Children's Residential Assistant Team Manager - Norwich (7027)

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Job Description

Permanent contract | full-time 37 hours per week | £41,173 to £45,442 per annum (Grade K) plus on call payments | Waterworks Road, Norwich

Assistant Team Manager

To apply, please download an application form and attach it to your online application instead of your CV.

Norfolk Residential Children's Homes provide emergency and time-limited, specialist care for young people aged between 8 - 18 years, when either family, foster care, mainstream residential or other community-based placements are not possible or desirable.

We have an exciting opportunity for creative and motivated managers, to ensure the young people in our residential homes reach their full potential.

As the Assistant Team Manager, you will be expected to support the staff team, providing residential care in accordance with legislation, departmental policies and procedures and county priorities, including registering as a manager with Ofsted.

Provide effective management and leadership to the team, ensuring that appropriate consultation and advice is given that will enable services to be provided to the department's high standards.

Ideally you will have a background in residential care or be experienced in working with children and have significant post qualification experience related to the role. You will be required to have qualifications to support you in this role and you will be expected to undertake the requirements set out in the Children's Home Regulations.

To work within this environment, you will need to be committed to making a difference in the lives of young people. You will need to be reliable, have good personal relationship and communication skills as well as high professional standards.

You will need to be flexible, motivated and organised to ensure that the needs of the home are met.

To apply, please download an application form and attach it to your online application instead of your CV.

For an informal discussion please contact Kirsty Cuttler (Service Manager) on 01603 475606.

We are also recruiting an Assistant Team Manager to join the team in our children's home in North Norfolk - please find full details here.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specificationto help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working - dependent on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • 'Norfolk Rewards' our employee discount programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants' pensions.
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? please apply using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

Closing date for redeployees to receive priority consideration: 02 October 2024

Closing date: 09 October 2024