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"Our service quality and 'comprehensive improvement programme' is having an improved impact for children in need or children who are the subject of a child protection plan in Surrey."- Ofsted- April 2024
We have two opportunities to join us as a Team Manager supporting our newly reshaped Adolescent Safeguarding Service, covering the following areas:
- Based in the Redhill Centre covering Tandridge, Reigate and Bansted.
- Based in Malthouse Youth Centre covering Mole Valley, Epsom & Ewell.
The salary range for Team Managers is £57,942 - £62,125 per annum. This is inclusive of a newly created market supplement of £5,000.
We also offer a financial package of up to £6,000 which is payable in 3 instalments across your first 18 months in post for anyone new to Surrey.
Rewards and Benefits
- We pay your Social Worker England Registration fee
- 28 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years' service (plus bank holidays)
- Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
- Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
- Paternity, adoption and dependent's leave
- A generous local government salary related pension
- Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
- 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
- Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
A New Way of Working:
Following a recent reshaping of our services, our newly reformed Adolescent Teams have been developed around a partnership model of working, bringing together a range services for young people including those who have challenges with their mental health, have additional needs, go missing, involved in serious youth violence and are vulnerable to exploitation including criminal and sexual exploitation.
Our Adolescent service comprises of 3 locality hubs focused on delivering targeted adolescent services. You will have support from a range of teams in a newly created central adolescent hub to complement the work that you do. This includes Youth Justice, Missing, Edge of Care, Intervention Support, Risk and Intelligence and Youth Offer. The Hub will work flexibly to ensure that incoming work flows to the correct service area and will use data to underpin operational and strategic tasking.
As part of the latter phase of the safeguarding adolescents model, partnership colleagues from Education, Health, Police and other agencies will join the hubs as part of the commitment towards adolescent services in Surrey.
Our remodeled service represents a 21st century opportunity to deliver innovative ways of working to address adolescent risk outside of the home, building relationships with our families and partners so the voices of our young people are heard.
About the Role:
As a Team Manager within our Adolescent Service, you will:
- Provide professional leadership and support to ensure the safe practice of your social workers and social care practitioners
- Provide effective workload management in line with service key performance indicators.
- Ensure your team are forward-thinking, responsive, and meet the diverse needs of the young people we safeguard, working with them in a strengths-based way.
- Manage, motivate, and develop your team.
- Deputise for your service manager when required to ensure operational effectiveness and consistency in line with service strategies, policies, and procedures.
- Help to develop a respectful culture recognising diverse experiences, promoting partnership working, and encouraging family-driven solutions.
Shortlisting Criteria:
To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:
- That you are an experienced social worker with Social Work England Registration.
- That you are an experienced manager or established senior social worker looking for first Team Manager role.
- Skills and experience of supporting adolescents who have significant challenges around their mental health, additional needs, are at risk of exploitation, serious youth violence or other contextual safeguarding risks.
- How you have supported or developed staff to deliver high quality assessments and interventions with families.
Surrey has both urban and rural areas and locality based social care workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK, access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area.
Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.
Surrey Children's Service provides training to ensure competence and professional development. We will ensure that you receive a full induction and monthly supervision.
We are motivated to continue with the good work already being done in Surrey as mentioned by Ofsted following their recent visit. We are looking for others who share our ambitions to join us in ensuring children in Surrey are effectively safeguarded and receive the right support at the right time.
The job advert closes at 23:59 on Sunday the 7th of July 2024, with interviews to follow.
An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.
Contact us
Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.
For an informal discussion please contact Kay Daubney by e-mail at kay.daubney@surreycc.gov.uk
We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
Our Values
Our values are as important as our abilities and shape who we are as an organisation. Discover more about our values.
Before submitting your application, we recommend you read the job description. Our Life at Surrey handbook also attached provides insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.
Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:
- The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
- The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form
Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.
We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups. We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
