Team Manager- Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship Service Remote
Job description
Team - Guardianship Assessment Team
Available posts: 1
Area covered: All ICTG Regions
Purpose:
Barnardo's National Counter Trafficking Service runs several different services across England and Wales. This includes the Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship Service, a statutory provision set out in Section 48 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Do you want to improve the lives of young people affected by modern slavery? Do you have immigration, social care or criminal justice experience? Are you an experienced manager who is ready to join a passionate growing team and step up to this challenge? If your answers are yes, we want to hear from you.
Our Guardianship Assessment Team Managers:
- Lead, manage and supervise a team of practitioners, including Independent Child Trafficking Guardians, Regional Practice Coordinators and Support Workers.
- The Guardianship Assessment Team process new children being referred to the ICTG Service, assess individual child's support needs and offer immediate safeguarding support.
- No 2 days are the same in NCTS, and no 2 hours are the same within our Guardianship Assessment Team. There is a constantly changing workload, responding to competing priorities and undertaking complex safeguarding case formulation.
- Oversee a fast paced, agile and dynamic team, who work remotely across the UK, coming together daily in a virtual office and working collaboratively.
- Identify and escalate safeguarding concerns and implement plans to mitigate risks
- Develop best practice in practitioners work with young people who have been trafficked
- Implement robust recording, data management and collection practices
- Ensure that all young people supported by the Service are referred into the National Referral Mechanism
- Build relationships of trust with stakeholders within the various regions
- Represent the Service at operational and strategic forums, both locally and nationally
- Support team learning, both locally and nationally
- Contribute to developing an evidence base around work with children and young people who have been trafficked
This is a Home-Based role, with the expectation you will travel to team days (approx. 10 days per year) and occasional overnight stays.
In addition to the benefits offered by Barnardo's staff within the National Counter Trafficking Service are offered
- Extensive training, development and progression pathway
- Line management and clinical supervision
At Barnardo's we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate(s).
Flexibility:
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which should be in place by 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & CultureStrategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Benefits
- Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
- A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to Barnardo's Corporate University
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £34,353.00 per year
Benefits:
- Work from home
Work Location: Remote
Reference ID: 17090
