Team Manager, Family Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Family Help Service to work full time based in Redbridge.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £65,181 per annum.

• To be responsible for the management and ongoing development of services to support Children & Families in delivering and improving services to children & families. This involves personally undertaking policy work, managing the effective local delivery and commissioning of services.
• Managing operational and support staff in accordance with the Performance Management Leadership Objective.
• To be responsible for the development and maintenance of good liaison and cooperation with the local community, community groups and other agencies and non-statutory organisations.
• To prepare and present complex reports for public law child care court proceedings, to oversee the production of such reports to a high standard by members of the team.
• To be responsible for management of complex child care cases, including child protection, children looked after, children in need and as appropriate through Family Proceedings Court and the High Court.
• To prepare and write complex reports and briefing notes on operational issues for the Head of Service, task-forces, eternal meetings, Council committees and partnership boards.
• To work in partnership to develop jointly commissioned services.
• To develop, in conjunction with other service areas and external agencies, options to support children and their families when assessed need.
• To effectively manage a team within the functional unit ensuring that the workforce deliver high-quality services across the full range of disciplines.
• To implement effective performance management for all staff and provide regular support and supervision to directly managed staff.
• To manage health and safety within the workplace to ensure the safety of staff, service users and others. Included in this role is the responsibility for safety systems, risk assessments and safety audits.
• To ensure that the Council’s employee communication system is fully implemented and maintained in order that all employees receive appropriate information and tat employee feedback is encouraged.
• To maintain management information systems and provide regular reports identifying trends and proposing solutions where problems are identified.
• To prepare action plans in response to audit reports and ensure the required action is taken within the agreed timescales.
• To take lead responsibility for ensuring effective service delivery is achieved and that agreed performance targets are met.
• To ensure all staff understand how they can contribute to the provision of person-centred services and that measurable service improvements are actioned.
• Any other duties appropriate to this area of work and consistent with the level of the post, as may from time to time be required.

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.