Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an experienced Social Work Team Manager within the Fostering Team to work full time with Regional Fostering Services based in London.
The salary for this permanent Social Work Team Manager job is up to £50,000 per annum.
Main Duties:
- To provide day to day guidance and support to two Team Managers to in turn manage their team of Supervising Social Workers and Social Work Assistants.
- To provide day to day operational support to the Operations Manager and Registered Manager and deputise in their absences.
- To ensure all records and data are completed within set deadlines and to a high standard by all staff members
- To support the Registered Team Manager within the monitoring of Schedule 6/7 matters and when appropriate, to have delegated responsibility for liaising with Ofsted on these matters
- To supervise social work managers, monitoring progress, timescales, and practice standards
- To liaise closely with the recruitment and duty teams and fulfil specific responsibilities in relation to foster carer recruitment and assessment, referrals, and placements
- To liaise closely with the therapeutic and admin teams to ensure expectations are met and the service continues to be compliant.
- To have innovative ideas with regards to recruitment and events and actively partake with the organisation of such events and outcomes.
- To monitor regular consultation across the service, implementing or advocating for necessary changes to ensure continued growth, productivity and customer and staff satisfaction.
Requirements of a Social Work Team Manager:
- A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Registered or eligible for registration.
- Experience as Social Work Manager.
- Ability to motivate a team.
- Ability to travel across the Region.
Contact:
This Social Work Team Manager job is advertised by Lucy Pearson; 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.
