Social Worker - Team Manager

Role: Team Manager (TM)

Department: Children, Families & Education

Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Team Manager (TM)on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their Children, Families & Education department.

Main purpose of position:

To lead and manage an experienced team of ASYE's, Social Workers and Senior Practitioners, aimed at supporting the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Enable children and young people to remain safely within their home and/or community environment, wherever possible, including appropriate provisions identified by the Local Authority, and ensure they achieve good outcomes through effective social work intervention. Where this is not possible to ensure that the children and young people are safeguarded via statutory routes including Care Proceedings and alternative permanent care.

Ensure the team provides effective services, employing best professional practice and standards, which have measurable benefit for service users.

As a Team Manageryou will be responsible to:

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the team providing a social work service of assessment, care planning, data analysis, strategic planning and child protection within the scope of the Children Act 1989 and related legislation.
• Provide specialist intervention services throughout Luton in line with statutory provision of social work service. Make high-risk decisions concerning the safeguarding of children to establish the appropriate assessment required and level of need for support/services for children and young people.
• Take responsibility for their own development and that of the overall team providing specific coaching guidance and mentoring of the Deputy Team Manager and keep up to date with new and relevant legislation, research and guidance, peer and user feedback.
• Accountable for the management of performance for the team through auditing case files, quality assuring reports written by Social Workers, tracking progress through managerial reports and processing complaints within timescales.
• Hold regular Check-In's and Supervisions to identify strengths of staff and also to consider areas where there are areas for improvement within practice, arranging bespoke support or following improvement procedures where required.
• Recruit, motivate, train and develop staff within our 3 Year Workforce Strategy.

Skills and Experience

• Substantial experience in a social care field with a particular emphasis on Safeguarding and Child Protection.
• In-depth experience of complex decision making in children's social care services on child protection and statutory case work, monitoring, evaluating and inspecting areas of work based on a quality assurance .

• In-depth experience of advising, coaching and supporting staff.

• Experience of staff management & supervision.

• Able to manage, motivate and develop a social services team, effectively achieving high levels of performance from staff and presenting the service and department at a variety of internal/external meetings.

• In-depth communication skills, including producing complex reports .

• Able to make sound professional judgements including high risk issues about children, parents, families and carers.

• Able to manage a devolved budget and develop and maintain effective administrative and organisational procedures .

DBS

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for Disclosure and Barring Service checks to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any convictions, bind overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exemptions) (Amendments) Order 1986. Therefore, applications are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are 'spent' under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being take-up, any failure to disclose such convictions will results in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. The fact that a bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

About Us

Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.

Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.

We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Connect2Luton, part of Luton Borough Council & Kent Commercial Services LLP, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.