Job title: Team Manager – Family Assessment Service
Department: Children’s Services
Location: Croydon Council (CR0)
Grade / Salary: Grade 16 £52,746 - £57,102 + £5,000 welcome payment + £5,000 retention payment
Hours of work: 36 per week / Monday – Friday
Contract type: Permanent
“Have you got the passion and drive to make positive changes in the lives of children and young people?”
We have an exciting opportunity for experienced Team Managers to join the existing management team within the Family Assessment Service in supporting and driving our continuous improvement journey.
We are looking for passionate and dedicated first line leaders who possess the key skills, knowledge, and experience to form and develop a stable team contributing to the journey of outstanding practice and performance and who can work collaboratively with their Team Manager colleagues, Service Managers and the Head of Service in making a positive difference to children, young people, and their families in Croydon.
We are keen to hear from experienced Team Managers that know what outstanding social work practice looks like where you will oversee, and quality assure all assessment related activity.
You will possess excellent analytical and communication skills with the ability to use your leadership skills to embed systemic practice within your team and the wider organisation.
You will focus on the allocation and assessment of children and families, developing practice standards and driving practice improvements through robust practice evaluation and performance management.
Equally, you will excel in the supervision and support of practitioners whilst monitoring progress and ensuring professional development of each member of your team.
You will demonstrate and drive the importance of timely assessment and interventions, ensuring that everyone in the team is meeting the statutory requirements in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers and partner agencies.
Our Family Assessment Service Team Managers are central to driving exceptional social work practice in making a positive difference to children, young people, and their families in Croydon.
Reporting directly to the Service Manager you will be responsible for delivering services to children and young people through the operational management and supervision of social work teams.
Benefits of Working With Us
Highly competitive salary & retention payment of £5,000 giving up to £62,102pa
Welcome Payment of £5,000
A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%
31 days’ annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays
Parking permits provided
Accredited Systemic Practice training
A range of CPD opportunities to support your development
Our Edge of Care Service works alongside social workers
Manageable caseloads
Investment into your staff well-being
Good management support for practitioners, regular supervision, and access to a clinical therapist to support your work
The Team Manager will take operational responsibility for a team of Social Workers in respect of;
Qualified and registered Social Worker who is Social Work England registered
Experienced in making assessments, implementing plans and delivering interventions for children in the relevant service area of the child’s journey.
Experienced in leading and managing performance of a team of social workers, ensuring the cases are allocated effectively in terms of skills and experience suited to the complexity of the case.
Home to 94,000 children, Croydon is a truly unique place to practice social work. We are a borough with big ambition, grit, and determination. Children's social care was judged ‘good’ in our last Ofsted inspection.
Our systemic practice framework places emphasis on relationships as key to supporting change for families. We make sense of the world through relationships, focusing on the whole family system and thinking about our own part in that too – what we bring, our own family stories and beliefs, how we use ourselves in the work that we do. Our practice model is all about collaboration - with our families, networks and partners; being open to challenge and ensuring our practitioners are highly trained in a variety of intervention approaches. Our established clinical service will support you to grow your own systemic practice within the service, providing accredited training, co-working and direct work with families.
For an informal chat about working in Croydon, contact Agata Stolowska at agata.stolowska@croydon.gov.uk