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Team Manager - Rugby Safeguarding and Support
Part-time - 30 Hours per week
About the role
We are looking for a Team Manager to join Rugby Safeguarding and Support team helping us to develop and drive forward our services. We are looking for committed, enthusiastic and motivated child focused individuals to help us improve the outcomes for our young people through ensuring good quality supervision and support for the social workers in the team.
You will manage and lead a team of Social Workers and other support staff ensuring they receive guidance, supervision and support. Work will be undertaken in line with statutory requirements and departmental policy and undertaken in cooperation with our partner agencies with whom we maintain very good relationships. You will be responsible for managing and allocating the workload, ensuring work is quality assured and assessments are robust with clear goals and timescales which have been developed with the families we work with.
The role involves working with Social Workers and a number of partner agencies in the delivery of a quality service to children, young people and their families. You will monitor Child in Need Plans, Child Protection Plans and supervise workers engaged in Court Work and/or the provision of services to ensure that the outcomes of children are met.
This role will include responsibility for practice development within the team. Supporting ASYE's and more experienced Social Workers across the board to continue to develop and progress their practice. You will be responsible for undertaking appraisals; setting objectives and identifying training and development for your staff group setting clear training and development goals. We work to encourage professional curiosity, innovation and creativity and for Social Workers to feel supported in doing this.
About us
Rugby is a growing town and as a result of this and Warwickshire's investment in front line social work services we have expanded our service to meet the needs to the local community. We currently have four Team Managers who manage a team of social workers as well as other support staff. We are looking to recruit a Team Manager to our Children's Safeguarding and Support Service. Based within walking distance of Rugby town centre the service works with children from 0-18 who are in Need, where there are safeguarding concerns or where they are Looked After by the Local Authority which includes Care Proceedings and Adoption work.
If you would like to join a team which constantly strives to achieve the best outcomes for the children and families we work with, embraces new social work practices and is committed to providing a supportive learning environment for social workers to develop their skills and practice then we want to hear from you!
Key requirements
To be successful in this role you'll need a professional Social Work qualification and have current Health and Care Professionals Council Registration.
As you'll be managing a variety of relationships with both staff within the team, partner agencies and our client group, it's important you have strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and can work on your own initiative as well as collaboratively with individuals, families, carers, communities, colleagues and other agencies. Strong influencing, persuading and analytical skills; ability to work to tight deadlines, often under pressure, and making difficult decisions are also part of your role.
To ensure that we are able to provide the best quality supervision and support we are seeking candidates who have experience in front line children's social work services and who have experience in supervising and supporting new and experienced social workers. A good knowledge of the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment and the Professional Capabilities Framework is essential in providing social workers with the knowledge, skills and support they require in order to progress through Warwickshire's career pathway.
This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
For further information please see Job Description and Person Specification
Additional information
For further information about this role please contact Sharron Sandeman on email: sharronsandeman@warwickshire.gov.uk or telephone 01926 413398
Closing date: 29th May 2019
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Rewards & Benefits of working for Warwickshire
It really is true that every single job role here at Warwickshire County Council contributes to bettering the lives of the people in our County; we want to do this for our employees, too. We are proud of our strong flexible working culture, including the opportunity for flexibility on working hours, technology to support remote working (such as light laptops and phones where the role allows).
Time to recharge is so important; we provide a generous holiday allowance which rises as you remain in employment with us. You get all Bank and public holidays off, plus all staff are given an extra day of holiday over Christmas.
As if that wasn't enough, you'll also have access to membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, childcare vouchers, a host of enhanced family friendly policies and some of the very best Learning and Development training courses to support your ongoing development.
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