Team Manager - Family Safeguarding Team - Bury - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Bury; On-site; GBP 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Team Manager within the Family Safeguarding Team in Bury. The role includes providing leadership and support to social workers, overseeing team workload, and ensuring compliance with legislation. Applicants should possess a Social Work Qualification and relevant experience. Competitive salary up to £51,802 per annum offered.

Qualifications

• Must have a Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation is required.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise assistant team managers.
• Support social workers through supervision.
• Quality assure team reports and plans.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Understanding of legislation

Quality assurance

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Family Safeguarding Team to work full time for Bury.

The salary for this Team Manager job is up to £51,802 per annum.

• Leadership, direction and supervision of reporting lines including Assistant Team Managers.
• Support of Social Workers through the process of supervision and by attending conferences, reviews, joint interviews, initial core groups and other meetings where appropriate.
• Lead formal processes in relation to matters such as disciplinary, grievance and change management.
• Contribute as an effective part of the Management Team within your service area in addition to attending management team meetings.
• Manage, allocate and monitor team workload in accordance with priorities agreed with Senior Managers, ensuring fair distribution of work within the team.
• Work flexibly as a part of the Management Team to ensure that staff are appropriately supported at all time and provide management cover in alternative parts of the service as required.
• Maintain oversight of lone working and other staff safety arrangement in the team, ensuring that risk assessments are undertaken and implemented.
• Take responsibility for key decisions in respect of individual children and young people, in accordance with departmental and statutory guidelines.
• Ensure agreed childcare plans are implemented in order to promote and safeguard the interests of individual children and young people.
• Participate in the development and management of integrated local services to children in need and their families through joint working and partnerships with significant agencies, organisations and groups in the area.
• Quality assure and authorise team reports, statements or plans to promote high quality standards.
• Undertake quality assurance processes such as case file audits and provide feedback.
• Keep up-dated of developments in statutory requirements, regulations and other contemporary issues in the field of childcare social work practice. Disseminating within the team.
• Where an employee is asked to undertake duties other than those specified directly in his/her job description, such duties shall be discussed with the employee concerned who may have his/her Trade Union Representative present if so desired.

Requirements of this Team Manager job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

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.

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