Team Manager - Duty and Assessment Team DAAT

Job Description

Team Manager - Duty and Assessment Team (DAAT)Children, young people and families are at the heart of everything we do at Northamptonshire Childrens Trust.We are a newly established Childrens Trust that delivers childrens social care and targeted earlyhelp services across Northamptonshire. Moving to a Trust means that the organisation can focus solely on children, young people and families and gives us the opportunity to develop our strengths based practice.We have a strong permanent leadership team, givingstability, direction and energy to the organisation. Northamptonshire Childrens Trust is a great place for social care practitioners to thrive.Northamptonshire may not have always had the best reputation but, we are improving. We are building a service basedon empowerment, respect, kindness and compassion side by side with the best and brightest Team Managers.We are currently recruiting an energetic and passionate Team Manager to work in our duty and assessment team to continue and develop a high quality service.Dutyand assessment (DAAT) is the single point of contact for all safeguarding concerns relating to children and young people in Northamptonshire.There are 6 teams within DAAT, each team consists of a Team Manager, Advanced Practitioner, who holds complex casesand supports 5 or 6 Social Workers and a Newly Qualified Social Worker within their team. We collaborate with other professionals to ensure immediate and prompt responses.You will have current Social Work England registration, and previous leadership experiencein a similar role. You will provide leadership to your team, be responsible for allocating and prioritising workloads effectively to ensure the care of the child is paramount, whilst also ensuring you develop your team to provide an effective and efficientservice. The right candidate will have responsibility for the team plan to meet objectives and ensure performance targets are achieved.We care about our staff and want them to do the best job of their lives every single day. In return we offer: A vast arrayof training and development opportunities and ensure that time is protected Individual as well as case supervision along with group reflection with their team manager Clear career progression path as well as offering all staff opportunities for personal andprofessional development The Trust is a Covid secure employer and has robust policies to support staff during the Covid pandemic ensuring they are safe, protected and supported in both their physical and mental wellbeing A close and supportive team often describedas a family!As well as belonging to the wider childrens Trust family Recruitment bonus of £2,200We also offer the option of: flexible working employee discounts generous annual leave Car lease scheme Option to join the local government pension schemeExperienceand skillsKey skills Excellent management skills Ability to make sound methodical and pragmatic decisions The ability to provide comprehensive professional advice and support within the service specialism Ability to manage a team and ensure development andperformance issues are addressed through support and coaching Able and confident to share good practice and learning with colleagues across the organisation Previous budgetary control experience, ICT skills and the ability to represent the service at a moresenior level if requiredQualifications and experience A CQSW/CSS DipSW/Degree in Social Work or Home Office letter of Recognition, or equivalent a Level 5 NVQ Management qualification, or equivalent relevant experience Disclosure and barring service clearanceSocial Work England registrationWe would love you to join our Northamptonshire family. We can improve our services, and we want you on that journey with us. We look forward to hearing from youThis post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the ImmigrationAct (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for the role.Enhanced DBS clearance and SW England required. Some posts in MASH and Duty and Assessment(s47) teams are based in the Criminal Justice Centre (CJC) and aretherefore subject to annual vetting by Northamptonshire Police. This clearance is required to undertake the role.