Team Manager - Children We Care For and Children seeking Asylum
| Posting date: | 27 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | £34,971 to £37,367 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Local Government Pension |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 11 July 2024 |
| Location: | Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1XH |
| Company: | West Sussex County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | CAFHE05243_1719496356 |
Summary
Salary: £34,971 to £37,367 per annum pro rata including market supplements (The full-time equivalent salary for this role is £57,254 - £61,177 - market supplements included)
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Part time - 22.60 hours per week / 3 days per week
Location: Based at County Hall North, Horsham
Are you a qualified Social Worker? Do you have management experience and can support and nurture a team of social workers? Are you passionate about positive outcomes for children and young people? If so, this might be the role for you…
Both our Children We Care For and Childrens seeking Asylum Team have a passion for making a difference to children's lives and their positive growth within their communities. We work with children who are being adopted, those in long term care settings, from multiple cultural backgrounds and must recognise the trauma, challenges, and loss these children have been through in order to support their ambitions for their future.
As a Team Manager you will be passionate about ensuring our most vulnerable children and young people are supported to achieve their full potential. You will be responsible for leading a team of social workers and support staff by motivating and inspiring, providing expert supervision and championing best practice. Providing mentoring, coaching and supporting the development of reflective and relationship-based practice.
You will be able to build positive working relationships with children and young people, professionals, partner agencies and carers as well as respectfully challenging when appropriate. You will have an excellent understanding of the statutory requirements relating to looked after children and keeping children safe.
Rewards and Benefits
As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do. Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including:
For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Ability to make sound pragmatic problem-solving decisions, which will have a wider service impact.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence the actions of others and communicate information which may be complex and contentious.
- Effective people and performance management skills and the ability to provide direction and motivate and inspire the team to deliver quality professional practice.
- Able to reflect on practice and identify innovative solutions within the required framework.
- A recognised Social Work qualification e.g. Degree in Social Work, DipSW, CQSW or equivalent as recognised by the relevant professional body.
- A recognised post qualifying award in Social Work or demonstrable evidence of continuous professional development at a similar level.
- Experience of managing and/or contributing to financially related decision making and operating within financial constraints.
- You will need to be able to travel independently around the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Pool cars and pool bikes are available.
For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.
About us
Here at West Sussex County Council, we are ambitious for our children and our workforce. We are committed to improving our services for the children and families in West Sussex we support. You will join us as at a key time on our improvement journey. The work we have started includes establishing a new and experienced senior leadership team, driving forward our 'Children First' improvement plan and implementing the Family Safeguarding Practice Model. You will be trained in motivational interviewing, to support our strengths-based approach to working with families and creating lasting change for children.
We don't underestimate the work that still needs to be undertaken and the challenge ahead, we are confident in our approach and excited about the changes occurring. That's why we need professionals, like you, who really want to be part of the positive change that is happening for children. Be part of an ambitious improvement plan and make a significant difference to children and families in West Sussex. There has never been a more rewarding time to join.
For further information about us and about working in Children's Social Care at West Sussex County Council, please visit Careers in children's social work in West Sussex.
Further information
The reference number for this role is CAFHE05243.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to Social Work England registration, an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.