Team Manager Leaving Care

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Team Manager - Leaving Care Service

Full-time

Lincolnshire Locality

Great opportunity to develop leadership skills in a supportive management structure

Barnardo's works in partnership with Lincolnshire County Council to deliver its Leaving Care Service for young people aged 16-25.

We work in partnership with children's services to work towards developing and delivering an outstanding service for Care Experienced Young People.

Whilst the leaving care contract is currently delivered by Barnardo's this will transfer into Lincolnshire County Council (children's services) from April 25 and the successful applicant will transfer employer at this stge.

We are currently looking to recruit a Team Manager who will be based at our Peterborough office on a full-time basis. The post is offered as a permanent post.

There is an expectation that Team Managers will be required to travel across the region and where the service need requires.

You will be joining an established management team who will be able to offer peer support and mentoring.

Initial Specific Responsibilities

Barnardo's have been delivering the Leaving Care Contract on behalf of Lincolnshire County Council and have a strong partnership with the Council and partner agencies. We are currently working with Children's Services on a Leaving Care Service Improvement Plan that will see the service develop and transition into the Local Authority in the next 6 months. We're keen to not only continue to offer a service to our 16-21-year-olds but continue to develop an enhanced service for those Care Experienced Young People aged 21 - 25.

The post holder will have supervisory responsibility for the Leaving Care Workers the majority of whom are based at our Peterborough Office

Supplementary Information

• The post holder must have an excellent working knowledge of Children in Care and Care Experienced Young People.
• Experience of chairing meetings, working in partnership with other agencies and staff supervision / coaching / mentoring is essential.
• Experience of working with Looked after Children and Care Leavers is essential.
• Experience of working with the Signs of Safety programme is desirable.
• Knowledge of managing high risk cases and recognizing safeguarding issues is essential.
• Performance Management, allocation and auditing skills form a significant part of the role.
• Use of IT is significant and candidates must be able to use and maintain client record systems.
• Ability to plan work, prioritize tasks and time management is key.
• Barnardo's has an excellent flexible working policy, which helps to promote a healthy working environment. There are excellent training opportunities across Barnardo's and via the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership.

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Person Specification

• Must have experience of coaching / mentoring or supervising staff.
• Must be able to adapt management style dependent on the given situation.
• Good working knowledge of working with Children in Care and Care Leavers and an understanding of statutory requirements.
• Must have a good understanding of performance monitoring.
• Experience of prioritizing work and delegating tasks
• Experience of partnership working.
• Demonstrate good IT Skills.
• Experience of chairing meetings both with internal partners but also partner agencies.
• Be able to communicate well both verbally and in writing.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.