As a Team Manager, you will lead a close-knit and supportive team that strives for excellence and adopts a strengths-based approach in their work. Collaborating with fellow team members, children, their families, and other professionals, you will be responsible for managing a multidisciplinary team and ensuring the quality of all statutory work for families supported with children in need plans and families within Early Help.

Job Responsibilities:

• Directly line manage a team with a range of specialisms.
• Facilitate collaboration across the system.
• Coordinate the delivery of locality priorities at a team level.
• Ensure that statutory duties are fulfilled.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of the relevant legislation
• Ensure that statutory data collected is used to effectively inform planning, both short and long term in order to facilitate improvement.
• Work across the county, taking responsibility for a key area of practice and or function delivery and provide matrix leadership in this space.
• Hold the strategic responsibility in ensuring that officers and other members of the team are advised of the functioning of the team and its remit.

Requirements:

To succeed in this role, you will be a qualified social worker, youth worker, teacher or hold another equivalent professional qualification at diploma level and ideally have experience managing or playing a lead role in a dynamic team from various disciplines; that may have included but not limited to Family workers, Social Workers, Parenting Workers and Social Work Students, with a strong emphasis on reflective supervision.

• A child-focused approach: Prioritising the well-being and interests of children, ensuring their needs guide decision-making.
• Effective communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills enabling successful collaboration with diverse individuals and agencies.
• Relationship-building expertise: Proficiency in establishing and nurturing relationships, fostering collaboration among multiple agencies.
• Advocate for reflective and strengths-based practice: Actively engaging in reflective practice, encouraging others to identify and develop their strengths.
• Skill in managing risk and uncertainty: Capable of assessing and managing risks confidently, navigating uncertain situations effectively.
• Strong reflective abilities: Proficiency in critical self-reflection, continuous learning, and refining professional approaches.
• Supervisory experience: Previous role as a supervisor, providing guidance, support, and feedback to a team.
• Use of performance data: Skilled at leveraging performance data to inform and improve practice, driving positive outcomes for children and families.
• Passion for development and improvement: Genuine enthusiasm for professional growth, actively seeking opportunities to enhance skills and contribute to practice enhancement.