Assistant Team Manager

Location: Civic Campus, Euclid Street, SN1 2JG
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Duration: 3+ Months
Working Hours: Mon – Fri, 09:00 – 17:00, 37 Hours per week
Pay Rate: £ 30.49 per hour 
Job Ref: OR10479
 
Responsibilities
The role involves delivering and improving services for children, young people, and their families through high-quality social work interventions. This includes leading a team of professional social workers and support staff to provide necessary services within legislative, corporate, and budgetary guidelines. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and managing a team to ensure effective safeguarding and support for children to reach their full potential.
• Recruiting, developing, and motivating staff to meet the changing demands of the service.
• Allocating resources and workloads to ensure service delivery within budgetary limits.
• Ensuring team members record all case work and undertake assessments, analysis, and care planning on necessary systems.
• Adhering to the Quality Assurance Framework and conducting regular case file audits.
• Ensuring performance measures are met to drive a high-performing team.
• Managing risk and child protection through effective assessment and care planning.
• Providing frequent, reflective, and challenging supervision to enable informed decision-making.
• Developing effective partnership working to safeguard children and vulnerable adults.
• Ensuring team members address resistant behaviors in families and take necessary action to safeguard children.
• Maintaining a supervision structure for high-quality reflective supervision and performance appraisals.
• Supporting effective prioritization processes and managing risks when demand is high.
• Ensuring effective communication and engagement within the team.
• Providing oversight, guidance, and support to prevent family breakdown or escalation of issues.
• Respecting diversity and addressing discriminatory issues in service delivery.
• Promoting corporate working and understanding of the child or young person’s journey.
• Encouraging behaviors that promote inclusion and value diversity.
• Promoting high standards within the team in line with organizational values and behaviors.
• Working in accordance with health and safety provisions and cooperating with the Council's duties.
• Undertaking additional duties as required by the Team Manager.

Person Specification
The ideal candidate will have substantial knowledge and experience in the following areas:

• Demonstrable management and leadership skills within a social work setting.
• Post-qualification experience in a front-line social work setting.
• Experience in recruitment, performance appraisal, and management of operational staff.
• Detailed knowledge of primary legislation and policy relevant to the service.
• Computer literacy and performance management skills, including data analysis capabilities.

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