Social Work Programmes Manager Rbkc615978

Social Work Programmes Manager RBKC615978

Job Summary:

Salary range: £55,497 - £63,045 per annum

Work location: London

Hours per week: 36

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: 23rd April 2024

Interview date: Week commencing 13th May 2024

About Us:

Use your Practice Education and professional experience to support future generations of Social Workers in their education and career pathways.  

In the Bi-Borough Children’s Services, we provide a range of services for a diverse population, which includes people living in some of the nation’s most affluent and most deprived wards. 

Our Bi-Borough vision is to deliver high quality services that enable all children and young people to reach their full potential including those who are most vulnerable. Children and young people are at the heart of what we do, so as an organisation, we continually strive to strengthen our practice to drive continuous improvement and innovation. We do this, by relentlessly focusing on our workforce to draw out the creativity in practice which makes Bi-Borough such a special place to work, and help deliver outstanding outcomes for vulnerable children and families.

As we expand our team, we’re also enhancing our continuous professional development (CPD) offer and looking to improve our support for our Newly Qualified Social Workers who are undertaking the ASYE programme. There will be an increased emphasis on group supervision, including critical reflection, to support the development of professional expertise and promote resilience. There will also be additional teaching and mentoring of groups and individuals. Ultimately we aim to improve our recruitment and retention of Social Work professionals.

The Role:

As our new Social Work Programmes Manager, you will be at the heart of this change, making a positive impact on Social Work practice standards across the two boroughs. We’ll look to you to create innovative, high-quality training and processes. Your expertise will be integral to delivering tailored support and expertise to facilitate learning and raise the quality of Social Work education and Social Work practice. Working with Practice Educators and Managers as well as partner organisations, you will foster a learning culture through the provision of strong leadership, and will champion core Social Work values and good practice. 

Please refer to the Job Description for more information. 

About You:

Collaborative and committed to developing others, you’ll be ready for the challenge of helping us adapt and evolve to improve our service. You’re someone who can work independently in ambiguous situations and who has the confidence and resilience to build good relationships across two different organisations, bringing teams and individuals together. Excellent communication skills are, of course, essential.

A qualified and registered Social Worker, with experience of working in a local authority setting, you’ll hold a Practice Education Qualification such as Enabling Others Parts 1&2, Practice Teacher Award or PETHs. You’ll have up-to-date knowledge of the legislation and regulatory requirements for CPD and registration with Social Work England. You must be able to prioritise a busy workload.

In return, you can look forward to a package that includes a competitive salary, a high-quality pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. 

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CV’s will not be considered for this role. 

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

Application process

Please do not upload any documents, including CVs/Covering Letters or supporting statements, as these documents will not be reviewed and could result in your application not being shortlisted.

You should describe how you meet the person specification requirements for the position you are applying for in Section G of the application form.

Additional information

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.

Please note, that we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk/spam folder as our system-generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.

If you experience difficulties with the recruitment application process, please contact the recruitment team by email: recruitment@rbkc.gov.uk