Salary: Grade M -£56,868 £60,105 plus retention allowance of £5,020
The Group Manager at the Eva Armsby Family Centre will be responsible for managing the team Managers and staff. You will be joining the Service at an exciting time as we continue to strengthen our practice and expand our ambitions. We remain ambitious to continue to build on the progress of the 2019 Ofsted Inspection and this post will be crucial to how this momentum is maintained and support our journey in getting from Good to Outstanding.
The Eva Armsby Family Centre opened in 1994 and provides a range of child-focused services to children and their families across Tower Hamlets. We are looking for an experienced Group Manager to oversee the Contact Team, the Positive Change Service and the Family Assessment Team. The fundamental objective of the service is to promote the well-being of children and families, ensuring that the Eva Armsby Family Centre is of a consistently high standard and meets the needs of Tower Hamlets’ diverse communities and that the quality and standards of professional practice and performance are met. The service works collaboratively with children, young people, families, carers and professionals to provide a safe, welcoming environment for family assessment, intervention and contact services.
As a Group Manager you will be responsible for ensuring the principles and objectives of the service are delivered operationally and you will contribute to the senior management strategic vision for the Eva Armsby Family Centre, and the wider Children’s Social Care vision.
The successful candidates will need to have substantial post qualifying management experience, experience of providing social work supervision and support and demonstrate a sound understanding of the legal frameworks, threshold decision making, volume management, budgetary management, quality assurance, working to safeguard children guidance, London child protection procedures.
Requirements
Experience of managing services
Working knowledge of the legislative framework within which Social Care operates, inclusive of regulation, national guidance and procedures specific to this post.
Thorough understanding of quality assurance an ability to integrate this understanding into practice
A nationally recognised or other social work England recognised social work qualification. A current SWE registration will be a condition of appointment EAFC Group Manager
A substantial amount of team management experience in the children and families’ field
Experience of working as a Practitioner and Manager within a multicultural environment which provides services to a variety of disadvantaged groups.
A commitment to working transparently; in partnership with children, young people, families, and partner agencies
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Tower Hamlets offers the best of London in one borough.
We believe the best place for children is to be raised within their own families, immediate or wider, wherever it is safe and appropriate to do so. Social Workers are at the core of our work with children and families. Our approach is about enabling social workers to build relationships and strengthen families by working with people in a compassionate and understanding way.
We are determined to continue our journey of improvement and deliver outstanding services for children and families of Tower Hamlets, and our offer to staff includes:
The opportunity to work in a richly diverse, challenging and supportive inner London Borough
Competitive remuneration package
Investing in the workforce with end-to-end career support
A manageable and diverse caseload and good quality reflective supervision
Steps to Success, coaching, and bespoke learning and development support from the Learning Academy to develop your practice, with a clear framework for career development and progression into leadership.
Travel card/season ticket loan, Cycle to Work scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme
Opportunities for agile/flexible working
Discounted gym membership, access to free eye test, rent deposit scheme and & You at Work discounts as well as many other benefits
Generous annual leave package and wellbeing service
Smarter Working with new modern technology
If you have any questions about applying for this role, please contact Saima Tahsin, Project Officer at Saima.Tahsin@towerhamlets.gov.uk. For an informal discussion about working in Supporting Families at Tower Hamlets please contact Sam Nair, our Principal Social Worker at Sam.Nair@towerhamets.gov.uk