URGENT Vacancy: Children’s Practice Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Rhagfyr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £31.78 i £40.00 yr awr |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 22 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Greenwich, South East London |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | SOHL ASSOCIATES LIMITED |
| Math o swydd: | Dros dro |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | SOHLREC098 |
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Job Purpose:
Provide day-to-day leadership, coordination, and oversight of the Assessment and Support Team
Ensure timely, proportionate allocations and statutory assessments aligned to risk
Support operational management and implementation of service initiatives
Maintain high-quality safeguarding practice and child-centred outcomes
Allocate work, set standards, supervise staff, and drive professional development
Key Responsibilities:
Co-lead service delivery, providing management oversight and deputising for the Team Leader when required
Manage and develop the workforce, including supervision, recruitment, performance, and staff wellbeing
Ensure statutory assessment, planning, intervention, and review duties are completed to a high standard
Monitor and improve practice quality through audits, supervision, and performance management
Authorise and manage financial resources within delegated authority and budget guidelines
Build and lead effective multi-agency partnerships, chair meetings, challenge decision-making, and represent the service
Person Specification:
Registered Social Worker (HCPC/Social Work England) with experience operating at Experienced Social Worker level in urban, culturally diverse settings
Strong knowledge of safeguarding legislation, statutory assessments, early help, CIN, LAC, care leavers, and private fostering frameworks
Proven experience supervising and managing children’s social care staff, including performance and professional development
Ability to make sound professional judgements, assess risk and need with complex or incomplete information, and avoid drift or delay
Confident in multi-agency working, quality assurance and audit processes, electronic case management systems, and producing high-quality written and verbal reports.
Additional Information:
Hours Per Week: 35.00
Start Date:02/01/2026
End Date: 02/04/2026
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Provide day-to-day leadership, coordination, and oversight of the Assessment and Support Team
Ensure timely, proportionate allocations and statutory assessments aligned to risk
Support operational management and implementation of service initiatives
Maintain high-quality safeguarding practice and child-centred outcomes
Allocate work, set standards, supervise staff, and drive professional development
Key Responsibilities:
Co-lead service delivery, providing management oversight and deputising for the Team Leader when required
Manage and develop the workforce, including supervision, recruitment, performance, and staff wellbeing
Ensure statutory assessment, planning, intervention, and review duties are completed to a high standard
Monitor and improve practice quality through audits, supervision, and performance management
Authorise and manage financial resources within delegated authority and budget guidelines
Build and lead effective multi-agency partnerships, chair meetings, challenge decision-making, and represent the service
Person Specification:
Registered Social Worker (HCPC/Social Work England) with experience operating at Experienced Social Worker level in urban, culturally diverse settings
Strong knowledge of safeguarding legislation, statutory assessments, early help, CIN, LAC, care leavers, and private fostering frameworks
Proven experience supervising and managing children’s social care staff, including performance and professional development
Ability to make sound professional judgements, assess risk and need with complex or incomplete information, and avoid drift or delay
Confident in multi-agency working, quality assurance and audit processes, electronic case management systems, and producing high-quality written and verbal reports.
Additional Information:
Hours Per Week: 35.00
Start Date:02/01/2026
End Date: 02/04/2026
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00