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 Merton.
Team/Specialism: Children with Disabilities
Pay Rate: £44.50 per hour (assignment rate)
Contract: Locum, 3-Months contract
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 of the Team Manager:
- Under the direction of the Service Manager to organise and delegate the workload of the team and provide decision-making, direction, monitoring, professional development and professional supervision of support staff, newly qualified and student/trainee social workers and social workers to ensure high quality of social work practice and interventions for children, young people and families
- To provide decision-making, direction, support, reflection, professional challenge and containment to the team in situations of high complexity ensuring a high standard of service delivery
- Support the Service Manager in managing a current and reliable record of allocation, assurance in service provision and ensuring a high standard of service delivery
- Improve the quality of social work interventions through: undertaking case file audits and ensuring learning from audit activity is implemented into social work practice ; and, formal observations of practice a year on people they supervise
- Within the framework of current legislation, to deliver professional leadership for staff within a service team and provide effective professional service delivery. Ensuring that excellent standards of practice and service are provided to service users and their families/ carers
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 as a Team Manager
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.
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