Team Manager - Children in Care

Job Description

Team Manager - Children in CareEmployer: Medway CouncilSalary: Up to £52,658 per annum inclusive of market premiaLocation: Chatham, KentContract: PermanentWorking Pattern: Flexible Hours/Full TimeHours: 37 hours per week.DBS Check: EnhancedClosing Date:06/02/2022 at 23:55Reference: CSC554RJWe are recruiting an experienced Team Manager to join our Children in Care Team and help us achieve our vision for all our children, young people and families in Medway. You will be joining Medways vision on supportingChildren and Young people to make them feel safe and secure whilst ensuring Children and Young Peoples voices are listened to and acted upon.As a registered social worker with SWE you will have a minimum of 5 years post qualifying experience working withchildren and families in the statutory sector. You will also be able to demonstrate a breadth of knowledge and experience and ideally have experience of working with Signs of Safety or a similar relationship and strengths-based practice framework.As theTeam Manager, you will have to lead, manage, and motivate experienced staff and newly qualified workers, whilst also deputising and supporting the Group Manager where necessary. This role is a full-time, and permanent position.You will be motivated, committedand passionate about making a difference to the lives of children, young people and families. You will be able to build effective working relationships, demonstrate strong analytical skills and robust understanding of the care proceedings process. Sittingalongside colleagues within the Corporate Parenting Service, this is an exciting career opportunity for an experienced manager to lead the children in care team, while focusing on the delivery of outstanding care planning to ensure children and young peopleexperience the best possible care and achievement of permanence at the earliest opportunity.In return for your commitment, we are proud to offer an excellent benefits package including a market premia payment of £4000 per annum (paid in 12 equal payments)and a retention payment of £3000 per annum (paid after 1 years continuous service with Medway).For an informal discussion please contact Laura Saunders, Group Manager for Children in Care on If you would like to talk to a current Team Manager in the Childrenin Care Team to learn more about the role, please contact Charleen Carnell, To ApplyPlease click on the Apply Online button. Alternatively email your cv with a covering letter to .uk, quoting CSC554RJCandidates must have a valid driving licence for use inthe UK and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.Our organisation: Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.Situatedin Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.To find out more about Medway the place please click here.Pleasevisit http:// for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.For more information on our Children & Adults Social Care jobs pleasevisit: www.medwaysocialcarejobs.co.uk.We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.How to applyPlease be advised that we only accept online applications submitted through JobsGoPublic ATSIf you are not contacted within 3weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted.All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email, if you require documentation/correspondence in different formatsuch as braille or large print, please contact the Resourcing Team on .Further information on this vacancy Job Profile Welcome pack Medway Information Pack 2022