Team Manager - Support and Supervision, Caring For Service

The Methodist Church in Britain; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Guaranteed yearly pay increases

34 days annual leave including bank ho

Option to purchase up to 10 extra days

Flexi-time and hybrid or remote work

Job summary

Cheshire East Council's Caring For Service is seeking a Team Manager for Support and Supervision to lead a social work pod handling high-risk, complex child protection cases, from assessments to court reports, while supervising social workers and children's practitioners.

The role is permanent, full-time with 37 hours per week and a hybrid or remote working arrangement where possible, requiring Social Work England registration and an enhanced DBS check.

Qualifications

• Extensive understanding of risk management, child protection and safeguarding.
• Clear understanding of safeguarding and the principles of early intervention.
• Analysing performance data and motivating staff to meet targets.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality, professional social work practice on high-risk, complex cases.
• Manage the social work pod, prioritising and allocating tasks, motivating and supporting the team, and driving performance targets.
• Provide professional supervision to social workers and children's practitioners and support their development.
• Complete holistic assessments of children's and families' needs, including parenting capacity, family and environmental factors, and risk.
• Devise written intervention and care plans, including child protection plans.
• Manage a complex, high-risk caseload and build relationships with children and families.
• Write concise, evidence-based reports for the Local Safeguarding Board, the court and other bodies.
• Ensure children's and families' views and wishes are heard.
• Liaise with other agencies and promote joint and multi-disciplinary working.
• Manage commissioning budgets and authorise cash payments to families under financial regulations.
• Maintain child records on the council's recording system, provide statistics and share information under data protection law.
• Contribute to the development of social work policy and procedures.

Skills

Risk management

Safeguarding

Performance data

Early intervention

Education

Social Work England recognised social work qualification

Job description

Team Manager for Support and Supervision in the Caring For Service at Cheshire East Council's children's social care, based at Delamere House. The role leads a social work pod handling high-risk, complex child protection cases, from assessments and child protection plans through to court reports, and supervises social workers and children's practitioners. It is a permanent, full-time post with a 37-hour week and hybrid working where possible. Social Work England registration and an enhanced DBS check are required.

What the job involves

• Ensure quality, professional social work practice on high-risk, complex cases
• Manage the social work pod, prioritising and allocating tasks, motivating and supporting the team, and driving performance targets
• Provide professional supervision to social workers and children's practitioners and support their development
• Complete holistic assessments of children's and families' needs, including parenting capacity, family and environmental factors, and risk
• Devise written intervention and care plans, including child protection plans
• Manage a complex, high-risk caseload and build relationships with children and families
• Write concise, evidence-based reports for the Local Safeguarding Board, the court and other bodies
• Ensure children's and families' views and wishes are heard
• Liaise with other agencies and promote joint and multi-disciplinary working
• Manage commissioning budgets and authorise cash payments to families under financial regulations
• Maintain child records on the council's recording system, provide statistics and share information under data protection law
• Contribute to the development of social work policy and procedures

What’s required

Qualifications

• Social Work England recognised social work qualification

Registration & licences

• Social Work England registration

Experience

• Extensive experience as a practising social work professional
• Experience of complex social work with families

Skills & knowledge

• Extensive understanding of risk management, child protection and safeguarding
• Clear understanding of safeguarding and the principles of early intervention
• Analysing performance data and motivating staff to meet targets

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check

What’s offered

• Guaranteed yearly pay increases
• 34 days annual leave including bank holidays, rising to 39 days after five years
• Option to purchase up to 10 extra days of annual leave each year
• Flexi-time and hybrid or remote working where possible