Team Manager
- Employer: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Salary: Grade K SCP 40/41, Salary £49,764 - £50,788
- Location: Magdalen House
- Contract: Permanent
- Working Pattern: Full Time
- Hours: 36 hours per week.
- DBS Check: Enhanced
- Closing Date: 10/11/2024 at 23:59
- Reference: CSC/24/296164
Join our Children’s Social Services Team: Make a Difference Every Day!
Are you a passionate and dedicated to making a real impact? We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our Assessment Teams as a Team Manager.
For the role of team manager in duty and assessment, you will lead and manage a team of social workers on a duty rota basis in undertaking high-quality child and family assessments.
You will ensure that all assessments and interventions are child-focused, evidence-based. The role of the manager will be to oversee the team’s response to referrals, ensuring timely, effective, and proportionate action in line with safeguarding protocols.
Quality supervision and auditing is essential to this role, to ensure that work with children and family’s is timely, and children receive coordinated and integrated services.
We are looking for team managers who are motivated to make a difference for families in Sefton.
Our offer to you
We offer competitive salaries between £49,764 - £50,788. In addition ‘Market Rate Supplements’ of £2,000 is available within our assessment teams.
We all know how important time away from the workplace is which is why we offer a generous annual leave entitlement of 28 days increasing to 33 days after 5 years continual service in addition to 8 bank holidays.
Other benefits include; local government pension scheme, enhanced sick pay scheme and family friendly leave with pay, agile/flexible working opportunities and access to occupational health services. For further information on the fantastic benefits of working for Sefton Council see our Application Pack.
Ready to Make a Difference?
Join us and be part of a team that’s not only changing lives but having lasting impacts on shaping futures. Together we can achieve great things for our children and our communities.
If you have;
A Degree in Social Work or equivalent qualification.
Registration with Social Work England.
Substantial post-qualification experience in children’s social care, particularly in safeguarding and assessment.
Experience of managing and supervising social workers and working in a multi-agency setting.
Strong knowledge of legislation, policies, and procedures relating to child protection and safeguarding.
Proven ability to make sound, child-focused decisions in complex and high-pressure situations.
Excellent communication, leadership, and organisational skills.
Apply today and start your journey with us a Sefton Council!
Equal Opportunities
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential. We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.
GUARANTEED INTERVIEW SCHEME
Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.
If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.
How to apply
Please apply online via the link provided.
Please note, we do not accept CV’s (unless specified on the advert).
Please fully complete the online application form.
