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SalaryTeam Manager - Leaving Care Team - Permanent - West Midlands
Salary - £53,311 - £57,058.
37hrs a week. 12 months fixed term contract
An excellent opportunity to join a local leading authority based in the West Midland area are looking for an experienced Team Manager to join their Leaving Care Team. You will be joining a busy but well supported organisation. They believe in pushing the boundaries in developing children's services with a clear career progression for staff. If you are looking for the next step up or wanting a new challenge this could be the role for you!
Benefits of the role
- Competitive salary DOE
- Pay progression scheme
- Privilege card discounts
- Workplace parking
- Cycle to work scheme
- Interest free travel loans
- Access to their award-winning health team
- Flexible working arrangements
- Generous pension scheme
About the role, you will be
- Working with The Operational Lead to establish and maintain operations for the area.
- Responsible for a team of Senior practitioners, Advanced Social Workers and Social Workers.
- You'll be integral in the services provided to children and families.
- Supporting the Operational Lead in financial management, maintain budgets.
- Managing staff including recruitment, selection, introduction, probation, work allocation and approvals.
- Providing supervision to staff in their performance, managing the performance of staff.
- Ensure all up records and cases are up to date using main information systems.
- Making working relationships with partner agencies.
- Effective business planning and strategic plans with senior team.
About you
As an experienced Team Manager you will be able to demonstrate:
- Skilled in managing a team and provide leadership.
- Be a strategic thinker
- Managing a busy team in children and families
- Able to lead complex meetings and have good listing, negotiating and influencing skills.
- You will be organised and manage your own work as well as others.
- You will be SWE registered, have a FULL UK Driver's License and have the right to work in the UK.
If this sounds like the right role for you then give me a call on and we can discuss this further or drop me an email at
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