Job Description
Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Social Work Team Manager to join a well-established Children’s service based in Croydon.
Team/Specialism:Children in Care & Care Experienced Young People
Pay Rate: £44.50 per hour (assignment rate)
Contract: Locum, 3-Months
Hours: Full-time
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
- Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
- Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious Social Work Manager roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
- Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
- Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a SW Manager and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many Managers you can refer.
- Professional Development: Working as a locum Team Manager provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Main duties:
- Lead and manage performance of a team of social workers and foster a culture of continuous learning and reflection of practice that inspires staff to give of thier best in their roles.
- Introduce, embed and continually improve at teamlevel, the quality of social work consistent with established models of good practice.
- Provide professional advice to staff, colleagues and partners for the area of responsibility.
- Ensure that assessments and plans for children are robust, evidence-based, progressed in a timely way, are effective in keeping children safe and are outcome focussed.
- Allocate cases effectively in terms of matching the risk / complexity of cases with the skills, experience and professional development needs of social workers
- Prioritise the deployment of staff resources and ensure practice is operating in accordance with the thresholds of Croydon’s early help and staged intervention model
- Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and Croydon practice standardsin respect of the protection and well-being of children, including looked after children and young people.
- To embed and develop the outcomes focussed framework and culture across the service that demonstrates measurable improvements in the stability, well-being and safety of children and families allocated in the Team.
Requirements of the Team Manager:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Recent managerial experience, working as a TM, DTM or ATM etc.
- Significant frontline experience in Children’s Services
- Working knowledge of national policy, strategy and developments regarding children’s social care, and areas that impact on children’s social care.
- Demonstrable knowledge of relevant legislation, statutory guidance, standards and procedures.
Contact: This Team Manager job is advertised by Michael Bowen; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.