Team Manager
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Team Manager - Children in Care - 3 Month Contract
Local Authority | 3 Month Contract
Location: One Avenue Road, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 4DU
Rate: £41.42 per hour (Umbrella)
Contract: 3 Month Contract
Hours: Full Time
Working Pattern: Maximum 2 Days Per Week Office-Based (Additional Office Attendance Required During Duty Weeks)
DBS: Required
Social Work England Registration: Required
Proof of Qualifications: Required
Pay: Bi-Weekly
Summary
We are seeking a seasoned Team Manager to join our dynamic Children in Care Service for a temporary 3-month contract. This pivotal leadership position involves managing a team of Social Workers to ensure exemplary practice and favorable outcomes for children and young people in care, as well as those involved in care proceedings. Your role will include overseeing care and permanence planning while keeping the welfare of children at the forefront of all decisions. You will operate within a trauma-informed and relationship-based practice model, providing leadership, supervision, and professional guidance to foster continuous service improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, manage, supervise, and support a team of Social Workers.
- Oversee care and permanence planning for children and young people in care.
- Maintain high standards of social work practice within the team.
- Advocate for trauma-informed and relationship-based practice.
- Assist practitioners in forming meaningful and consistent relationships with children and families.
- Monitor performance, quality assurance, and service delivery.
- Offer guidance and professional oversight on complex cases.
- Ensure adherence to statutory duties, policies, and procedures.
- Collaborate with partner agencies and professionals.
- Support service priorities and improvement initiatives.
- Utilize management information systems to track performance and outcomes.
- Drive positive outcomes for children and young people through effective leadership and decision-making.
- Foster a positive, aspirational, and high-performing team culture.
Essential
Requirements
Requirements:
- Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration.
- Extensive experience in Children's Social Care.
- Proven management, supervisory, or leadership experience.
- In-depth knowledge of Children in Care and Care Proceedings practice.
- Experience in managing complex child care cases and care planning.
- Strong safeguarding and risk management expertise.
- Exceptional leadership and people management skills.
- Ability to handle competing priorities and demanding workloads.
- Strong analytical, planning, and decision-making capabilities.
- Excellent communication and partnership-working skills.
- Proficiency in using management information and performance systems.
- Ability to lead teams within a trauma-informed and relationship-based practice framework.
Desirable
- Previous experience as a Team Manager within a Children in Care Service.
- Experience in service improvement and quality assurance activities.
- Familiarity with restorative or strengths-based practice models.
- Experience leading within a large local authority environment.
What's on Offer?
- £41.42 per hour (Umbrella)
- 3 Month Contract
- Full-Time Hours
- Bi-Weekly Pay
- Flexible Hybrid Working Arrangement
- Supportive and collaborative management environment
- Opportunity to lead a dedicated Children in Care team
- Career-enhancing management experience
- Potential for contract extension
Ideal for candidates with experience as a Team Manager, Children's Team Manager, Children in Care Team Manager, Social Work Team Manager, Practice Manager, Senior Social Worker, Advanced Practitioner, Assistant Team Manager, or Safeguarding Team Manager.