Contract Type : Permanent Salary : Grade J.
Scale 40 - £49,764 to Scale 43 - £52,805 with a professional bar at Scale 41 - £50,788** Hours Per Week : 36 Base Location : Ashton Old Library, Old Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 7SG Assessment Date : To be arranged The role Children's Services in Tameside are looking for committed and enthusiastic Team Manager to join us in our Cared for Children Service who work with cared for children from 0-18 years of age.
As Team Manager, you will lead a team consisting of a Senior Practitioner and 6 Social Workers.
You will have responsibility for ensuring timely care and permanence planning for children and also transition planning to adulthood for the 16-18 year old young people.
You will achieve this through professional and reflective supervision, supporting staff learning and development and ensuring the production of high quality work to improve the outcomes for our Cared for Children.
About you With fantastic leadership skills and attributes, you will ensure your team members are well supported and equipped to succeed.
We expect you to have extensive frontline experience as well as a solid track record of managing and developing a team.
Building positive relationships is important not just with the children, young people and families we work with but also with colleagues and external partner agencies.
You will offer a high level of support and challenge to your Social Workers and inspire your teams to do their very best for Tameside children.
We firmly believe that all children in Tameside deserve the best start in life, and we are looking for the right people to help make this happen.
Why work for us?
Supportive teams and a great, friendly working environment Flexible working opportunities Social Work teams centrally located together A high standard of professional supervision and a focus on supporting professional development Manageable caseloads to enable reflective practice Tameside are on a journey of improvement with significant support from our leadership team and so this is an exciting time to join Tameside and you will be part of a service that is highly committed, welcoming and supportive.
In Tameside, we like to look after our employees and offer a fantastic range of employee rewards and benefits, including: Minimum of 28 days leave each year, with the option to buy additional leave 36 hours working week Health and wellbeing support Salary sacrifice schemes Family friendly policies, including maternity, paternity and adoption leave Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme Discounts at local shops, health & fitness clubs, restaurants and much more Be that difference and find out more information why you should work for us here We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures.
** This post is classified as being in a professional job category.
As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria: 1.
Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND 2.
Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND 3.
Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND 4.
Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential.
We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer.
Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on 0161 342 5440 / ****** or 0161 342 5184 / ****** Reference No: DPT517