Team Manager North Warwickshire Family

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi disciplinary and multi agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.

Our Offer to you includes:

• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
• Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
• We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply

About the Role:

We are recruiting for the role of a Team Manager covering North Warwickshire Family Help on a full time/permanent basis.

The Family Help Team are based at The Arden Centre 120 Long Street Atherstone CV9 1AF

We are seeking a dedicated Team Manager who is wanting to progress. You will have direct strategic and operational responsibility.

You will be responsible for the supervision of Social Workers. If you join our team you will see that we are a busy, energetic and highly rewarding team to work for with a dedicated staff group whose passion is to capture and represent the voice of young people in all that we do and ensure that they are central to all decisions regarding their lives.

This role is pivotal in leading a team of Social Workers and Family Support Workers who provide critical support to Warwick Family Help.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and evaluate the performance of the team, tracking key performance indicators and priorities for the service.
• Provide regular supervision and management oversight to Social Workers.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures to enhance service delivery.
• Attend and/or Chair key multiagency meetings.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislative and safeguarding standards.
• Leading HR, performance management and absence management processes in addition to focusing on continuous staff development and training in promoting a learning culture

Key Requirements:

Working hours – 37 hrs per week, with agile and flexible working options generally worked from 9am till 5.30 pm Monday – Thursday and 9am to 5pm on Fridays.

Applicants for the role will need a professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration
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• Professional Social Work qualification (MA/BA/BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work or Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW)
• In depth experience in children's social work and experience of complex cases
• Have excellent analytical skills with ability to make well informed decisions
• Can record and produce concise, effective, and accurate reports
• Have good communication skills with the ability to build relationships, engage with children and families

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

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