard, ensuring that service and corporate messages are cascaded to the team in a timely way and support effective two-way communications back up to managers from the team.
• Ensure that all members of the team have the capacity to attend training to support their ongoing professional development and enable continuous improvements in practice.
• Assist and encourage the professional development of the Assistant Team Manager, providing them with opportunities to grow and develop to become Team Managers.
• Support the Assistant Team Manager to make effective day-to-day use of all available professional resources, addressing barriers and issues across Slough Children First and with partners where required through the development and maintenance of professional links with partner agencies and the voluntary sector, whilst supporting the links of the Assistant Team Manager.
• Ensure all interventions are conducted within an anti-discriminatory framework, and take into account issues such as race, gender, sexuality, disability, etc., and deliver appropriate services to the diverse communities of Slough.
• Deputise for the Head of Service, undertake projects and other additional duties, as required. To undertake work outside office hours as necessary.

Requirements of this Team Manager role:

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

Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Alex Moon; 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 role in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well as 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.

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