Team Manager Intervention and Support Service

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Job DescriptionGrade 10- £51,717-£55,980pa (Plus £4k Market Supplement)Why choose Havering Competitive salary of up to £ 58,980 inclusive of £4,000 market supplement Subsidised parking at various council-owned car parks across the borough Generous localgovernment pension scheme Access to a range of health and wellbeing activities and initiatives Training and development opportunities through our very own dedicated Social Care Academy specific to childrens and adults social care Access to accredited systemictraining And much moreYou can find out more about working for Havering Childrens Services by visiting cypsjobs.APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A CURRENT SOCIAL WORK ENGLAND REGISTRATION.About usAs a borough, we are currently experiencing the most exciting periodof growth in our history, taking huge steps forward in our improvement journey. We are building a Childrens Services to match, by nurturing a culture of achieving excellent outcomes and empowering families to create sustainable solutions for themselves. Thedevelopment and implementation of our outstanding service, relies on our social work practitioners to be the driving force for innovation and strive to deliver the best possible care, allowing us to take our place as a centre of excellence for social workpractice.We pride ourselves in empowering our staff by providing excellent training and great benefits. Our Social Work Academy equips our workforce with the tools, support and the space to do their best work, by playing a key role in the development of socialwork professionals at all levels. Havering invests heavily into our workforce, not only offering highly competitive salaries and exceptional benefits, but also our ability to grow people from within and develop already talented professionals is what makesus unique.We provide systemic care with lasting effects through our Face to Face model of practice - achieving sustainable positive outcomes. Haverings ethos is embodied by our approach to fitting the system to the family rather than asking the family tofit to the system. This is done by working collaboratively with children and families by having ongoing conversations so they can receive the most effective forms of intervention. With your expertise and motivation to support our children and families. Wetruly believe that Havering is the ideal place for your social work career.On joining Havering, you will find our supportive, visible and approachable leadership who are happy to share their skills and experiences to guide you whenever you need it. We arecommitted to providing a healthy work life balance, whether that be via flexible working or through our corporate health and wellbeing initiatives. The pandemic has been difficult for many of us in many ways, however our leadership have consistently maintainedcommunication with the workforce. We are proud to be a forward-thinking organisation that embraces new ways of working to the benefit of our employees and residents alike.Not only is Havering a fantastic place to live but its also a great place to work! Benefitingfrom excellent transport links, being only 18 minutes from London Liverpool Street Station, with our offices located centrally in Romford. We also offer staff subsidised onsite car parking, making our offices easily accessible via the M25, A12, A406 and A127.Aboutthe roleThe Intervention and Support Service places a strong emphasis on stability whether that can be achieved through good parenting within the family, or through a stable placement outside the family, working in close partnership with schools, communityhealth facilities, the voluntary sector and other partners to develop and provide preventative and targeted support. Essentially, supporting children, young people and their families where there is an identified need for on-going intervention. As a servicewe ensure that all children looked after are placed appropriately, that social workers contribute to regular child care reviews, and plans are drawn up to enable children to return to local provision and have their education and health needs met.Team Managersare integral to our offer. They empower, provide high support and challenge along with motivating our social workers so we can collectively achieve best outcomes for children, young people and their families in Borough. Our Intervention and Support Serviceconsists of 8 social work teams, and as the Team Manager you will be responsible for leading Social Workers and Advanced Practitioners in your teams specialising in either Child in Need, Child Protection or Children in Care cases. You will ensure that theteam is supported and all interventions being undertaken are planned, purposeful and focussed. Fundamentally making sure that risk is managed well and intervention is only undertaken when it is in the childs best interests.We promote a hybrid model of workingfor our social care staff, with a flexible approach involving working from our town hall campus/hubs. In this role, you are expected to work from our town hall campus during your teams duty week, which takes place once every 8 weeks. In addition, we also encouragea flexible approach to team building opportunities (we love a catch up over a cuppa, breakfast or lunch) which often take place Face to Face in line with our model of practice.Our services are diverse, and we have exciting and stimulating opportunities foreveryone and various career pathways you can explore. No two days are ever the same, as youll be working with a number of children, young people and families who are all facing different and at times complex situations.About youAs the Team Managers withinthe Intervention and Support Service you are accountable for the performance of the social workers within your team, and responsible for ensuring regular and consistent supervision with an emphasis on quality practice. You will be supported in the role bytwo group managers in the service and advanced practitioners in your team who can assist with complex cases. The ability to be pro-active and hit the ground running will enable you and your team to provide our service users with a high quality service.Howeverthese are not the only skills and characteristics we are looking for. To be shortlisted for the position you must be able to clearly evidence the following within your application: Substantial (e.g. minimum of 3 years) post qualification experience in a statutorysetting Experience of managing a multi-disciplinary social work team, to support and embed the strategic planning of the service. Provide direct oversight and decision-making on highly complex cases within the team, and across the service area as required,such as missing children, Newly Qualified social work development, adolescent safeguarding, chairing meetings etc. Deputise for the Group Manager/Team managers across the service Recognise diversity, apply anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive