Assistant Team Manager - CWD Outreach

Job Description

Assistant Team Manager - CWD OutreachNorfolk, United KingdomPermanent contract | Up to £41,592 per annum (Scale K) | 37 hours per week | Sprowston, NorwichI am Kate Dexter, Assistant Director for Childrens Social Care (Corporate Parenting), I wanted tolet you know about an exciting opportunity here in Norfolk, working with children with additional needs. I am looking for someone who is passionate in improving outcomes for disabled children, and who wants to build and lead a new outreach service for childrenwith disabilities in Norfolk.You will have a Social Work, Nursing or Occupational Therapy qualification (degree or equivalent), a knowledge of challenges that families experiencing disability may face and experience of working with disabled children and theirfamilies. You will lead a team in providing direct care, intervention and support to young people within their own homes, with the aim of preventing family breakdown and young people being accommodated; the service will respond to families experiencing carecrises, supporting them to develop new strategies to manage any behavioural and/or care needs.The outreach service will work across the county with children and young people experiencing learning/physical disabilities and may include those with complex healthneeds and challenging behaviour.You will be a positive role model, supporting and leading a team of practitioners, including providing professional supervision, professional development including planning and implementing training and completing inductionof new staff. You will knowledge and experience of enacting safeguarding procedures. You will both support practitioners and more directly contribute to key planning and decision-making regarding childrens care, working in partnership with other professionals.The position will involve being part of an on-call system and may occasionally include covering evenings, weekends and bank holidays.If you currently work for the NHS and have any concerns regarding moving to NCC or would like more information regarding thejob role please contact Naomi Starbuck on / for an informal discussion, we would love to hear from you.Before you apply see the full job description and person specification in the Job Role Profile Link below - this will help you shape your application todemonstrate how you meet the criteria for the role.You can also find out about the rewards and benefits we offer as well as our other terms and conditions.ABOUT USWe have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a citywith a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county offers people agreat place to live, work and visit, as well as providing an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take lead incritical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the County.We provide high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiencyand innovation.We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils in order to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.For more information and to apply pleaseclick the Apply