Team Managers - Disabled Children and Young Persons Service

Gloucestershire is excited to share that we are investing in our Disabled Children and Young Persons Service. We are expanding our team and are looking for an experienced and driven Team Manager to come and lead a thriving and child focused team.

Reward and support

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• between GBP49,498 - GBP51,515 per annum subject to experience
• welcome payment of GBP5,000
• annual retention payment of GBP2,000
• up to GBP8,000 relocation package
• flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• an in-house Occupational Health service
• employee discount scheme
• cycle to work scheme
• links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• salary sacrifice green car scheme (T&Cs apply)
• career development and qualification opportunities
• access to our Social Work Academy
• paid SWE registration renewal

Our vision

Right child, right support, right time, every time

Working together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help.

For those looking for a future in public service and Children's Social Care in particular, Gloucestershire offers a myriad of opportunities to start or develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce. Our Children's Services are improving. Our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2022) identified that:

'Significant progress has been made in many areas of Gloucestershire's children's services significant financial investment and the backing of political leaders, has led to improved services that are now more effective in meeting the needs of Children and families'.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider this role with GCC.

About Us

The Disabled Children and Young Persons Social Work Team supports Children and Young people who are aged 0 - 18 years old with significant needs arising from their disability. The team aims to ensure that Disabled Children and their families have access to a needs-led service that promotes resilience, co-production and improves children's life chances. To do this the team will work with partners to make sure that every child has an accurate assessment of need, with a plan that sets out how support will be delivered, with the aim to improve outcomes. This is an exciting time to join us as we head into a transformation and expansion of the teams.

About you

As a Social Work Team Manager within the Disabled Children's Service, we'll ask you to lead and support a team of social workers to deliver services of the highest quality. Ensuring statutory duties and best practice is followed, you'll develop a team plan in line with Children's Services strategic objectives and provide management oversight on all children. You need to be able to have a clear understanding of risk for vulnerable children. Your role will focus on managing the team's workflow and quality assuring work through observations, reflective supervision and GCC's quality/ practice assurance framework, as well as contributing towards the development of the framework itself. In this role you will be working alongside the Early Help team within Disabled Children ensuring a smooth transition for children between services. You will be expected to build positive relationships with colleagues within both the service and partner agencies, you will ensure we are able to provide support and protection for vulnerable Children and Young people across the county

As well as your experience managing a team, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:

• Social Work England registration
• a recognised qualification in Social Work
• to have passed your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)
• a full driving licence and willingness to drive
• DBS clearance