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JOB-20240819-db742659

Job Title: Social Worker Team Manager - Kinship &amp; Post Order Support Team 
 Specialism: Children's Social Care 
 Location: Kent, UK 
 Salary: £47.00 per hour 
 Contract: Full-Time, Ongoing (Locum)

Step into a leadership role as a Social Worker Team Manager for the Kinship &amp; Post Order Support Team in the picturesque county of Kent. This full-time locum position offers a competitive hourly rate of £47.00 and the chance to lead a team dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families. Make a meaningful impact every day while enjoying the flexibility and variety that locum work provides.

<h3>Perks and Benefits:</h3>

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Locum Job: Benefit from flexibility and the ability to choose assignments that fit your lifestyle while gaining diverse experience.
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Professional Growth: Access ongoing training and development to enhance your leadership skills and advance your career.
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Work-Life Balance: Enjoy the adaptability of locum roles, providing you with greater control over your schedule.
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Competitive Pay: Earn a rewarding hourly rate that reflects your expertise and dedication.
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<h3>What You Will Do:</h3>

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Lead and manage the Kinship &amp; Post Order Support Team, ensuring high-quality assessment, support, and supervision for children and families.
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Supervise an Assistant Team Manager and a team of social workers, maintaining compliance with statutory requirements and best practice standards.
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Conduct high-quality assessments of kinship carers, supporting the safe placement of vulnerable children within their families.
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Deliver comprehensive Special Guardianship Support Services, enabling families to provide excellent care throughout a child's life.
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Foster effective partnership working with Council services and partner agencies to ensure seamless service delivery.
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Contribute to the council's vision for Children's Social Care, meeting strategic objectives and priorities.
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Demonstrate proficiency across the Professional Capabilities Framework at Advanced Social Worker level and apply knowledge of the Skills Statement for practice supervisors.
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<h3>Why Kent?</h3>

Kent, known as the "Garden of England," combines picturesque countryside with vibrant communities. Enjoy easy access to London, a rich local history, and beautiful landscapes. This role offers professional and personal fulfilment in a region renowned for its quality of life and scenic charm.

<h3>Working with Sanctuary Personnel:</h3>

Sanctuary Personnel is a trusted and award-winning agency for roles. With an 'Excellent' rating on Trustpilot from over 1,000 reviews and numerous

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Social Worker Team Manager - Kinship & Post Order Support Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Fostering Recruitment &amp; Assessment Team to work Full Time based in Medway.The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £57,198 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>To work with the team to deliver the Council’s targets for the recruitment and assessment of foster carers and supported lodgings carers.</li><li>Lead, manage and motivate a staff team ensuring high quality supervision is completed regularly, which includes case management oversight, timely decision making, the effective supervision of and support to prospective foster carers, supporting lodgings carers and private foster carers to ensure the highest standards of care to children, and provides the opportunity to reflect and recognise areas of practice which are good or require improvement, and supports the ongoing learning and development of workers.</li><li>Allocate assessment work within the statutory timescale ensuring assessments, statutory visits and planned reviews have clear objectives and outcomes in order to ensure that all prospective carers progress through assessment stages at pace and where appropriate are presented for approval at Fostering panel timely.</li><li>Complete and review performance development plans for the team which enhance individuals personal and professional development needs and contributes towards staff retention.</li><li>Effectively use available team performance data to monitor standards and performance and ensure compliance with practice standards and procedures.</li><li>Contribute to the management of the staffing budget for the team by approving and committing expenditure within your delegated authority, and monitoring and reporting commitments in order to ensure budget is not exceeded.</li><li>Supports the safer recruitment and selection of new staff, both within the team and across Children’s Social Care in order to ensure staffing levels are maintained.</li><li>Chair strategy, review, planning, professional and network meetings as appropriate.</li><li>Keep up to date with Council’s organisational policies, government guidance, legislation, research and national trends in order to maintain the highest professional standards.</li><li>Deputise and supports the Service Manager where necessary on all aspects relating to the development of the service, and cover for other Team Mangers where appropriate.</li><li>At the discretion of the Head of Service, such other activities as may from time to time may be agreed consistent with the nature of the job described above.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Team Manager role:<ul>
<li>A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Registered or eligible for registration.</li><li>Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.</li><li>Have management experience in social care.</li></ul>
Contact: This Team Manager job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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

