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At South Gloucestershire Council we are immensely proud of the skills, abilities and compassion of all our social workers and wider team members – demonstrated even more so during the pandemic. As a Team Manager you will provide support, recognition, guidance, and professional oversight to team members within your practice area.
This is a newly created post following additional investment into our Children's Social Care, it is intended to be based from the Patchway Hub, however this is pending final decision. As such you should be aware and able to work from any of of council locations.
What will you be doing?
The Locality model promotes collaborative working with our Early Help, Health and Education colleagues and our Locality teams are based within 3 communities across South Gloucestershire – Patchway (North), Yate (Central) and Kingswood (South).
In localities, Social Workers and Managers get to know their children, young people, and families, along with the communities within which they live, and the partner agencies that are also able to offer support and intervention.
Our approach to working with children, young people and families is strengths based. As a Team Manager in Locality Services, you will:
- support our Social Workers to build relationships, undertake assessments, develop plans and deliver purposeful evidence-based interventions to secure the best outcomes for children in need of support, protection and care
- be an adaptive and responsive manager, combining a hybrid model of remote and office-based working with face-to-face management (where essential and secure) to meet team and wider service objectives,
- maintain a focus on the individuals in your team, promoting personal and professional development through the pathways and programmes offered by our Children’s Services
- have the support, guidance and supervision of an experienced and accessible senior leadership team
What we need from you
- You will be a qualified social worker and have relevant post qualifying experience of statutory social work including work with children in need, those subject to Child Protection plans and intervention through the Public Law Outline.
- You will be registered with Social Work England.
- You will have managerial and supervisory experience.
- You will be able to evidence your ability to lead teams to achieve optimum performance in delivering excellent social care services for children, young people and families.
- You will have evidence of on-going continuous professional development and a thorough knowledge of current research, legislation and practice relating to children and young people’s services.
You will be expected to travel throughout the authority and surrounding area so must have a full valid driving licence with regular access to a vehicle insured for business purposes, or have alternative appropriate means of travel.
Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.
How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
- We invest in the careers of our people and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps our people make the greatest long-term difference in their work.
Tim is one of our newer Team Managers and as progressed his career in South Gloucestershire is just one of our examples of this investment.
“Working at a smaller authority, you might think that there are fewer opportunities to develop and progress, but I think the opposite is true. We’re a relatively small authority and we have strong connections with services managers and heads of service.
We have strong links between teams and there are good opportunities to experience different parts of the service, which is something which I’ve definitely benefited from.”
- We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
- We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
- We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life
- We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.
We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We’re making a difference, be part of it!
More information about our wider Children's Service can be found at www.socialworksouthglos.co.uk and any questions can be directed to our Recruitment Advisor Joe Scrase at [email protected]
To apply please ensure you include your covering statement that demonstrates your knowledge, skills and experience that demonstrate how you meet or exceed the attached role profile.
