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SalarySanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Children’s Social Work Team to work full time for based in Medway.
The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £50,083 per annum.
Main duties:
- To undertake Assessments within the required timescales in accordance with the Framework.
- To assess, and identify levels of risk and need and deliver protective or supportive service for children with a child protection plan.
- To implement care plans by working in partnership with parents and colleagues from other agencies to effect better outcomes for children with Child Protection Plans.
- To accommodate children and young people and initiate care proceedings when appropriate.
- To formulate care plans in partnerships with children and young people, their families and other providers of care and assistance on these assessments.
- To produced courts statements and when required, give evidence in court on behalf of the Local Authority.
- To provide verbal and written reports to child protection conferences, strategy meetings, planning meetings and reviews.
- To maintain and develop up to date relevant skills and knowledge of current legislation, policy and social work practice.
- To take responsibility for managing an individual caseload, having regard to the relative needs of all service users and ensuring an effective use of time and resources.
- To attend and actively make use of supervision and performance appraisal.
- To contribute through team meetings and organizational events to the development of the service.
- To maintain accurate and up to date electronic case records in line with policies and procedures.
- To ensure that all expenditure on cases is properly authorized and recorded, and that cases with financial packages are regularly monitored and reviewed.
- To report any concerns about abuse or malpractice by colleagues in line with the Council’s Whistle Blowing Policy.
- To ensure that all legislation all legislation and local council policies regarding Health and Safety are adhered to.
- These activities may be varied from time to time to meet the changing needs of the service.
- To undertake any other temporary responsibilities aligned with the overall purpose and grade of the role.
Requirements of this Team Managerrole:
- A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Registered or eligible for registration.
- Extensive, demonstrable experience of working as a qualified Social Worker within Child Protection social work.
Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
