Team Manager - 16+ Care Leavers

Sanctuary Personnel; Rochester; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a Team Manager for the 16+ Care Leavers Team in Medway. The role involves leading a team, ensuring case management oversight, and monitoring performance. Candidates should have a professional Social Work qualification, with a salary of up to £64,198 per annum offered. Emphasis on diversity and equal opportunity is provided.

Qualifications

• Must hold a professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation is essential.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a staff team with high-quality supervision.
• Allocate cases and support positive transitions.
• Monitor team performance and compliance with practice standards.

Skills

Leadership

Case management

Supervision

Knowledge of legislation

Performance monitoring

Education

Professional Social Work qualification or equivalent

Job description

Team Manager Job Description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the 16+ Care Leavers Team to work full-time based in Medway.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £64,198 per annum.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, and motivate a staff team, ensuring high-quality supervision is completed regularly, including case management oversight, timely decision-making, and the effective implementation and review of children's looked-after plans and care-experienced young people's pathway plans.
• Allocate cases within statutory timescales, supporting positive transitions and ensuring looked-after children reviews and pathway plan reviews have clear objectives and outcomes.
• Complete and review performance development plans for the team, enhancing individuals' personal and professional development needs and contributing to staff retention.
• Effectively use available team performance data to monitor standards and performance, ensuring compliance with practice standards and procedures.
• Provide high-quality reflective case supervision to social workers and personal advisors, supporting the progression of children and young people's plans.
• Contribute to the management of the staffing budget for the team, approving and committing expenditure within delegated authority, and monitoring and reporting commitments to ensure the budget is not exceeded.
• Support the safer recruitment and selection of new staff, both within the team and across Children's Social Care, to ensure staffing levels are maintained.
• Deputize and support the Group Manager where necessary on all aspects relating to the development of the service and cover for other Team Managers as appropriate.
• Promote the Council's Fair Access, Diversity, and Inclusion Policy, observing the standard of conduct that prevents discrimination.

Requirements:

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

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. 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.