Children’s Social Care Assistant Team Managers Bournemouth, England
Job description
Assistant Team Manager: £49,633 - £52,625 (*includes £7,130 contractual supplement)
We are looking for experienced Assistant Team Managers from within Children Social Care or aspiring senior Social Workers, with management and supervisory experience, to join our Children’s Social Work Teams and help us achieve our vision for all our children, young people and families in Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council.
You will need to be a registered social worker with Social Work England and have significant post qualifying experience working with children and families in the statutory sector.
Across our Children’s Service Directorate, we have adopted a systemic approach to practice – ensuring children and their voices are at the heart of everything we do. You will ensure this approach is embedded as a core ethos within your teams. You will be able to build effective relationships, demonstrate strong assessment and analytical skills and work effectively as part of a management team.
If you have a passion and desire for a particular area of social work, talk to us, we have vacancies in two teams Children & Families First and Assessment.
Brief description of the two teams:
Assessment Team: undertake an initial single assessment within a statutory timescale and continuous assessments from referral through to case closure. They facilitate family network meetings to help to bring the family’s support network together.
Work from this team will either close, step down or transfer to another team at an agreed time. Social workers sit in four pods with a four-weekly turnaround (the 20-day time limit on assessments).
Children & Families First: work with families, where children have been assessed to be child in need or on child protection plans and in some cases children at the early stages of being looked after and those where decisions are being made about their care by the courts. Assessments and plans are reviewed on a regular basis to prevent drift and to ensure the child’s journey progresses in a timely way.
Work in this team also includes co-production, safety planning, strong relationships with children, early permanence planning and legal interventions in circumstances where children are not considered safe in their family.
What we can offer you:
- Full induction, with a very supportive Practice Fundamentals offer
- Clear career progression pathway and excellent learning opportunities
- Manageable and diverse caseloads
- Regular Supervision
- 24 days annual leave (pro rata, for those without continuous service), plus bank holidays
- Competitive salary with access to local government pension scheme
- Flexible working arrangements in our newly refurbished Civic Offices with Local Offices near to where you need to work
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Relocation Scheme
- Staff network groups
BCP as a place to work and live:
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) is brimming with prospects, positivity and pride. We are the tenth-largest urban local authority in England and our communities are vibrant and diverse, with an outstanding quality of life. We are a globally recognised coastline of opportunity, with over 15 miles of beautiful, world-renowned coastline, and have been awarded 21 Blue Flag or seaside awards. The area has excellent transport links with great rail and road connections nationally and to London and international flights from Bournemouth Airport.
We are bold, confident, and proud of our organisation, our area and our future. We recognise that our people are the most important asset and by working for us you can play your part in making a difference to the lives and experiences of our children and young people.
If you think you this could be your next step and you are a registered social worker, we want you to join our team.
For more information on the ATM role in Children and Families First, contact Vanessa Johns, Service Manager for C&FF email: [email protected]
For more information on the ATM role in Assessment, contact Nigel Burton, Service Manager for Assessment email: [email protected]
Or check out our academy website for more details BCP Partnership Academy
To find out more about BCP Children’s Services and our offer to you please see our new BCP website Children's social care (bcpcouncil.gov.uk)
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Person Specification for more details.