Social Work Team Manager - Fostering Recruitment & Assessment 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 Medway. The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £61,676per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>Lead, manage and motivate a staff team ensuring high quality supervision is completed regularly which includes case management oversight, timely decision making, the effective implementation and review of children’s plans and provides the opportunity to reflect and recognise areas of practice which are good or requires improvement, and supports the ongoing learning and development of workers.</li><li>Allocate cases within the statutory timescale ensuring assessments, statutory visits and planned reviews have clear objectives and outcomes in order to ensure that all vulnerable children receive a service that reflects the Council’s commitment to safeguarding and putting the needs of individual children first.</li><li>Complete and review performance development plans for the team which enhance individuals personal and professional development needs and contributes towards staff retention.</li><li>Effectively use available team performance data to monitor standards and performance and ensure compliance with practice standards and procedures.</li><li>Supervise Newly Qualified Social Workers in their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment, where appropriate.</li><li>Contribute to the management of the staffing budget for the team by approving and committing expenditure within your delegated authority and monitoring and reporting commitments in order to ensure budget is not exceeded.</li><li>Support the safer recruitment and selection of new staff, both within the team and across Children’s Social Care in order to ensure staffing levels are maintained.</li><li>Keep up to date with the Council’s organisational policies, government guidance, legislation, research and national trends in order to maintain the highest professional standards.</li><li>Deputise and support the Group Manager where necessary on all aspects relating to the development of the service and cover for other Team Managers where appropriate.</li><li>To actively promote work life balance and flexible working in order to achieve high quality service delivery.</li><li>At the discretion of the Head of Service, such other activities as may from time to time may be agreed consistent with the nature of the job described above.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Team Manager role:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Registered or eligible for registration.</li></ul>
Contact: This Team Manager job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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.

Social Work Team Manager - Children in Care Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Assistant Team Manager within the Children’s Social Work Team to work full time based in Medway. The salary for this permanent Assisstant Team Manager job is up to £56,615per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>Line management responsibility for 3-4 social workers and to deliver high quality supervision regularly to review case work and critically reflect on the work being undertaken. This includes case management oversight, and timely decision making, the effective implementation and review of children’s plans and provides the opportunity to reflect and recognise areas of practice which are good or requires improvement and supports the ongoing learning and development of children.</li><li>The Team Manager will retain overall responsibility for the team.</li><li>Complete and review performance development plans your supervisees which enhance individuals personal and professional development needs and contributes towards staff retention.</li><li>Chair strategy, review, planning, professional and network meetings as appropriate.</li><li>Maintain accurate and up to date records in line with Data Protection legislation (GDPR) and use Medway Council specific recording systems to promote effective case management.</li><li>Support the safer recruitment and selection of new staff, both within the team and across Children’s Social Care in order to ensure staffing levels are maintained.</li><li>Keep up to date with the Council’s organisational policies, government guidance, legislation, research, and national trends in order to maintain the highest professional standards.</li><li>Deputise for the Team Manager where necessary and as appropriate. You will be the first point of contact for support and advice for your supervisees and will be required to attend meetings on your managers behalf, for example performance clinic, when they are on leave.</li><li>To actively promote work life balance and flexible working in order to achieve high quality service delivery.</li><li>To work with colleagues, Team Managers, Service Managers, and the Head of Service to achieve service plan objectives/targets.</li><li>At the discretion of the Head of Service, such other activities as may from time to time be agreed consistent with the nature of the job described above.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Assistant Team Manager role:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Registered or eligible for registration.</li></ul>
Contact: This Assistant Team Manager job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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's Social Work Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Supervising Social Worker within the Fostering Team to work full time based in Lydd, Kent (Home based working negotiable. The salary for this permanent Supervising Social Worker job is up to £36,000 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>Maintain records of placements, using electronic case recording systems, e.g. case recording, placement agreements, assessment reports, carer reviews, carer supervision and child progress reports, initial visits and Form F assessments.</li><li>Mange and supervise support workers in line with agreed support packages.</li><li>Preparation of statements and reports to the court or child protection conferences as requested by the placing Local Authority.</li><li>Attend and participate in childcare reviews, case conferences and other meetings as appropriate.</li><li>Contribute to the referral process ensuring through matching of children with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and/or ASD to carers.</li><li>Liaise with the Placements Coordinator regarding referrals, matching considerations and meetings. Carry out negotiations between Credo Care and placing authorities with respect to the placement of children.</li><li>Ensure that the child’s care plan is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the placing authority and in consultation with the child’s social worker, foster carers, parents. Etc as necessary.</li><li>Assist in the identification and commission of appropriate therapeutic resources for children and organise their attendance.</li><li>Assist in the identification of home tuition, appropriate educational and/or work placements for young people and assist in preparation for leaving care.</li><li>Organise and support carer groups, children’s groups and training courses as required, including Skills to Foster Courses.</li><li>Advise children and young people of their rights and assist in the use of the complaints procedure as necessary through a variety of communication methods.</li><li>Attend team meetings on a regular basis to share information and best practice regarding children in placement.</li><li>The post holder will be required to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the service.</li><li>Maintain a professional image and standard of presentation both personally and corporately.</li><li>Undertake any other duties at the request of the Directors, dependent upon the post holder’s area of expertise, knowledge and skills, regarding the level of responsibility afforded by the post held.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Supervising Social Worker job:<ul>
<li>Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.</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 Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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.

