Pertemps are recruiting for a qualified and experienced Deputy Team Manager to join the Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children Service.
The postholder will support a high-performance culture within the team, with consistent good practice across the team.
They will actively support the team manager in decision making, chairing meetings and actively working in partnership with partners/multi-agencies, particularly Housing, Health and Education, to be able to advocate for young people to secure the access to the services that they need.
An experienced Deputy Team Manager is required in Fostering Families and Friends Assessment Service, and the successful candidate must have proven track record in Fostering, and previously worked as a Deputy Team Manager.
The role will include supporting the Team Manager to manage a diversely skilled social work team, supporting and promoting good quality practice and performance.
We require an experienced Deputy Team Manager within our UASC (Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children) Service to effectively support the Team Manager and social work team.
The Deputy Team Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day operational oversight of social workers and their work products.
The post holder will take an active part in networking with NHS trust colleagues and form part of the management team overseeing team performance and attending regular discharge review meetings, updating the acute trust about discharge plans and responding to system escalations as pressures on acute trusts increase.
This includes providing social work practice guidance and management oversight relating to case progression and management of - often complex - discharges, complaints and disputes, safeguarding and mental capacity.
We require an experienced Deputy Team Manager within our UASC (Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children) Service to effectively support the Team Manager and Social Work team.
The candidate must have a proven track record as a Deputy Team Manager in Safeguarding/Permanence, and be confident in the application of all legal proceedings and legal frameworks, with a robust understanding of young people's whole journey through the care system.
Team : UASC (Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children)
The Deputy Manager (DM) is responsible for specific aspects of the home as directed.
The Deputy Manager will also be expected to assume temporary responsibility for the home, under the supervision of the Service Manager/Directors, when the Registered Manager is absent due to leave (e.g.