Deputy team manager - Children with Disabilities Team

Posted 6th Mar, 2024
Location
Ealing
Salary/rate
£52,116 – £54,129
Hours
Full-time
Working arrangements
Blended
Contract type
Permanent
Closing date
21st Mar, 2024
About the role

We are seeking a deputy team manager to join our Children with Disabilities team.

Services for children with disabilities in Ealing are provided by a multi-agency service, ESCAN (Ealing Service for Children with Additional Needs). This is a joint initiative between Ealing Community Partners and Ealing Council. The service acts as a single point of information, providing improved access to referral, assessment and appropriate help for children and young people with disabilities in the borough.

 

Responsibilities of the deputy team manager in the Children with Disabilities team: 

  • Providing advice and guidance on contacts and referrals to staff and partner agencies
  • Monitoring contacts and referrals allocated to staff in the team
  • Supervising social workers with caseloads of approximately 16 cases
  • Ensure positive outcomes for children in need
  • Ensure services are provided within set budgets and provide value for money
  • Provide effective day to day management and support to social workers
  • Support social workers to ensure that safeguarding is the focus of the work that is undertaken in the team.
  • Provide support and leadership to social workers whilst they are working with families who are the subject of care proceedings
  • Strong partnership working with a broad range of professionals from a wide range of agencies.

 

About you

Are you?

  • Committed to making a visible difference to the lives of Ealing children and their families
  • A qualified, Social Work England registered social worker
  • An ambitious manager with the skills and experience to deliver the highest standards of professional practice.

 

What are we looking for?

  • We are looking for ambitious, professional, conscientious managers to join our team.
  • You will be a team player too - working with colleagues in a range of disciplines, sharing knowledge, and providing support and advice to deliver the best possible outcomes for local children and their families.
  • Someone who will flourish working in a diverse community and be eager to explore new and emerging areas of social work practice.

 

Ealing Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Ealing Council follows safer recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

The post holder will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

This role is subject to Ealing Council’s enhanced vetting process.

About Ealing

More than 360,000 people call Ealing home. Our seven towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell Northolt, Perivale and Southall - are diverse, vibrant and lively communities where over 170 languages are spoken. We will enable you to do the work you care deeply about, and our aim is to deliver the infrastructure that allows that to happen.

Ealing is a great place to come and develop your career. You will be supported in this by colleagues and managers who will provide you with the opportunities to grow, gain experience, confidence and become a reflective practitioner.

Ealing is a richly diverse borough and we benefit from close ties to our communities which enriches our work and continually improves our offer. We are alive to the pressures many of our families are facing and work creatively with families and partners to bring about changes which makes the work that much more energising.

We recognise that to recruit and retain the very best social workers and social care practitioners, we need to bring together all our learning and development opportunities into one place. That’s why we have launched the Ealing Social Care Academy. The academy helps our team connect, collaborate, and engage creatively with internal and external partners and service users.

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More directly we can offer you:

  • Manageable caseloads

  • Clear career progression pathways

  • Opportunities to develop and experience different areas of work

  • Competitive remuneration packages

  • A hybrid approach to working that increases your work / life balance

If you want to find out about this opportunity, please contact our Recruitment lead, Caroline Horsley at: HorsleyC@ealing.gov.uk