Opus people solutions on behalf of Northampton Children's Trust have an exciting opportunity for a Team Manager to join their Support and Safeguarding Team.
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent
Hours per week:** 37**
Location: Corby
What will you be doing?
You will provide leadership to your team, who will consist of an Advanced Practitioner, 5 to 6 Social Workers, a family support worker, and a business support administrator. You will be responsible for allocating and prioritising workloads effectively to ensure the care of the child is paramount, whilst also ensuring you develop your team to provide an effective and efficient service. The right candidate will have responsibility for the team plan to meet objectives and ensure performance targets are achieved.
About you
The right candidate will be a qualified Social Worker, with current Social Work England registration, and ideally with a Level 5 NVQ Management qualification, or equivalent relevant experience. You will have the ability to manage a team and ensure development and performance issues are addressed though support and coaching. You will have previous budgetary control experience, ICT skills and the ability to represent the service at a more senior level if required.
If you thrive to make a difference and this is the role for you, then we would love to hear from you.