Team Leader - Safeguarding Team (Richmond)

Posted 10th Oct, 2024
Location
Richmond upon Thames
Salary/rate
£53,136 – £56,172
Hours
Full-time
Working arrangements
Blended
Contract type
Permanent
Closing date
30th Nov, 2024
About the role

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

If you have the skills that will enable us to continue to enhance our practice and improve our outstanding outcomes for children in the future we want to hear from you. We are looking for enthusiastic, committed leaders who have the passion and the drive to make a positive difference to children’s lives.

We are looking for an experienced Team Leader to join our Safeguarding Richmond Team. The team works on a range of legal options to support investigation and protection and accommodation and if required we will provide evidence in court and
we will consider using contingency planning to anticipate complexity and changing circumstances.

Your role as a Team Leader will provide the operational management and leadership support across the service supporting the Head of Safeguarding.

At AfC we offer a hybrid way of working and the Team Leader will have responsibility for the following:

  • Casework supervision of Social Workers

  • Assisting overall management and development of the team

  • Undertaking child and family assessments

  • Carrying out child protection enquiries

  • Safety planning with children and families

  • Direct work with children and young people

  • Care proceedings and court work

Our manageable caseloads, supportive management structure and flexible technology  ensure that we achieve good outcomes for our children, young people and their families and maintain a high-quality service.

If you would like to find out more about this exciting opportunity, please contact Hannah Parker-Beldeau at hannah.parker-beldeau@achievingforchildren.org.uk to request an informal discussion. 

About you

To be the next Team Leader within the Safeguarding team you will be passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people.

We are looking for someone who has the following:

  • Good IT skills on Google suite and Microsoft

  • Can work flexibly

  • Has excellent communication skills

  • Works collaboratively to achieve shared outcomes

It’s a genuine team effort in AfC. That’s why we want talented people, like you, to join us and help create a brighter future for children and families.

About Richmond upon Thames

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