Team Manager Family Help Team - Luton - ref. x57638615

Tempting Recruitment are working alongside our client, a Local Authority, who are looking to recruit an experienced Team Manager Family Help Team to join their team based in Bedfordshire

LOCATION: Bedfordshire

JOB SUMMARY

To lead and manage the Family Help Team aimed at supporting the best possible outcomes for children and young people. The team will consist of social workers, family help practitioners, psychologists, police community support officers, attendance support officers and speech and language therapists.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The duties and responsibilities of the role will include:

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the team providing a social work service of assessment, care planning, child protection.
• Provide specialist intervention services throughout Luton in line with statutory provision of social work service.
• Take responsibility for their own development and that of the overall team providing specific coaching guidance and mentoring of the Consultant Social Worker and keep up to date with new and relevant legislation.
• Recruit, motivate, train and develop staff within Council procedures ,Undertake development activities required for own development and experience e.g. court work, child protection, adoption and fostering.
• Manage projects in specialised and complex areas in line with departmental strategic objectives.
• Ensure the delivery of an effective service to local people by maintaining high standards of professional practice and adopting a positive approach to the full involvement of service.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE

The successful candidate will have the following skills and competencies:

• Substantial experience in a social care field with a particular emphasis on Family Help, Safeguarding and Child Protection.
• In-depth experience of complex decision making in children's social care services on child protection and statutory case work.
• Able to manage, motivate and develop a social services team, effectively achieving high levels of performance from staff and presenting the service and department.
• In-depth communication skills, including producing complex reports.
• Able to make sound professional judgements including high risk issues about children, parents, families and carers.
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of equality issues and legislation and the ability to integrate equality policies into strategies and service delivery

Please be advised that only candidates that have the specific skills and experiences required for this role will be shortlisted and submitted to our client for review.

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