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JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Head of Children’s Programmes to work full time based in Haringey. The salary for this permanent Head of Children’s Programmes job is up to £92,969 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>To take lead responsibility for the strategic delivery of programmes and capital projects arising from the relevant service priorities and ensuring alignment when appropriate with the corporate plan and children’s capital programme.</li><li>To communicate a compelling view of the future – producing relevant strategies, frameworks and Programme plans based on needs assessment, intelligence and evidence base recognising the need to offer adaptable responses to changing needs.</li><li>To actively engage with a wide range of stakeholders to develop outcomes that will be monitored and reviewed to ensure positive impact for children and families.</li><li>To lead and manage a service area, ensuring regular recorded support and supervision, annual appraisal and access to Continual Professional Development (CPD) opportunities to ensure workforce retention.</li><li>Develop and implement service standards, outlining expectations and ways of working ensuring clear responsibilities and accountability.</li><li>Develop and present detailed business cases, including financial modelling outlining rational, resource requirements, benefits to the organisation and impact for children, young people and families.</li><li>Ensure the preparation of detailed programme plans that include key deliverables, timelines, risk management control and resource requirements.</li><li>Lead and oversee the delivery of each new facility/development ensuring effective management controls are in place and compliance with legislative and statutory requirements including OFSTED registration.</li><li>Produce and resent regular reports and actively engage with a wide range of stakeholders including elected members, to develop outcomes that will be monitored and reviewed to ensure positive impact for children, young people and families.</li><li>Develop and implement service standards, outlining expectations and ways of working ensuring clear responsibilities and accountability.</li><li>Respond to complaints and members enquiries with agreed timescales.</li><li>Deputise for Assistant Director as required.</li><li>Undertake any other duties consistent with the objectives and duties of the post.</li></ul>
Requirements of this role:<ul>
<li>Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.</li><li>Knowledge and experience at a management level of working with Local Authority and Council systems and processes.</li><li>A recognised management qualification or evidence of participation on an organisational leadership or management development programme.</li><li>Experience in managing social work caseloads and supervising others.</li><li>Experience of community and/or group work.</li><li>Knowledge of children’s health and social care systems, agencies, and relevant legislation.</li></ul>
Contact: This Head of Children’s Programmes 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.&nbsp;

Sanctuary Personnel

Head of Children's Programmes

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Assistant Team Manager within the Children with Disabilities Team to work full time based in Slough.The salary for this permanent Assistant Team Manager job is up to £53,587 per annum.Main duties:<ul>
<li>Provide leadership and professional support to colleagues and other professionals in situations of high complexity.</li><li>Apply extensive knowledge of practice, theory and legislation to enhance practice, procedures and policies, promote innovation, and introduce new ways of working from recognised sites of excellence.</li><li>Make use of sophisticated, critical reasoning and both model and facilitate reflective and evidence-informed practice.</li><li>Support and encourage professional decision-making in others, to enable assessment procedures to be used in response to the presenting needs.</li><li>Maintain and provide expertise in specialist assessment and intervention and support others to develop these skills.</li><li>Model the effective assessment and management of risk in complex situations, across a range of situations including positive risk taking situations.</li><li>Provide professional leadership on safeguarding issues in collaboration with other senior members of the team.</li><li>Provide support to resolve concerns about practice.</li><li>Manage a defined team or area providing clear organisation, direction and development.</li><li>Provide professional support, advice and/or supervision.</li><li>Monitor and support the performance management and development of team members using a coaching approach, to support individuals development and ensure that individuals contributions are maximised.</li><li>Manage complaints where required, and verify assessments and authorise when appropriate.</li><li>Promote positive working relationships in and across teams and with partners in statutory, voluntary and third sector organisations, using strategies for collaboration and arbitration.</li><li>Contribute to and provide professional leadership of organisational change and development and address performance management issues that arise.</li><li>Ensure that all staff in the team are adhering to the requirements of data quality legislation.</li><li>When required, monitor, analyse and manage delegated budgets, funding and resources in accordance with council policies and procedures, or have indirect influence on wider service budget.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Assistant Team Manager job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Continual professional development.</li><li>Social Work England registered.</li></ul>
Contact: This Assistant Team Manager job is advertised by Alex Moon; 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.

Assistant Team Manager - Children with Disabilities

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Children in Care Team to work full time based in Haringey. The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £57,084 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>Provide leadership and professional support to colleagues and other professionals in situations of high complexity.</li><li>Apply extensive knowledge of practice, theory and legislation to enhance practice, procedures and policies, promote innovation, and introduce new ways of working from recognised sites of excellence.</li><li>Make use of sophisticated, critical reasoning and both model and facilitate reflective and evidence informed practice.</li><li>Support and encourage professional decision-making in others, to enable assessment procedures to be used discerningly in response to the presenting needs.</li><li>Maintain and provide expertise in specialist assessment and intervention and support others to develop these skills.</li><li>Model the effective assessment and management of risk in complex situations, across a range of situations, including positive risk taking situations.</li><li>Provide professional leadership on safeguarding issues in collaboration with other senior members of the team.</li><li>Provide support to resolve concerns about practice.</li><li>Manage a defined team or area providing clear organisation, direction and development.</li><li>Provide professional support, advice and/or supervision.</li><li>Monitor and support the performance management and development of team members using a coaching approach, to support individual development and ensure that individual contributions are maximised.</li><li>Promote positive working relationships in and across teams and with partners in statutory, voluntary and third sector organisations, using strategies for collaboration and arbitration.</li><li>Contribute to and provide professional leadership of organisational change and development and address performance management issues that arise.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Team Manager job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Continual professional development.</li><li>Social Work England registered.</li></ul>
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.

