Team Manager - Family Support Team

Wrexham County Borough Council; Wrexham; Remote; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS

Flexible working

32 days annual leave

Wellbeing resources

Wrexham Reward Scheme

Job summary

Wrexham County Borough Council is seeking a highly motivated Team Manager to lead the Family Support Team (FST) in delivering safeguarding and family support. You will oversee a staff group including Social Workers and Social Care staff, drive care planning, and manage cases up to first court hearings.

The role sits within a Welsh local government context and offers a comprehensive benefits package. The post includes a recruitment incentive of £3,300 gross, paid as 50% in the first monthly pay

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a team of professionals and delivering front-line services.
• Ability to develop and oversee Care and Support Plans and robust family support.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a staff team of 15 Social Workers, 3 Social Care Assessors and 3 Assistant Team Managers.
• Lead on Care and Support Plans and Public Law Outline processes.
• Support you team to keep children safe and achieve best outcomes.

Job description

For this post Wrexham Council offers a recruitment incentive payment to external new appointments who will receive an additional payment of £3,300 (gross) in additional to the post’s salary grade and incremental point.The first 50% will be paid in first monthly pay and the remaining 50% in the month that follows your confirmed successful completion of the probationary period.

Are you a highly motivated, innovative Team Manager? Are you passionate about supporting children and families through your work? If so, you could be the person we’re looking for…

We’re recruiting for a Team Manager in our Family Support Team (FST) – someone who can support our team to develop and grow, and who will help to ensure children in Wrexham are kept safe. Are you up to the task?

The FST has responsibility for:
Care and Support Plans

Providing robust support to families and children ensuring best outcomes are met

Management of Child Protection Plans
Public Law Outline
Taking cases to the first court hearing

We’re looking for someone with tip-top management skills to be responsible for a staff team of 15 Social Workers, 3 Social Care Assessors and 3 Assistant Team Managers. Is this something you could do?
Through the work we’ve done so far, combined with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join.
Our Family Support Team are all amazing - they inspire great ideas, drive new plans forward and help to make Children’s Social Care a fantastic place to work. Are you ready to come on this journey with them?

Wrexham is a great place to live too - we have some amazing country parks, we’ve got Tŷ Pawb (our cultural community resource), and we’re home to some of Britain’s most successful businesses. Plus, not only are we handily positioned to cities like Chester, Liverpool and Manchester, we’re also only a stones-throw from some of the UK’s most beautiful beaches, and Snowdonia as well.

The Council welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, gender, disability, sexuality, religious belief or age. The Council is committed to developing its bilingual workforce and welcomes applications from candidates who demonstrate their capability to work in both English and Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

About Us

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The County Borough of Wrexham, located in North East Wales, is proud of its Welsh heritage and cultural identity. Over the years it has grown to reflect a population that is multi-religious and multi-ethnic and complements the diversity of our communities.

Centred on the city of Wrexham, which nestles between the Welsh mountains and the Cheshire plains, it’s a location that really can offer you the best of both worlds and we are proud of our city status (awarded in 2022 when we became the seventh city in Wales).

Wrexham County Borough Council is a unitary Council which delivers a wide range of services aimed at improving the lives of Wrexham residents and surrounding communities. We are committed to providing services through collaboration with local and national partners. With a focus on sustainable development, community wellbeing, and improving the lives of Wrexham residents and surrounding communities, Wrexham is a fantastic place to work, live, and learn.

The council is an inclusive employer with a workforce of around 5,500, offering diverse roles, training and development and rewarding career opportunities. Wrexham County Borough Council values innovation, bilingualism in English and Welsh, and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, the council ensures accessible recruitment and support for disabled employees including offering a guaranteed interview (where essential person specification items are met). Additionally, veterans will receive guaranteed interviews under the Armed Forces Covenant if eligibility criteria are met (where essential person specification items are met).

Employee benefits include:

• Membership in the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible working arrangements
• Generous annual leave up to 32 days
• Family-friendly policies supporting caring and family commitments
• Work-life balance and flexi time (dependent on role)
• Access to Wrexham Reward Scheme with discounts off leading retailers nationally and locally
• Health & well-being resources, for example:
  • Healthy & Wellbeing Champions
  • Employee assistance programme with advice on staying healthy financially, mentally or physically:
    • Counselling (available 24/7, 365 days a year)
    • In-the-moment emotional support (available 24/7, 365 days a year)
    • Option to set health-boosting goals with small, sustainable lifestyle changes
    • Connect health apps to track physical health and meet progress goals
    • Blogs, videos, recipes and more resources providing inspiration and motivation
    • Identify risks of developing leading lifestyle-related diseases with mental health and financial scores
    • Legal, financial and consumer advice
  • Health and wellbeing events and campaigns throughout the year (e.g., November Health Day, Time to Talk Day, Mental Health Awareness Week, Sun Awareness Week, Menopause Week, Financial Health Week)
  • Menopause Café and guidance
  • Unpaid Carer Café and guidance

Our Council Plan (2023–28) sets out our priorities for this period and we deliver these by following the Nolan Values of public life (selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership) as well as our own Corporate Values: