Children's Practice Manager - Social Care - Qualified

Practice Manager | Children in Care Team | The Royal Borough of Greenwich*

• Qualified Social Worker / Social Work Professional required to join a statutory Children in Care Team
• Hybrid working
• Office base: The Royal Borough of Greenwich*
• You must have a social work qualification and full SWE registration as well as relevant experience to be considered
• London Pledge Rates Apply
• If you are interested in discussing this position in more detail, or you would like to register with Caritas for work, please call Anton Mostert on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)

To be considered, it is essential that you have a recognised Social Work qualification (Social Work Degree or Diploma in Social Work) and full Social Work England registration as well as recent or significant relevant experience in a similar role.

Additional Info

• Provide day to day direction to and co-ordination of staff working in the Assessment and Support Teams
• To provide increased managerial oversight on cases to ensure allocations and statutory assessments are both timely and proportionate to identified risk
• To assist with the operational management of the team and take forward the implementation of new initiatives alongside the Team Leader.
• Support the Team Leader in ensuring that the core functions of the team operate to a good quality and are effective in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• Allocate work, agree targets, monitor and implement training programmes and generally develop and motivate staff to perform effectively.
• To set standards and priorities for the team, promoting quality management standards and the effective implementation and monitoring of standards, policies and procedures.
• Provide supervision and take line management responsibility for up to 2 qualified social workers
• Entails both supervising staff and holding a small caseload of about 7 or 8, with one of these being a court case.

*Please note this vacancy is subject to the London Agency Worker Pledge Agreement which stipulates:-

• Permanently employed Social Workers are restricted from undertaking an agency role with a London Pledge Borough for a 6-month period following departure (if leaving perm role with London Authority, they cannot move to an agency role with another London Authority for 6 months)
• 3 weeks' notice period may be required (at discretion of manager/council)
• Agency workers must have complete 2 years post AYSE (3 years PQ total), before they can be considered for agency roles within London

Caritas Recruitment are a specialist recruitment agency for Qualified Social Workers at all levels. We supply Qualified Social Work staff to over 150 local authorities, UK wide, on a permanent and temporary (locum/contract) basis.If you know of someone who might be interested in this vacancy please ask them to get in touch; we offer a £300 referral bonus scheme for each friend/colleague you refer plus an additional £500 on your fifth referral!

Reasons to register with Caritas:-

• Honest & Supportive Career Consultant
• Additional Dedicated Payroll Consultant
• Holistic Support Package for Mental and Physical Wellbeing
• Access to the broadest range of temporary and permanent vacancies nationwide
• Access to Exclusive Projects
• Subsidised training
• Free DBS check
• CV writing service
• Interview technique coaching

Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.