Deputy Manager jobs in United Kingdom

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Connected Carers Team to work full time for Medway.

The salary for this Team Manager job is up to £57,198 per annum.

• Lead, manage and motivate a staff team ensuring high-quality supervision is completed regularly, which includes case management oversight, timely decision making, the effective supervision of and support to connected carers to ensure the highest standards of care to children, and provides the opportunity to reflect and recognise areas of practice which are good or requires improvement, and supports the ongoing learning and development of workers.
• Allocate cases within the statutory timescale ensuring assessments, statutory visits and planned reviews have clear objectives and outcomes in order to ensure that all carers provide the highest quality of care so vulnerable children receive a service that reflects the Council’s commitment to safeguarding and putting the needs of individual children first.
• Complete and review performance development plans for the team which enhance individuals personal and professional development needs and contributes towards staff retention.
• Effectively use available team performance data to monitor standards and performance and ensure compliance with practice standards and procedures.
• Contribute to the management of the staffing budget or the team by approving and committing expenditure within your delegated authority, and monitoring and reporting commitment in order to ensure budget is not exceeded.
• Support the safer recruitment and selection of new staff, both within the team and across Children’s Social Care in order to ensure staffing levels are maintained.
• Chair strategy, review, planning, professional and network meetings as appropriate.
• Keep up to date with the Council’s organisational policies, government guidance, legislation, research and national trends in order to maintain the highest professional standards.
• Deputise and support the Group Manager where necessary on all aspects relating to the development of the service, and cover for other Team Managers where appropriate.
• At the discretion of the Head of Service, such other activities as may from time-to-time may be agreed consistent with the nature of the job described above.

Requirements of this Team Manager job:

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

Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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.