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TEAM MANAGER (QSW) – Fixed Term (24 Months)

Adolescent Safeguarding Service (RESET RAPID RESPONSE TEAM)

UP TO £57,746pa (includes market supplement)

Closing date: 09/06/2023 at 23:59

Job Description

ABOUT US

Newham Together – The best place for children and young people (click here to view our recruitment video)

There has never been a more exciting time to develop as a manager and lead a social work team at Newham.

Embedding new, permanent Team Managers into our workforce is key to our ambition of becoming a centre of excellence in Children’s Social Care by 2023; Team managers are our leaders of practice, driving frontline social work to get the best results for our children and families. Team Managers can now look to an Assistant Team Manager, a Social Care Academy, an expanded QA service, and a team of Family Therapists to assist them in leading excellent practice within their teams. These changes are a small part of the positive impact that our permanent, stable senior leadership team are making.

Apply now, and be part of our success.

ABOUT THE JOB

The Turnaround Project is a newly funded project by the Ministry of Justice from 2022-2025. The Primary aim to provide young people aged 10-18 with positive opportunities that prevent them from offending and ensure that children on the cusp of the Criminal Justice System are offered a needs assessment and subsequent support. Diverting children away from the Criminal Justice System in the long term leads to a reduction in offending. Crucial to achieving this is children and their families having accessible support and intervention at the early onset of challenging circumstances.

As the leader of the Rapid Response team, the Team Manager will deliver intensive, restorative supervision to colleagues, focusing on improving outcomes for young people by responding to families impacted by extra-familial harm at the point of need in a timely and effective way that reduces the need for children and young people to come into local authority care, improve family resilience and connections and reduce the need for high cost placements. Our Team Managers are looking to lead positive change and enable families to remain together.

Team Managers play a vital role in supporting our Newham Together vision by ensuring that our social workers feel supported and that high quality systemic practice is delivered to children and families. Team Managers are expected to show strong but compassionate leadership and create a secure team environment of open discussion/challenge whilst allowing restorative work to flourish.

Reporting to the Service Manager, depending which part of the service a TM leads in, they could be line managing Social Workers, Family Coaches, Family Group Conference Coordinators and Senior Social Workers – as well as specialist positions such as our Child Exploitation and Missing Coordinator. There is an Assistant Team Manger in the service to share managerial duties.

For more information and a full list of duties please download the job description.

ABOUT YOU

‘People at the heart of everything we do’

We're looking for resilient, experienced Team Managers who are passionate about improving children and young people’s lives. You pride yourself on supporting and developing people and practice, approaching management with energy and enthusiasm whilst always finding time to lend a sympathetic ear to the social workers in your team. You are an experienced systemic practitioner who takes a creative but pragmatic approach to practice, encouraging high standards in others for the residents that we serve. You’re happiest assisting and inspiring your team towards achieving their goals, stepping in where needed to achieve positive outcomes for our children and their families.

You have experience and an understanding of working within a diverse, urban community; and share our ambition and energy in embracing new ways of working. You have high working standards and are conscious of the importance of professional development for yourself and your team. You are always open to learning and to helping others learn so that children and families can benefit from our best practice.

We’re looking for Managers who have a genuine interest in a restorative, relationship based practice model drawing on systemic thinking to inform your approach to building effective relationships with children, families and communities. You already embrace our people-focused values and want to be an active part of our ‘Newham Together’ journey. You’re not afraid of change. You’re looking for a career defining role.

You are a qualified social worker, registered with Social Work England. We will consider applicants who are currently working at Assistant Team Manager and are looking to progress.

OUR OFFER

We've been working hard to make Newham a great place to practise social work.

Please visit our Children’s Social Care recruitment microsite to find out more about the training and development opportunities on offer: https://children.newhamsocialworkerjobs.com/

We will offer you:

• A competitive package of up to £57,746pa (includes market supplement).
• Flexible working arrangements and the opportunity to majority work from home.
• Smarter, mobile Working with new modern technology.
• New Social Work Academy with training in Systemic practice and weekly lunchtime training seminars.
• We’re working on personal development career plans for yourself and your team.
• ‘Newham Together' - a positive, nurturing and collaborative work environment built on trust where Systemic and Restorative practice will be encouraged to flourish.
• Oyster card/parking permit for business use.
• Permanent and stable senior leadership with a consistent vision.
• Wellbeing service, leisure and discount benefits (Council scheme).
• Travel season ticket loan, cycle scheme, Local Authority pension.
• We will be a ‘social work centre of excellence’ by 2023.

TO APPLY

To apply please submit your CV and a supporting statement through our recruitment portal . The supporting statement should demonstrate how you meet the relevant requirements listed in the person specification in the job description. It should not exceed 2 sides of A4.

Shortlisting decisions will be based on candidates' relevant experience and on candidates' suitability for the role in line with the person specification, as described in their supporting statement and CV.

Closing date: 09/06/2023 at 23:59 – please apply ASAP as we may shortlist strong candidates before the closing date.

Interviews: ASAP upon shortlisting

Please view Team Manager job description

IMPORTANT: If you are an LBN member of staff and applying for this role as a secondment you should note that secondments are subject to the agreement of your current employing service. Please ensure that you inform your line manager of your intention to apply for the post in the first instance.

Additional Information

We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.

The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role.

We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload.

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn .