Team Manager – Locality Team

Sanctuary Personnel; Greater London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanctuary Personnel in Sutton is seeking an experienced Team Manager to lead the Children’s Locality Team. You will oversee day-to-day operations, guide Social Workers and support staff, ensuring robust assessments, plans and outcomes for children and families.

The role requires a social work qualification and substantial post-qualification leadership experience, with strong knowledge of legislation and risk management.

Qualifications

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Extensive post-qualification practice experience, combined with strong leadership & managerial skills.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day running of a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and provide direction and management oversight of Social Workers and support staff within Child Protection, Child in Need and Assessment & Referral Services.
• Manage a team of Social Workers and Specialist Support Workers, making case management decisions and ensuring compliance with practice standards, legal frameworks and policy.
• Collaborate with partners in health, education, voluntary sector and other agencies to create joint plans to support young people.
• Quality assure work by ensuring robust assessments, plans and outcomes for families and young people.
• Provide clear direction to staff and partner agencies, adopting creative and innovative approaches while managing time to meet deadlines and outcomes.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

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 Children’s Locality Team to work Full Time based in Sutton.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £57,402 per annum.

• Reporting to the Service Manager, we are looking for an Experienced Team Manager to work in our Locality Teams. You will be responsible for the day to day running of a Multi-Disciplinary Team, providing direction and management oversight of Social Workers and supporting staff within Child Protection, Child in Need and Assessment & Referral Services.
• Managing a team of Social Workers and Specialist Support Workers, being responsible for case management decisions and compliance with practice standards, legal frameworks and policy.
• Work across partners in the Borough including health, education, voluntary sector and other to create joint up plans to support young people.
• Team Managers work collaboratively and in partnership with other teams and organisations in health, education and legal services to ensure the best outcomes for the children & young people of the Borough. You will quality assure work through ensuring these are robust assessments, plans and outcomes for families and young people.
• Your experience and leadership is key to providing the necessary case direction to all staff members (including partner agencies) within the team. You will play a pivotal role in supporting staff to adopt creative and innovative approaches while effectively managing your own time to meet tight deadlines and demonstrate measurable outcomes.
• This position presents an excellent opportunity for experienced Senior Social Workers/Assistant Managers and Team Managers who have demonstrated string management and leadership capabilities, ideally within a local authority setting.
• As a subject matter expert in social care, you will be expected to possess an in-depth knowledge of current legislation, regulations, and guidance that’s relevant to social work practice.

Requirements of this Team Manager role:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Extensive post-qualification practice experience, combined with string leadership & managerial skills.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

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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