Role: Team Manager
Salary: Grade L -£52,806- £55,845 plus retention allowance of £4971 per annum
We are recruiting Team Managers in the Assessment and Intervention Services in the Supporting Families Division. We provide the front door service for children in need and those in need of protection.
We have a large MASH Team with 2 Team Managers and 5 Assessment and Intervention social work teams, and as the Team Managers you will be responsible for leading Social Workers and Advanced Practitioners in your teams specialising in either Child in Need, Child Protection or Children in Care cases. You will ensure that the team is supported and all interventions being undertaken are planned, purposeful and focussed. Fundamentally making sure that risk is managed well and intervention is only undertaken when it is in the child’s best interests.
You will manage and support workers who work with our most vulnerable children, young people and families. Your expertise will support families, help keep children safe and enable them both to thrive.
Provide leadership and management of the Team ensuring there is a clear focus on purpose and outcomes
Ensure the Team(s) achieve the required outcomes, including a strong focus on childrenand families, to include the ongoing identification of the needs of the client group.
Achieve positive outcomes for children within the social care system, ensuring that children are safeguarded through effective decision making and practice
Ensure social work intervention in the lives of children and families is of a consistently high standard and meets the needs of Tower Hamlets diverse communities.
To ensure equality of access to social work services
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About you
Have a good working knowledge of the principles of MASH and threshold decision making,
Have a good knowledge and understanding of child protection practices, Working together to safeguard Children and their families, PAN London guidance.
Have experience of managing a team in a frontline service
Provide direct line management and supervision to practitioners including ASYEs who work with children and young people under statutory obligations
Manage and lead staff to achieve high performance and effective operational delivery, including developing and improving staff capability
Be responsible for and report upon the teams budgetary position, ensuring affective use of resources
Establish and maintain positive relationships with key partner agencies in order to develop and support children and families who are in need
Support children to achieve permanency when children become looked after
Commitment to your own personal development and professional growth
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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