Team Leader - Safeguarding

To be an Team Leader, you will be passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people as well as demonstrating the following points:

• Significant social work practice and experience of working on safeguarding cases, some of which are complex, including preparing for and presenting evidence in court. 
• Experience of managing case workers who deliver social work with children, young people and their parents/families with safeguarding issues. 
• Experience of permanency planning and supporting practitioners to ensure thorough and thoughtful care planning for children.
• Experience of managing people, performance and professional development to get the best out of the team. 
• Strong awareness of risk management and safeguarding in the context of social care including legislation, policy and procedures related to responsibilities.

We are offering a £3000 welcome bonus plus a £3000 annual market supplement for this role!

Achieving for Children (AfC) is a community interest company (a not-for-profit social enterprise) created in 2014 by the Royal Borough of Kingston and the London Borough of Richmond to provide their children’s services. In 2017, the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead joined AfC as our third owner.

We deliver the full range of children’s services for the three councils. Achieving for Children is a great place to work for those looking for a new challenge. Our offer to you includes:

• A role in an organisation that is supportive

• An induction offer that starts before you join and includes a welcome event on your first day of employment.

• 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after two years and 35 days after four years

• Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)

• Hybrid or mobile working and the technology and equipment to facilitate this

• Positions available in three of the most desirable boroughs in the south - discrete relocation packages are available for selected roles

• Travel assistance package for business use, including car and cycle mileage reimbursement, annual season ticket loan or business Oyster cards

• Two days accredited Signs of Safety Foundation Training

• 12 protected Development Days each year for all staff

• Access to a huge range of additional professional development opportunities as part of our regional Social Work Teaching Partnership

• On occasions we are in the position to offer some additional financial payments for particularly hard to place roles in selected service areas of AfC.

If you would like to have an informal chat about working with us, please email recruitment@achievingforchildren.org.uk