Service Manager - Duty And Assessment

Service Manager - Duty and Assessment
About the role

We have a fantastic career opportunity for an experienced Service Manager to join our Duty and Assessment team here at Northamptonshire Children’s Trust.   This is an exciting time to be joining us, as we are in a period of significant transformation, now delivering services as a Trust for two unitary authorities across the county.

The Children’s Trust allows for a single focus on improving the outcomes of children and young people in Northamptonshire and will aim to develop a working culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish, aiming to deliver at the cutting edge of innovation.

We have a range of amazing career opportunities in Northamptonshire for experienced social workers who will contribute creatively to the development of this evolving service.

What will you be doing?

Duty and Assessment are the single point of contact for all safeguarding concerns relating to children and young people in Northamptonshire. Our professionals provide a range of services that have contact with children, young people, their families, and carers.  We collaborate to ensure immediate and prompt responses and combine our knowledge and expertise, to keep children and young people in Northamptonshire safe from harm.

With a rotating duty element, the team works at pace, completing robust short-term quality assessments of need, ensuring the right service provision is in place. Skilled social workers in these teams are friendly and confident professionals, who can work collaboratively to very tight deadlines and ensure the child’s voice is evident throughout.

There are 6 teams within DAAT, each team consists of a Team Manager, Advanced Practitioner (who holds complex cases and supports up to 6 Social Workers / Senior Social Workers); a Newly Qualified Social Worker; and a family support worker within their team.  

We collaborate with other professionals to ensure immediate and prompt responses. Their combined knowledge and expertise keep children and young people in Northamptonshire safe from harm.  We are supporting excellence in social work practice, with a Signs of Safety based approach, and clear personal development opportunities for the right candidates.

For a confidential, informal discussion please contact: Alby Luguterah – Strategic Manager aluguterah@nctrust.co.uk

About you

It will be important that you have the desire to want to make a personal contribution towards improving our service. You will be a qualified social worker, registered with the SWE with extensive post-qualifying experience of statutory social care practice and management and experience of Duty and Assessment.

You will have a sound understanding and ability in relation to effective management practices, particularly as they relate to service planning and performance management and development of services and staff.  Driving Licence essential.

Our benefits

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

• 2 Day Induction Programme
• 2 days Signs of Safety training (social care colleagues)
• Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
• Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
• A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
• Local government Pension Scheme
• Heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
• Employee Discount Scheme
• 28 days’ annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days – dependent upon Grade after 5 years’ service
• Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days
• Employee Discount Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Monthly quality supervision
• SWE Registration paid yearly (social care colleagues)
• Relocation costs of up to £8,000

About us

Northamptonshire Children’s Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children’s Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation. 

We regret that we are not accepting any overseas applications at this time.