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Team Manager - Family Safeguarding Team - Walton

Salary: £40000 - £41186 per annum
Location: Walton-On-Thames

 

Are you a keen Social Worker with management looking experience looking to a lead a new team? Surrey County Council are looking for a Team Manager to lead their Family Safeguarding Team in Walton.

Benefits of Working for Connect2socialwork:

  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • Access to a wide range of roles nationwide, as well as exclusive roles to C2SW
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive knowledge
  • Work for an agency owned by Kent County Council
  • Prompt and reliable payroll system
  • "Refer a Friend" bonus - get £400for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
  • "Warm Welcome" bonus - get £250when you secure a role through our agency*

Duties:

  • Apply extensive knowledge of practice, theory and legislation to enhance practice, procedures

and policies, promote innovation, and introduce new ways of working from recognised sites of

excellence.

  • Make use of sophisticated, critical reasoning and both model and facilitate reflective and

evidence-informed practice.

  • Support and encourage professional decision-making in others, to enable assessment

procedures to be used discerningly in response to the presenting needs.

  • Maintain and provide expertise in specialist assessment and intervention and support others to

develop these skills.

  • Model the effective assessment and management of risk in complex situations, across a range of

situations, including positive risk taking situations.

  • Provide professional leadership on safeguarding issues in collaboration with other senior

members of the team.

  • Provide support to resolve concerns about practice.
  • Manage a defined team or area providing clear organisation, direction and development.
  • Provide professional support, advice and/or supervision.
  • Monitor and support the performance management and development of team members using a

coaching approach, to support individual development and ensure that individual contributions are

maximised.

  • Provide leadership and professional support to colleagues and other professionals in situations of high complexity.
  • Manage complaints where required, and verify assessments and authorise when appropriate.

Person Specification:

  • SWE Registration
  • Eligible to work in the UK
  • Drive and have access to a car
  • Post-qualified experience in Children's Social Work Teams
  • Experience Social Work in Magaement
  • Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

About Connect2SocialWork

Connect2SocialWork is wholly owned by Kent County Council. In addition to our links with KCC, we have managed services in place with Hampshire County Council, Dudley Council, Surrey County Council and Luton Borough Council. We also provide available work with the majority of the local authorities nationwide. Our commitment to you is we will work proactively and tirelessly to market you until we find you that perfect role.

All posts are subject to satisfactory DBS check and references. *Terms and conditions apply.

If this sounds like the type of role you are looking for please get in contact on 07720173648 or email your CV to joe.festorazzi@csltd.org.uk

Connect2Staff/Connect2Kent, part of Commercial Services Trading/Kent Ltd, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.