Team Manager - Child Protection

Job Description

Team Manager - Child ProtectionBand / Grade and Salary: PO6 £44,625 - £47,665 plus £2000Hours: 37PermanentBase: Margaret McMillian Towers, Bradford, BD1 1NNIt is an exciting time to join us in Bradford Childrens Services. We have a strong Senior LeadershipTeam who are focussed and have a clear vision to embed quality of practice across the Bradford District. Children are at the heart of everything we do. We are and continue to embed Trauma informed, relationship based practice with focus on the Strengths basedmodel, working with key partners across the district within our work with families and we have a clear model of care for the children and young people we look after.We are looking to recruit friendly, dynamic and enthusiastic individuals to join our expandingSafeguarding and Reviewing Unit and we want to hear from you if you Have excellent innovation skills to join us on our journey to excellence Have the ability to work and contribute to a team Have a flexible approach when the need arisesThe role you would becoming to doTo manage a large team of Child Protection Coordinators, LADO and provide representation at MARAC meetings in order to ensure that children at significant risk of harm are safeguarded, assessed and critical decisions are made.To lead and managethe team in order to ensure that the Child Protection Coordinators provide expert quality assurance of child protection plans for children at risk of significant harm, throughout the period of the plan, working with agencies to ensure that clear decisionsare made, the plan is effective and that it is implemented.To provide support and where necessary challenge to the practice and decisions of social workers and managers, ensuring high standards of child protection planning and service delivery to childrenat risk of significant harm.The person we are looking forWe are looking for someone who can demonstrate expert knowledge and experience of the systems for child protection and be professionally confident and competent in challenging standards of care and practice.Youwill need to use information management systems to drive performance and produce reports regarding the team and also the wider service, including partner agencies.You will need to keep up to date on new developments in relation to policy and practice issuesin Child Protection work and to provide professional advice on such issues to the Childrens Services Directorate and the Bradford Safeguarding Children Partnership and its sub-groups.Recognised Social Work Qualification Registration with Social Work EnglandIfyou would like to contact us with any questions about the role or working for Bradford Council, please do not hesitate to contactLinda Skidmore on or by e-mailing .ukHelen Cliffe on or by e-mailing .ukAmandip Johal on or by e-mailing .ukAn enhanced disclosurecheck with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertake for this post.The closing date for applying for this post is: 26.06.2021Please find attached the Job Profile: Team Manager, Child Protection - JP.docThe Code of Practice on the English Languagerequirement for public sector workers, Part 7 of the Immigration Action 2016 requires that Councils ensure that all applicants applying got customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency of EnglishThe criteria under special Knowledgeand experience on the job profile which is shown in this advert outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate. Therefore, it is essential that you provide examples in your application.