Social Work Team Manager - Fostering Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Team Manager within the Assessment Team to work full time for Medway.The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £49,083 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>Lead, manage and motivate a staff team ensuring high quality supervision is completed regularly which includes case management oversight, timely decision making, the effective implementation and review of children’s plans and provides the opportunity to reflect and recognise areas of practice which are good requires improvement, and supports the ongoing learning and development of workers.</li><li>Allocate cases within the statutory timescale ensuring assessments, statutory visits and planned reviews have clear objectives and outcomes in order to ensure that all vulnerable children receive a service that reflects the Council’s commitment to safeguarding and putting the needs of individual children first.</li><li>Complete and review performance development plans for the team which enhance individuals needs and contribute towards staff retention.</li><li>Effectively use available team performance data to monitor standards and performance and ensure compliance with practice standards and procedures.</li><li>Supervise students on placement and Newly Qualified Social Worker in their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment, where appropriate.</li><li>Contribute to the management of the staffing budget for the team by approving and committing expenditure within your delegated authority, and monitoring and reporting commitments in order to ensure budget is not exceeded.</li><li>Support the safer recruitment and selection of new staff, both within the team and across Children’s Social Care in order to ensure staffing levels are maintained.</li><li>Chair strategy, review, planning, professional and network meetings as appropriate.</li><li>Keep up to date with the Council’s organisational policies, government guidance, legislation, research and national trends in order to maintain the highest professional standards.</li><li>Deputise and support the Group Manager where necessary on all aspects relating to the development of the service, and cover for other Team Managers where appropriate.</li><li>At the discretion of the Head of Service, such other activities as may from time to time may be agreed consistent with the nature of the job described above.</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></ul>
Contact:This Team Manager job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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.

Social Work Team Manager - Assessment 

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 Medway. The salary for this permanent Team Manger job is up to £60,676per annum. Main duties:&nbsp;<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 polices, 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><li>When required, monitor, analyse and manage delegated budgets, funding resources in accordance with council policies and procedures, or have indirect influence on wider service budget.</li></ul>
Requirements of The Team Manager Job.<ul>
<li>&nbsp;&nbsp; Degree or equivalent in Social Work.</li><li>&nbsp;&nbsp; Current Social Work England Registration.</li><li>&nbsp;&nbsp; Experience within Children’s Services.</li><li>&nbsp;&nbsp; Full Drivers Licence and have use of a vehicle.</li></ul>
Contacts:This Team Manager job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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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