Team Manager- Safeguarding & Support

Sanctuary Personnel; Slough; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Team Manager for their Safeguarding & Family Support Team. This role offers the chance to provide professional leadership and support in complex situations, ensuring high-quality safeguarding practices. You will lead a team, fostering collaboration and innovation while managing performance and development. This position is perfect for someone passionate about making a difference in children's lives and who thrives in a challenging yet rewarding environment. Join a forward-thinking organization that values professional growth and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Must have a Social Work Qualification and be registered with Social Work England.
• Extensive knowledge of safeguarding legislation and practices required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support in complex safeguarding situations.
• Manage a team and promote positive working relationships across sectors.
• Monitor performance and support professional development of team members.

Skills

Leadership

Professional Support

Critical Reasoning

Risk Management

Collaboration

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Slough Children First has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Safeguarding & Family Support Team to work full time based in Slough.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £56,265 - £58,323 per annum.

Responsibilities:

1. Provide leadership and professional support to colleagues and other professionals in situations of high complexity.
2. Apply extensive knowledge of practice, theory and legislation to enhance practice, procedures and policies, promote innovation, and introduce new ways of working from recognised sites of excellence.
3. Make use of sophisticated, critical reasoning and both model and facilitate reflective and evidence-informed practice.
4. Support and encourage professional decision-making in others, to enable assessment procedures to be used discerningly in response to the presenting needs.
5. Maintain and provide expertise in specialist assessment and intervention and support others to develop these skills.
6. Model the effective assessment and management of risk in complex situations, across a range of situations, including positive risk taking situations.
7. Provide professional leadership on safeguarding issues in collaboration with other senior members of the team.
8. Provide support to resolve concerns about practice.
9. Manage a defined team or area providing clear organisation, direction and development.
10. Provide professional support, advice and/or supervision.
11. Monitor and support the performance management and development of team members using a coaching approach, to support individual development and ensure that individual contributions are maximised.
12. Promote positive working relationships in and across teams and with partners in statutory, voluntary and third sector organisations, using strategies for collaboration and arbitration.
13. Contribute to and provide professional leadership of organisational change and development and address performance management issues that arise.
14. When required, monitor, analyse and manage delegated budgets, funding and resources in accordance with council policies and procedures, or have indirect influence on wider service budget.

Requirements:

1. A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. Social Work England registered.

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.