Team Manager Children Looked After 0-16 Grade 16 (£57,201 - £59,328) + £10k Welcome Payment

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Team Manager - Children Looked After 0-16 - Croydon Council

Salary: Grade 16 (£57,201 - £59,328)

Permanent - 36 hours per week

Welcome Payment - £10,000
Retention Payment - £3,000

Hybrid working

Job Purpose

We are seeking an additional qualified and experienced Team Manager to join our children looked after service. As part of a systemic and trauma informed service you will play a critical role in ensuring children receive the best support to help them achieve their aspirations and have an active voice in everything that we do. You will lead and manage practice and performance of a team of 5 Social Workers including 1 Senior Practitioner to foster a culture of continuous learning and development.

You will have experience of:
Assessment and care planning for children looked after.

Timely management of safeguarding processes and legal proceedings.

Supervision of social workers working with children looked after.

Promoting the achievement of permanence for children looked after.

Essential Requirements

We are looking for confident Team Managers, who are:
Social Worker qualified and registered with Social Work England.
Have a robust working knowledge of national policy, strategy and developments regarding children looked after.
Able to lead improvement in social work practice at an operational level through effective performance management and quality assurance.
Experienced in managing safeguarding for children and young people with high vulnerability and risk.
Experience of managing and supervising social workers, developing practice and delivering good outcomes for children and young people.
Experience of managing practice in legal proceedings particularly to deliver early permanence.

Why Join Us
In Croydon, our Children's Services has an established Systemic Practice model, experienced leaders, and high support for practitioners. Croydon people and staff are diverse, we celebrate difference and have a focus on anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice. We are committed to delivering excellent social work practice and services to our children and families. As well as this we also offer the following: Our teams consist of experienced Social Workers at various levels
Join a highly diverse workforce
Reflective supervision is actively promoted and supported.
Caseloads of Social Workers are very manageable enabling managers to know children well & ensure high standards of practice.
You will join an established team who can help you settle in and offer their expertise.
The council promotes a hybrid working where the role allows and a high quality office base where services are delivered from.

Benefits
You will be valued for your skills and expertise, supported by the team of experienced professionals, as well as the management at Croydon Council, one of the largest employers in the borough. We also offer:

Highly competitive compensation package

Accredited Systemic Practice training

A range of CPD opportunities

29-31 days (grade equivalent) annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays and option to purchase more

A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%

Continuing Professional Development - genuine opportunities to grow, develop and specialise in your career

Management development programmes

Investment into your wellbeing

Access to Employee Discount scheme with a range of programmes (Cycle Benefit Scheme, GymFlex, Retail Discounts and more)

We promote flexible & hybrid working arrangements where possible to support a healthy work-life balance

Closing date 06 May 2024 at 11:59pm

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Disclaimer

Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. The Successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced barring DBS check.