We have an exciting opportunity in the Referral and Assessment Service for a Team Manager. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Lauren Scordilis, Service Manager.
Candidate Profile:
You will be expected to have a good breadth of experience working with children and young people and supervising staff. You will be responsible for assisting with recruitment, retention, and for supporting the ongoing learning and development of those within the team.
You will be responsible for supervising, leading, and supporting a team of social work practitioners, within a statutory service area, dealing with a variety of complex, risky, and diverse issues when supporting and safeguarding the young adults we work with.
You will have experience in making decisions about legal planning meetings and supporting practitioners with the court process, especially where care proceedings are necessary.
You will also contribute to the strategic oversight and development of the service. This will involve making contributions and giving feedback to the service manager on performance as well as promoting and implementing any agreed service or strategic improvement plans.
For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.