Team Manager - Children in Care

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Service Manager within the Corporate Parenting Team to work Full Time based in Bury.The salary for this Service Manager job is up to £73,944 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>Strategically lead and manage allocated service areas.</li><li>Significantly contribute to the strategic management of the Children &amp; Young People Department as a member of the Senior Leadership Group Team.</li><li>Develop and deliver service development plans, ensuring alignment with the broader strategic aims of the department of the council.</li><li>Support &amp; foster the development of a positive, forward looking, outcome and customer focused department.</li><li>Ensure all activities within the department are delivered in accordance with legislative regulatory, and other relevant national standards.</li><li>Investigate and act upon complaints and other feedback in accordance with policy &amp; procedure.</li><li>Lead of the management, development and implementation of new systems, processes, procedures and working practices within the Department.</li><li>Operationally lead and manage Service Managers and Team Managers across service areas.</li><li>Undertake appraisal and performance management of reporting service managers.</li><li>Regularly review the Departmental staffing establishment and structures to ensure alignment with service requirements.</li><li>Chair formal panels to hear cases brought under disciplinary, capability and grievance procedures.</li><li>Be responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of fostering and adoption services, in accordance with fostering regulations, statutory requirements, guidance and best practice.</li><li>To provide specialist advice and guidance in relation to fostering and adoption and to act as agency advisor for adoption.</li><li>To strategically support the development and improvement of fostering and adoption services, in accordance with fostering regulations, statutory requirements, guidance and best practice.</li><li>To ensure high quality care is provided to children and young people in care via fostering, family and friends carers and supported lodging hosts.</li><li>Provide professional and specialist advice with regards to fostering and adoption and to act as the agency advisor for adoption.</li><li>&nbsp;Develop responsive and customer focussed services, ensuring the involvement of foster carers, family, and friend carers, supported lodgings hosts and SGO carers in the design of service offers.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Service Manager job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Registered or eligible for registration.</li><li>Management qualification.</li><li>Evidence of continued professional, managerial, and personal development acquired through degree/diploma, specialist training, management qualifications or equivalent</li></ul>
Contact: This Service 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.

Head of Service - Corporate Parenting Team

JOB-20240819-db742659

Job Title: Team Manager - Children in Care Team 
 Location: Kent, UK 
 Salary: £62,607 per annum 
 Contract Type: Full-Time


Are you ready to take the next big step in your career?

We are on the hunt for a dynamic and inspiring Team Manager to join our Children in Care Team in the stunning county of Kent. If you're passionate about leading from the front, shaping services, and making a real difference in the lives of children and young people, this is your chance to shine.

With an annual salary of £62,607, this full-time role offers the opportunity to lead a skilled team of social workers delivering high-quality care to those who need it most - all within a well-supported, forward-thinking local authority.


<h3>Perks and Benefits:</h3>

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Full-Time Stability: Immerse yourself in a fulfilling and secure career path
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Ongoing Professional Development: Access top-tier training and leadership support
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Collaborative Environment: Join a committed and passionate team
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Flexible Working: Designed to promote balance in your professional and personal life
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Purpose-Driven Impact: Play a key role in improving outcomes for children in care
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<h3>What You'll Be Doing:</h3>

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Lead and inspire a team delivering statutory services to children and young people in care
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Provide supervision, guidance, and reflective leadership to ensure safe and effective practice
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Oversee care and permanence planning, including court and multi-agency coordination
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Monitor performance through key data metrics, ensuring compliance and driving improvement
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Chair strategic meetings, case planning, and safeguarding reviews
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Manage team resources, staffing, and contribute to recruitment and retention strategies
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Deputise for the Service Manager when needed and contribute to service-wide improvements
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<h3>You'll Need:</h3>

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A recognised Social Work qualification (Degree, DipSW, CQSW, etc.)
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Social Work England registration
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Team Manager - Children in Care Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Children in Care Team to work full time based in Haringey. The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £57,102 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>To be responsible for the management of the team and ensure that the service provided is of the highest professional standard and is responsive to legislative requirements as well as corporate and national priorities.</li><li>To be responsible for all the work held within the team and to ensure that it is prioritised and allocated promptly within the available resources.</li><li>To ensure the team’s record keeping is maintained to a high standard and that managerial decisions are taken and recorded promptly within the appropriate frameworks.</li><li>To chair a range of practice meetings, including strategy meeting, core group meetings, monitoring the performance of agreed tasks for all participants.</li><li>To provide regular, high quality, challenging and reflective supervision of staff within agreed timescales and according to the departmental policy.</li><li>To be responsible for evaluating staff performance, including conducting probationary assessments, performance appraisals, sickness absence procedures and any other relevant procedures.</li><li>To facilitate and direct as necessary partnership with parents, carers, other professionals and partner agencies to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people.</li><li>To develop a service consistent with models of partnership working with other agencies, children and their families and to enable children to stay safely at home wherever possible.</li></ul>
Requirements of this role:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Registered or eligible for registration.</li><li>A recognised management qualification or evidence of participation on an organisational leadership or management development programme.</li><li>Past experience in a management position with past experience in managing a team.</li><li>Understanding, knowledge and ability to follow guidelines to ensure compliance with Health &amp; Safety at Work, Data Protection and other statutory requirements.</li><li>This post requires registration with the relevant health professional council/governing body (Social Care England).</li></ul>
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.

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