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Grade 10- £56,172 - £60,468pa (plus £4k market supplement) | Havering | Permanent |
APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A CURRENT SOCIAL WORK ENGLAND REGISTRATION.
Why choose Havering?
- Competitive salary of up to £64,468 inclusive of £4,000 market supplement
- Subsidised parking at various council-owned car parks across the borough
- Generous local government pension scheme
- Access to a range of health and wellbeing activities and initiatives
- Training and development opportunities through our very own dedicated Social Care Academy specific to children’s and adults social care
- Access to accredited systemic training
- And much more
You can find out more about working for Havering Children’s Services by visiting www.havering.gov.uk/cypsjobs
About us
As a borough, we are currently experiencing the most exciting period of growth in our history, taking huge steps forward in our improvement journey. We are building a Children’s Services to match, by nurturing a culture of achieving excellent outcomes and empowering families to create sustainable solutions for themselves. The development and implementation of our outstanding service, relies on our social work practitioners to be the driving force for innovation and strive to deliver the best possible care, allowing us to take our place as a centre of excellence for social work practice.
We pride ourselves in empowering our staff by providing excellent training and great benefits. Our Social Work Academy equips our workforce with the tools, support and the space to do their best work, by playing a key role in the development of social work professionals at all levels. Havering invests heavily into our workforce, not only offering highly competitive salaries and exceptional benefits, but also our ability to grow people from within and develop already talented professionals is what makes us unique.
We provide systemic care with lasting effects through our Face to Face model of practice – achieving sustainable positive outcomes. Havering’s ethos is embodied by our approach to fitting the system to the family rather than asking the family to fit to the system. This is done by working collaboratively with children and families by having ongoing conversations so they can receive the most effective forms of intervention. With your expertise and motivation to support our children and families. We truly believe that Havering is the ideal place for your social work career.
On joining Havering, you will find our supportive, visible and approachable leadership who are happy to share their skills and experiences to guide you whenever you need it. We are committed to providing a healthy work life balance, whether that be via flexible working or through our corporate health and wellbeing initiatives. The pandemic has been difficult for many of us in many ways, however our leadership have consistently maintained communication with the workforce. We are proud to be a forward-thinking organisation that embraces new ways of working to the benefit of our employees and residents alike.
Not only is Havering a fantastic place to live but it’s also a great place to work! Benefiting from excellent transport links, being only 18 minutes from London Liverpool Street Station, with our offices located centrally in Romford. We also offer staff subsidised onsite car parking, making our offices easily accessible via the M25, A12, A406 and A127.
About the role
Adopt London East is a Regional Adoption Agency made up of 4 Local Authorities; the host authority Havering, Barking and Dagenham, Newham and Tower Hamlets. Adopt London East provide the following functions, recruitment, assessment and support of prospective and Adoptive parents, Family finding for all children with a plan of Adoption and adoption support provided to adoptive families, birth relatives and children and young people. Adopt London East work closely with our partner boroughs particularly in the area of permanency planning and family finding. We have a strong emphasis upon building strong cross working between the Adopt London East Teams. We want to protect our high standards of social work practice and wherever possible innovate to improve the services we deliver. Adopt London East work closely with the 3 other Regional Adoption Agencies which make up Adopt London, providing services for 24 London Boroughs. The partnership supports the development of practice across London. Adopt London work in collaboration the National RAA leaders group in order to identify and implement practice standards.
Team Managers are integral to our offer. They empower, provide high support and challenge along with motivating our social workers so we can collectively achieve best outcomes for children, young people and their families in Adopt London East. Adopt London East consists of 3 social work teams, Adoption Recruitment and Assessment Team, Family Finding Team and Adoption Support Team. As the Team Manager for Adoption Recruitment and Assessment you will be responsible for leading Social Workers and Advanced Practitioners in your teams. You will ensure that the team is supported and all interventions being undertaken are planned, purposeful and focussed. Fundamentally making sure that prospective adoptive parents are well prepared and supported to manage the needs of children with plans of adoption.
We promote a hybrid model of working for our social care staff, with a flexible approach involving working from our town hall campus/hubs. In this role, you are expected to work from our town hall campus when required. In addition, we also encourage a flexible approach to team building opportunities (we love a catch up over a cuppa, breakfast or lunch) which often take place Face to Face in line with our model of practice.
About you
As the Team Managers within Adopt London East you are accountable for the performance of the social workers within your team, and responsible for ensuring regular and consistent supervision with an emphasis on quality practice. You will be supported in the role by an advanced practitioner in your team who can assist with complex cases. The ability to be pro-active and hit the ground running will enable you and your team to provide our service users with a high quality service.
However these are not the only skills and characteristics we are looking for. To be shortlisted for the position you must be able to clearly evidence the following within your application:
- Substantial (e.g. minimum of 3 years) post qualification experience in a statutory setting preferably within the Adoption Sector.
- Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary social work team, to support and embed the strategic planning of the service.
- Provide direct oversight and decision-making on highly complex cases within the team, and across the service area as required, such as chairing a range of meetings, oversight of the training of preparation of prospective adopters and to work closely with other Team Managers within Adopt London East to ensure that seamless services are delivered.
- Deputise for the Head of Service and other Team managers across the service
- Recognise diversity, apply anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive principles within practice and show a commitment to addressing disproportionality.
Havering strives to be a diverse and inclusive borough, a place where we can ALL be ourselves. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of race, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, age, religion etc.
We offer family-friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff.
Additional Information
We want everyone to choose Havering. When you apply for a job with us, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. Our residents and service users come from all walks of life, and so do our employees. Find out what it means to Choose Havering.
The London Borough of Havering has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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With its excellent transport links into central London, extensive town centre regeneration and the highest concentration of green space anywhere in London, Havering has a unique offer as a place to live, work and visit. By making the most of its position and opportunities, Havering is becoming a hub for start-ups and expanding businesses, as well as construction, logistics, engineering and manufacturing industries.
