Our Client, Halton Council, is seeking a Team Manager to join their Children's Team.
Fantastic payrate of £50.84 per hour!
Are you a Childrens Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!
Responsibilities of this role:
- Supervise and manage staff and resources within the team to ensure the delivery of a high quality service, according to the philosophy, targets and objectives for the service.
- Ensure Practice Managers prioritise and allocate work within the team appropriate to maintain service provision and to meet the demand arising within Children's Services.
- Lead, direct and motivate the team by ensuring the provision of support and supervision for all team members on a regular and frequent basis and in line with the supervision policy.
- Ensure that documentation, record keeping, accounting and communication is maintained within the team
- Ensure that services are targeted, developed and delivered within policy and legal obligations.
- Act as the named manager in authorising casework decisions e.g. signing off of court applications, court statements, care plans and plans to return children home.
- To act as the named manager as directed by the Divisional Manager.
- To be accountable to the Divisional Manager for all elements of individual cases within the teams workload in accordance with policy and procedures
- To be accountable to the Divisional Manager for staff care and development of team members in accordance with policy and procedures in accordance with human resource procedures.
- To be accountable to the Divisional Manager for the development and delivery of effective communication within the service area, the identification of resource shortages and contribute to the strategic planning and development of services
Requirements of this role:
- Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
- Must have minimum of 2 years' experience as Social Work Team Manager.
Benefits of working through Reed, include:
- Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
- Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
- Free CV building and Interview support.
- Free DBS checks.
- Weekly payroll.
- PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
- CPD contributions.
- Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
- Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.
Does this role interest you? Apply today!