Sanctuary Personnel have an exciting Permanent opportunity available for an experienced Social Worker to join a well-established Children’s service based in Slough.
Team/Specialism: MASH Team
Salary: £52,427 - £54,440 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Main Duties:
- Provide day to day management of the team, providing appropriate support and challenge to ensure the delivery of high quality services that safeguard the welfare of children and young people
- Manage the distribution of caseloads to ensure that the child or young person’s needs are met appropriately
- Support and challenge the team to meet the requirements around thresholds for cases, managing the preparation of high quality reports for court or other purposes, challenging, providing expert advice to guide the team through legal and organisational processes as required
- Support and challenge the team in the completion of assessments, plans, toolkits based on identified need, ensuring at each point risk is evaluated, decisions and management oversight are recorded on the case file and any issues or concerns are escalated to the Team Manager to address
- Chair the first and transfer core groups and CIN meetings to a high standard,supporting social workers in further meetings as required
- Promote direct work with children and young people, supporting all members of the team to actively seek the views of children and families to inform practice in assessment and planning in individual cases
- Develop and maintain own professional links and leads with partner agencies and the voluntary sector and support those of the Team Manager
Requirements of the Social Work Assistant Team Manager:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Significant frontline experience in Children’s Services, including managing newly qualified social workers and/or unqualified staff
- Working knowledge of the legislative framework and relevant guidance and procedures as appropriate to the post
- Demonstrable understanding and application of the statutory framework underpinning social work
- Evidence of continued professional development to enhance own knowledge and skills ad encouraging others to develop theirs
- Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office packages
- Post graduate qualification or equivalent, or the willingness to work towards
Contact:
This Social Work Assistant Team Manager job is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from any experienced Social Work candidate with experience as a Newly Qualified, Social Worker, Practitioner, Assistant Team Manager, Team Manager, Head of Service or Director.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work applicants who meet these requirements for this Permanent 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.
