Role: Deputy Team Manager (DTM)
Department: Children, Families & Education
Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Deputy Team Manager on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their Children, Families & Education department.
Main purpose of position:
To work alongside the Team Manager to lead the team. Line managing, supporting and coaching a team including ASYE's, Social Workers and Senior Practitioners. Assisting with training and ensuring that standards of social work practice are maintained and reported to the Team Manager.
As a Deputy Team Manager you will be responsible to:
- Work closely with the Team manager in managing in the day to day operations of the team, including deputising in their absence, providing a social work service of assessment, care planning, child protection.
- Maintain the high standards of social work practice through taking part in Quality Assurance and monthly audits.
- Develop, support, coach, train and motivate staff to deliver and maintain excellent standards of social work practice, carrying out effective Check-In's, having regular supervision meetings in accordance with the Supervision Policy under guidance of the Team Manager.
- Use advanced professional knowledge, skills, experience and your initiative to demonstrate a clear understanding of safeguarding in accordance.
- Liaise with partner agency representatives in order to promote multi agency working on plans for children and their families.
Skills and Experience
- In-depth post qualifying experience including in - depth experience in the field of child and family social work.
- Demonstrable experience of coaching / mentoring staff.
- Demonstrable experience of managing staff.
- Able to assist the Team Manager in managing, motivating and developing a social services team.
- Able to lead and chair multi- disciplinary meetings.
- Able to make sound professional judgements including high risk issues about children, parents, families and carers.
DBS
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for Disclosure and Barring Service checks to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any convictions, bind overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exemptions) (Amendments) Order 1986. Therefore, applications are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are 'spent' under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being take-up, any failure to disclose such convictions will results in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. The fact that a bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.
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.