Role: Team Manager
Team: Family Safeguarding Team
Grade: M5
Temp to Perm
Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Team Manager on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their Children Families and Education Services department.
About the Role
To lead and manage an experienced team of ASYE's, Social Workers and Senior Practitioners, aimed at supporting the best possible outcomes for children and young people. Enable children and young people to remain safely within their home and /or community environment, wherever possible, including appropriate provisions identified by the Local Authority, and ensure they achieve good outcomes through effective social work intervention. Where this is not possible to ensure that the children and young people are safeguarded via statutory routes including Care Proceedings and alternative permanent care. Ensure the team provides effective services, employing best professional practice and standards, which have measurable benefit for service users.
As a Team Manager, you will be responsible to:
- Manage the day-to-day operations of the team providing a social work service of assessment, care planning, data analysis, strategic planning and child protection within the scope of the Children Act 1989 and related legislation. Provide specialist intervention services throughout Luton in line with statutory provision of social work service. Make high-risk decisions concerning the safeguarding of children to establish the appropriate assessment required and level of need for support/services for children and young people.
- Take responsibility for their own development and that of the overall team providing specific coaching guidance and mentoring of the Deputy Team Manager and keep up to date with new and relevant legislation, research and guidance, peer and user feedback.
- Accountable for the management of performance for the team through auditing case files, quality assuring reports written by Social Workers, tracking progress through managerial reports and processing complaints within timescales. Hold regular Check-In's and Supervisions to identify strengths of staff and also to consider areas where there are areas for improvement within practice, arranging bespoke support or following improvement procedures where required.
Skills and Experience
- Able to manage, motivate and develop a social services team, effectively achieving high levels of performance from staff and presenting the service and department at a variety of internal/external meetings.
- In-depth communication skills, including producing complex reports
- Able to demonstrate a high level of competence in the area of social work practice directly related to the Team's role and function.
- Lead and chair multidisciplinary meetings to negotiate and influence service users, staff at all levels, elected members and other professional both internal and external.
- Dip SW, CQSW, or recognised equivalent substantial professional social work qualification.
- Registered by the Social Work England.
About Us
Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.
Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.
We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.
Connect2Luton, part of Luton Borough Council & Kent Commercial Services LLP, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.