Team Manager

My Social Work News; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 53,000 - GBP 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Practice Manager for their Family Help Service in Redbridge. In this full-time role, you will lead a team, assist the Team Manager with operations, and ensure compliance with legislation to deliver high-quality social care. Candidates must possess a Social Work Qualification and be registered or eligible for registration. The position offers a salary of up to £62,739 per annum, and seeks a leader capable of mentoring staff and managing complex situations.

Qualifications

• Social Work Qualification required.
• Understanding of relevant legislation essential.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Team Manager in team operations and work allocation.
• Lead a team to ensure service delivery in accordance with legislation.
• Develop team plans to comply with business objectives.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Understanding of relevant legislation

Ability to lead and mentor staff

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Practice Manager within the Family Help Service to work full time based in Redbridge.

The salary for this Practice Manager job is up to £62,739 per annum.

Responsibilities

• To assist the Team Manager as required in all aspects of the team’s work including the allocation of work, maintaining, developing and encouraging high professional practice standards, and supporting the supervision and development of individual staff.
• To lead a team of HCPC Registered and Unregistered Staff, and under the direction of the Team Manager, ensure the operational delivery of a Children’s Social Care Service is in accordance with legislation and Local Policies and delivers best outcomes for children.
• To enable and challenge others to develop their knowledge base and skills, and make evidence based judgements, including improved independent decision-making regarding risk.
• To model and use critical reflective skills in management, practice or organisational supervision settings to enhance best practice. Model and support others to maintain professional and personal boundaries, and enhance the skilled use of self in more complex situations.
• To assist the Team Manager in developing and maintaining team plans and objectives that ensure delivery of the wider business plan. To take responsibility for ensuring compliance within the team with agreed working practices and identifying and meeting practice development needs.
• To write complex reports and briefing papers on policy and operational issues for the Team Manager, Service Manager or Head of Service, and to actively participate in a range of meetings, case conferences or task forces, service and project management groups.
• To assist, when required, in ensuring that the council’s employee communication system (CASCADE) is fully implemented and maintained in order that all employees receive appropriate information and that employee feedback is encouraged.
• To be aware of health and safety within the workplace and to ensure the safety of staff, clients and other is considered at all times. Included in this role is the responsibility to be aware of safety systems, risk assessments and safety audits.
• To actively participate in the overall management and development of the service through team meetings and service wide meetings.
• This job description is a guide to the level and range of responsibilities the post holder will be expected to undertake initially. It is neither exhaustive nor inclusive and may be changed from time-to-time changing circumstances and demands.

Requirements

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact

This Practice Manager job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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.