Team Manager (Safeguarding & Support)

Contract Type: Permanent

 

Salary: Grade J. Scale 40 - £48,474 to Scale 43 - £51,515 with a professional bar at SCP 41 £49,498**

 

Hours: 36 hours per week

 

Base Location: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 6BH

 

Closing Date: Wednesday, 1st May 2024

 

Assessment Date: To be arranged

 

Children’s Services in Tameside are looking for a committed and enthusiastic Team Manager to join us in one of our Safeguarding and Support Neighbourhood teams.

 

As Team Manager you will be responsible for a team providing assessment, planning, and intervention services to children in need of a statutory assessment at the threshold of Child in Need and Child Protection. 

 

You will offer a high level of support and challenge to your social workers and inspire your teams to do their very best for Tameside children. 

 

We firmly believe that all children in Tameside deserve the best start in life, and we are looking for the right people to help make this happen.

 

You will have considerable experience working with children and their families in a statutory social care environment, specifically managing and supporting social workers and ASYEs, and a wealth of experience supervising cases that are in the PLO/ Court arena.

 

With fantastic leadership skills and attributes, you will ensure your team members are well-supported and equipped to succeed. We expect you to have extensive frontline experience as well as a solid track record of managing and developing a team.  Building positive relationships is important not just with the children, young people, and families we work with but also with colleagues and external partner agencies. 

 

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

 

This is an exciting time to join Tameside and you will be part of a service that is highly committed, welcoming, and supportive.  We are continuing to transform our approach to how we deliver services to support children and families having implemented the Signs of Safety Practice Model.

 

 

This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures.

 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

 

** This post is classified as being in a professional job category.  As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:

1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above AND a management qualification, AND 

2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND 

3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND 

4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level. 

 

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.

 

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer.  Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

 

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