Team Manager - Social Work

Are you looking for a new and exciting role in Children's Social Work?

Are you an ambitious Social Worker with high aspirations to achieve the best outcomes for Children and their Families?

Yes? Look no further

Randstad are looking for Qualified Social Worker / Advanced Practitioners and Team Managers to join Oldham Council's Duty and Advice Service.

They are a newly improved Local Authority who have invested in more teams across a range of service areas to ensure they continue being the most diverse community within Greater Manchester. They are a Local Authority who will develop and reward your expertise therefore will provide you with a range of support access, continuous professional development and training and development opportunities.

You can expect a fantastic salary of:

QSW - £36,648 - £40,221

Experienced QSW - £40,221 - £44,428

Advanced Practitioner - £44,428 - £48,474

Team Manager - £48,474 - £51,515

Benefits:

• Competitive pay with a £2,000 retention payment
• Free town centre parking
• Essential car user allowance of £500* and mileage expenses at 45p per mile
• Reimbursement of Social Work England professional registration fees, currently £90 per year
• Generous relocation package of up to £8,000
• 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase additional days, and which increases after 5- and 10-years' service
• Attractive defined benefit pension scheme with a market leading AVC option for additional retirement savings
• Discounted gym membership
• Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more
• Salary sacrifice scheme, including Cycle to Work
• Wellbeing support, including an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support
• Staff recognition and celebration events
• A supportive and enabling workplace with quality supervision from your manager
• A comprehensive learning and development programme as part of your ongoing Continuing Professional Development
• Clear progression pathways
• Oldham offers a development pathway for Advanced Practitioners, which includes a point of competence recognition and approval to authorise elements of our service delivery.

QSW/Experienced QSW

• To have responsibility for a caseload, including cases which can be of a complex and challenging nature.
• You will work as part of a co-located multi-agency team, which includes representatives from Greater Manchester Police, Health, Community Safety, Adult Social Care, IDVA and the Prevention Hub.
• This co-location enables more effective communication between partner agencies.
• You will be required to respond to contacts made to the MASH in a timely way to identify and secure the most appropriate service to support and safeguard children and families.
• You will communicate with families, partner agencies and members of the public members of the public and partner agencies to enable you to gain details and enable strong evidenced based decision making in line with our practice standards and statutory duties.
• You will have a good understanding of statutory social worker functions and be confident in making informed threshold decisions.

Advanced Practitioner

• To support staff, including reflective and group supervision, assistance in reflecting on quality of performance as a team and for individuals within the service, and giving technical advice and guidance to staff.
• Assisting the team manager in making sense of quality assurance feedback and data, promoting a learning culture sharing good practice and strengths as well as identifying areas for development and finding ways to ensure consistent high quality.
• To model continual professional development and be accountable for the promotion of social work, good practice and learning from research.
• The caseload is expected to be at approx. 60% to allow for the time and space to deliver the other elements of the role.

Team Manager

• To manage and provide leadership to a team of social work and social care staff, which could include staff from other agencies.
• To co-ordinate the team's activities and ensure delivery is flexible, reliable, and responsive to the needs of Service Users, Carers and Families.
• To make a strategic contribution to the wider development of the Service.

Please note more information on the duties can be provided upon request.

Requirements:

• Social Work Qualification or equivalent
• Social Work England registered
• Enhanced DBS

If you are not on the lookout but know someone who is, we have a Refer a Friend Scheme. You could get up to £300 in shopping vouchers.

For more information or confidential discussion, please call 0330 0248 775 or email .

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.