Liquid Personnel are currently looking for an experienced Social Work Team Manager to join our clients Kinship Team in South London.

Our clients values inspire their Outstanding Practice Framework, which creates the context for the social workers to build relationships with families that bring about change to support children to live at home wherever possible.  Coupled with their implementation of Family Safeguarding they have the best practice conditions they’ve ever had to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and families.
 

Your benefits as a Social Work Team Manager:

– Performance Related Salary Progression scheme
– 31 days annual leave
– Pension Scheme
– Childcare vouchers
– New technology scheme
– Interest-free loans on annual travel cards
– Discounts at many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.

About the role:

Leadership and Management: You will make a major contribution to the delivery of the vision and strategic priorities, by managing the delivery and performance of high-quality social work provision to children and their families across the team.

Regulatory Compliance and Quality Assurance: You need to demonstrate a thorough understanding of social work regulations, ensuring strict adherence to existing policies and practices.

Experience: Do you have proven experience in leading a team on assessing connected persons and Special Guardians during care proceedings, and offer ongoing support to approved connected person carers and Special Guardians?

Performance Management: You will provide effective team management and oversight while encouraging and delivering high-quality and reflective supervision.

Ofsted Rating: You will contribute to maintaining the authorities ‘Good’ rating from Ofsted for children’s services, reflecting the high quality of care provided.

Essential requirements of this Social Work Team Manager role:

– Ability to provide leadership to the team with a keen interest or knowledge of Special Guardianship

– Ability to plan and manage own and others workload

– Ability to supervise staff, to assess professional competence and enable further professional development in others

– Social Work qualified, with valid Social Work England registration

If this sounds like it could be the role for you then please contact Mozz Radwan on 02038573486 or Mozz.Radwan@liquidpersonnel.com

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.