Social Worker- Deputy Team Manager Childrens (MM1)

Enfield Council
Enfield, Greater London


Job Category : Social Care – Qualified
Location : Thomas Hardy House, Enfield Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date :Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £30.17

DSE Updated Mapping Description
• Advanced Practitioner: This role is that of technical authority with acknowledged depth of expertise, including the assessment and appropriate management of risk. The role focuses on driving practice improvement across the service through direct development of others and by actively participating in process mapping, procedure specification, and strategy development. The role may involve dealing with the most complex cases, partly to maintain credibility and experience in the field. Assistant Team Manager and Principal Social Worker roles should be aligned to the Advanced Practitioner core job type.
Skills, Experience and Competencies
(In this section you should list between 4 and a maximum of 8 essential recruitment and selection criteria and 2 desirable criteria). The information you provide in this section will be used in the recruitment application process to assess the suitability of job applicants.

Essential:

  1. Experience of management within a statutory social work team with responsibilities for complex cases including court work and a proven ability to support and supervise social work staff
  2. Proven ability to develop and sustain effective working relationships and partnerships within the Joint Service for Disabled Children, other Local Authority groups, partner and external agencies.
  3. Proven experience in chairing meetings including multi disciplinary groups.
  4. Proven management experience within a diverse service and ability to make decisions relating to the management of casework, staff, finances, the Centre, and deployment of resources within a seven day a week service and outside of normal working hours
  5. Experience of supervising and managing social work staff including performance appraisal and review, which ensure that performance meets specified deadlines and targets in terms of both practise and performance management requirements
  6. Excellent communication and organisational skills and a proven ability to develop and sustain effective working relationships and partnerships within the Joint Service for disabled children, other Local Authority groups, partner and external agencies which contribute to the development and delivery of an innovative service for disabled children and their families.

Knowledge*

  1. . Knowledge and understanding of the Children Act 1989 and 2004, Aiming High For Disabled Children Agenda and Every Disabled Child Matters, including an understanding of the issues relating to the delivery of innovative short breaks for disabled children and young people
  2. Knowledge of legislation relating to short breaks for disabled children, Short Breaks regulations 2010.

Qualification(s)*

  1. DIPSW or equivalent social work qualification with HCPC registration.
Posted 2026-05-30

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