An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Team Manager position within the Exploitation service in London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The Exploitation team supports vulnerable adolescents and their families, with a particular focus in the area of child exploitation. The team provides services to young people and their families/carers affected by going missing from home or care, criminal exploitation, sexual exploitation, serious youth violence and or gang affiliation. You will be passionate and driven and be an experienced manager who is looking to expand or develop further your experience in practice with young people. The team is dynamic and skilled, and consists of a mix of social workers and police officers working directly with young people and their families to support positive outcomes and have a sustainable impact on improving lived experience.
You will have the ability to work closely with the team, service manager and multi-agency partnership to drive the strategic vision forward while being innovative and creative in your approach to service delivery. As a team manager you will work collaboratively and cooperatively with the team and the senior managers to continue and enhance the team development, delivering on key priorities for the service.
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The Person
If you are interested in the post of Team Manager in the Exploitation Service, you are required to:
have a good knowledge and understanding of Exploitation
have a good working knowledge of complex and contextual safeguarding and the complexities of extra-familial harm.
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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