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 Cardiff.
Team/Specialism: Fostering
Pay Rate: £45 per hour (assignment rate)
Contract: Locum, 3-Months/ongoing 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.
Duties:
- Ensuring quality services are delivered for the assessment, approval, and support of mainstream, when I am ready, connected and SGO carer and supported lodgings providers.
- Making safeguarding decisions, referrals, assessment, and allocation of work in line with statutory requirements, ensure that prompt action is taken following any incident relating to a cared for child or young person to ensure they are protected and safe.
- Provide effective leadership of the service and be responsible for ensuring compliance with the relevant legislation, regulations and good practice relating to the service area.
- Direct supervision of the principal social workers and the Fostering Services Training and Development Officer.
- Act as panel advisor to the fostering panel, linking closely with the fostering panel administrators to ensure the effective running of the panel business.
- Lead in the performance management and quality assurance of the service, reporting as requirement to the children’s management team.
Requirements of the Team Manager:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Care Wales registration
- Recent managerial experience, working as a TM, DTM or ATM etc.
- Significant frontline experience in Adults/Children’s Services working as a Team Manager
- Significant level of skill and experience to demonstrate that they are able to effectively manage a service.
- Must be able to travel within the Cardiff area and be available for in person meetings, and to participate in recruitment and retention activities including out of hours as required.
Contact: This Team Manager job is advertised by Kelly Page; 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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