Assistant Team Manager
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Assistant Team Manager
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Post No. SSCF0016.2 - Assistant Team Manager
Newport City Council Childrens Services are seeking an inspirational and dynamic Assistant Team Manager to make positive contributions to transform the lives of the families we work with. The post is for 37 hours per week.
You will work within a service focused on person-centred and strength based approaches committed to achieving Wellbeing outcomes that enable families to safely live together.
Child Protection Team 2 is one of 4 teams. You will work intensively with families to support them through times of crisis and offer better life choices and packages of support. You will work with children on Care and Support through to Child Protection, Public Law Outline, Care Proceedings and Adoption. As a Assistant Team Manager you will hold a reduced case load but a complex one. Your role will also be to support the Team members, provide development, mentoring and training. You will also be expected to undertake supervision duties for the social work assistants and attend management meetings as you intrigrate into the management structure and become part of the stratigic planning for Newport's future. As a Assistant Team Manager, you will deputise for the Team Manager in their absence, support and supervise staff and have a general oversight of the well-being and running of the team. You will be offered regular supervision and will be responsible to the Team Manager.
This post presents an ideal opportunity to further your experience in working with children and developing the position as Assistant Team Manager within the complex field of Child Protection. This will require you be skilled in time management, balancing the daily demands of complex cases versus supporting and assiting your colleges and manager with daily matters.
The strengths of working and living in Newport are that it is a growing city that is developing at a fast rate whilst still providing opportunity to access affordable housing, good schools and excellent community resources. We are proud to have a stable workforce or dedicated staff of which all are permanent workers who experience a supportive and positive learning environment. Unique benefits are our effective Prevention and HUB services, the dedicated Mentoring and Consultation team, our partnership arrangement with Barnardo's to deliver joint interventions to families as well as comparatively low, stable caseloads, regular individual and group supervision and the opportunities for excellent career development and training opportunities. We also offer a flexible working environment whereby staff can take 'Work Life Balance' days, meaning that hours are condensed allowing for 1 day off every fortnight.
You must registered with the Care Council and are expected to have the pre-requisite grades to enable you to take on the social work role.
This post is exempt from Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Disclosure (DBS) check and references.
Please contact [email protected] for any further information or advice.
We welcome applications for all our jobs in either Welsh or English. An application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Newport City Council is committed to working towards its workforce being more representative of the population that we serve and particularly welcomes applications from people from minority ethnic communities represented (or living) in the city. Selection will be made on ability and skills to undertake the role.
Our values - Fairness for all, Making a difference, Being responsible, Working together
Ein gwerthoedd - Tegwch ar gyfer pawb, Gwneud Gwahaniaeth, Bod yn gufrifol, Gweithio gydan gilydd