Team Manager Safeguarding

Quid, Inc.; Location (WV); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Flexible retirement

Interest free season ticket loan

Learning and development courses

Job summary

A leading social services organization seeks an experienced Social Work Team Manager to join the Safeguarding team. You will provide management support to ensure high-quality services to children and families while collaborating with other organizations. The ideal candidate will have a valid Social Work qualification and experience in leadership roles. This position offers generous annual leave, flexible retirement options, and various learning opportunities.

Qualifications

• Ability to provide leadership to the team
• Understanding of Performance Assessment Framework for high-quality social work
• Supervise staff and assess professional competence
• Valid Social Work England registration required

Responsibilities

• Manage and support the team to deliver high-quality social work services
• Ensure excellent management and development opportunities for social care staff
• Contribute to the development of practice and policy initiatives

Skills

Leadership

Performance Assessment Framework

Coaching

Supervision

Education

Social Work qualification

Job description

Liquid Personnel are currently looking for an experienced Social Work Team Manager to join the Safeguarding team in Haringey.

Haringey is transforming its services for children and young people, and have already made exciting, innovative changes as they strive for excellence in all they do. They're a service with high ambitions; a place to work that is full of energy and focus. This is an excellent opportunity to join a team which has passion, integrity, and commitment.

Your benefits as a Social Work Team Manager:

• Generous annual leave
• Flexible retirement
• Interest free season ticket loan
• Learning and development courses at work, including workshops and courses

In this role you will:

• Provide management and support which ensures the team delivers a high quality social work service to children and families working in partnership with other statutory and third sector organisations
• Ensure that the team of Social Workers, Senior Practitioners and other social care staff are provided with excellent management, supervision, appraisal and personal development opportunities.
• Contribute to the development of practice and policy initiatives across children’s services.

Essential requirements of this Social Work Team Manager role:

• Ability to provide leadership to the team
• Understanding of Performance Assessment Framework within the context of high quality social work practice.
• Ability to provide leadership to the team; supervise staff, to assess professional competence and enable further professional development in others; influence and coach others and to raise the standards of other practitioners
• Social Work qualified, with valid Social Work England registration

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.