Team Manager - Family Help (Pre & Post Birth) Team

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Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Family Help (Pre & Post Birth) Team to work full time for Redbridge.

The salary for this Team Manager job is up to £66,159 per annum.

Main duties:

* Responsible for the management and ongoing development of services to support Children & Families in delivering and improving services to children and families. This involves personally undertaking policy work, managing the effective local delivery and commissioning of service.

* Managing operational and support staff in accordance with the Performance Management Leadership Objective.

* Responsible for the management of local service development projects including developing and maintaining project timetables.

* Represent the Head of Service at internal and external meetings.

* Prepare and present complex reports for public law childcare court proceedings, to oversee the production of such reports to a high standard by members of the team.

* Ensure that decision making in all children's matters is undertaken in accordance with legislation, local procedures and best practice.

* Develop, in conjunction with other service areas and external agencies, options to support children and their families with assessed need.

* Effectively manage a team within the functional unit ensuring that the workforce deliver high quality services across the full range of disciplines.

* Implement effective performance management for all staff and provide regular support and supervision to directly managed staff.

* Manage the analysis of training needs for groups of staff and contribute to the development of the service area training plan.

* Prepare action plans in response to audit reports and ensure the required action is taken within the agreed timescales.

* Ensure all staff understand how they can contribute to the provision of person-centred services and that measurable service improvements are actioned.

* Provide cover for the Head of Service in their absence including when necessary, supporting the Emergency Duty Team, community and residential services outside normal office hours.

* Contribute to the corporate delivery of Redbridge Council's vision, core, values and goals, providing a clear sense of direction and purpose.

Requirements of this Team Manager job:

* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.

* Understanding of relevant legislation.

* Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact:

This Team Manager job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning 'Best Candidate Care' at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.