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Children's Social Work Team ManagerTeam: CINLocation: BuryRate: £46
To manage the provision of field Social Work services to the local community by a team of Social Workers, ensuring that statutory requirements and departmental policies are complied with.
To provide a Social Work service to children in need and their families including those in need of protection.
Substantial child protection experience needed.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Leadership
Leadership, direction and supervision of reporting lines including Assistant Team Managers.
- Management of the duty service within your responsible area- Development and implementation the Team Business Plan.- Support of Social Workers through the process of supervision and by attending conferences, reviews, joint interviews, initial core groups and other meetings where appropriate.- Lead the recruitment and selection of staff including acting as Chair of the recruitment panel.- Lead formal processes in relation to matters such as disciplinary, grievance and change management.- Contribute as an effective part of the Management Team within your service area in addition to attending management team meetings.- Attend and participate in regular team meetings, individual appraisals and supervision sessions in line with Departmental Policy.- Manage, allocate and monitor team workload in accordance with priorities agreed with Senior Managers, ensuring fair distribution of work within the team.- Work flexibly as a part of the management team to ensure that staff are appropriately supported at all times and provide management cover in alternative parts of the service as required.- Be available to provide management support to team members outside of core hours where required.- Maintain oversight of lone working and other staff safety arrangement in the team, ensuring that risk assessments are undertaken and implemented.
Professional
- Represent the Local Authority in formal settings including Family Court and Criminal Court.- Represent the Local Authority at external meetings to represent the needs of Bury children and young people as agreed with line management.- Chair complex case professionals meetings- Take responsibility for key decisions in respect of individual children and young people, in accordance with departmental and statutory guidelines.- Manage safeguarding processes, ensuring that statutory responsibilities are met.- Ensure agreed childcare plans are implemented in order to promote and safeguard the interests of - individual children and young people.- Ensure children’s individual plans are reviewed in line with statutory responsibilities and relevant to that child’s needs.- Represent the Local Authority when cases are being transferred between authorities.
Service Development & Quality Assurance
Participate in the development and management of integrated local services to children in need and their families through joint working and partnerships with significant agencies, organisations and groups in the area.
- Monitor the level and quality of Social Work practice, including reporting to senior managers and elected members, so that high standards of service to the public are promoted and that Bury Standards are maintained.- Monitor and review working practices with the team, promoting a positive supportive and high performance culture.- Quality assure and authorise team reports, statements or plans to promote high quality standards.- Undertake quality assurance processes such as case file audits and provide feedback.- Deal with complaints from either service users or partner agencies, investigating, resolving, and developing required action plans and disseminating learning within the team.- Facilitate the professional development of supervision lines, including the identification of training needs and developing an appropriate resource in response to these needs.- Keep up-dated of developments in statutory requirements, regulations and other contemporary issues in the field of child care social work practice. Disseminating within the team.- Devise and deliver briefings, workshops and training sessions across the service.- Compile and analyse relevant management information to identify any team performance issues to aid appropriate planning of services.- Providing information to assist in the planning, implementation or monitoring of services as required for departmental, Department of Health or other official purpose.
Resource Management
Financial management of budgets relating to the team’s work.- Authorisation of expenditure in accordance with policy and relevant frameworks.- Alert Senior Managers as to the impact of deficits in resource provision.- Access different Panels to maximise resources from multi-agency funding streams and ensuring regular review of needs.- Promote value for money and responsible stewardship of public funds.- Maintain oversight of information held and processed by the team, ensuring compliance with GDPR and best practice.
