Team Manager - Leaving Care 16+ Team

Sanctuary Personnel; Rochester; On-site; GBP 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Team Manager for the Leaving Care 16+ Team in Rochester. The role involves leading, managing staff, and ensuring high-quality supervision and support to care leavers. Candidates must hold a social work qualification and have an understanding of relevant legislation. This is a full-time position offering a salary of up to £64,198 per annum.

Qualifications

• A social work qualification or equivalent.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a staff team with high-quality supervision.
• Support ongoing learning and development of workers.
• Allocate cases within statutory timescales and support transitions.
• Provide high quality reflective case supervision.
• Manage staffing budget and approval of expenditure effectively.
• Keep up to date with policies, legislation, and trends.

Skills

Leadership

Case Management

Supervision

Budget Management

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Overview

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

The salary for this 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 which includes case management oversight, timely decision making, the effective implementation and review of children's looked after plans and care experienced young people's pathway plans.
• Reflect on areas of practice which are good or require improvement, and support ongoing learning and development of workers, including undertaking audits across the whole of children’s service and within the local service.
• Allocate cases within the statutory timescales supporting positive transitions and ensuring looked after children reviews and pathway plan reviews and statutory visits have clear objectives and outcomes to ensure all children in care and care leavers receive a service reflecting safeguarding, promoting independence, and putting the needs of individual children first.
• Complete and review performance development plans for the team to enhance individuals’ personal and professional development needs and contribute towards staff retention.
• Provide high quality reflective case supervision to social workers and personal advisors within timescales, providing management oversight, appropriate professional challenge and supporting the progression of children and young people’s plans.
• Contribute to the management of the staffing budget for the team by 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.
• Keep up to date with the Council’s organisational policies, government guidance, legislation, research and national trends to maintain the highest professional standards.
• Deputise and support the Group Manager where necessary on all aspects relating to the development of the service, and cover for other Team Managers where appropriate.

Requirements

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

Contact

This Team Manager job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates reflects the clients that candidates will support within their role. Sanctuary takes pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). Training on EDI and compliance is undertaken by recruitment consultants and all other employees.

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