Team Manager – Leaving Care Team – Permanent – West Midlands

Salary – £53,311 – £57,058.

37hrs a week. 12 months fixed term contract

An excellent opportunity to join a local leading authority based in the West Midland area are looking for an experienced Team Manager to join their Leaving Care Team. You will be joining a busy but well supported organisation. They believe in pushing the boundaries in developing children’s services with a clear career progression for staff. If you are looking for the next step up or wanting a new challenge this could be the role for you!

Benefits of the role

• Competitive salary DOE
• Pay progression scheme
• Privilege card discounts
• Workplace parking
• Cycle to work scheme
• Interest free travel loans
• Access to their award-winning health team
• Flexible working arrangements
• Generous pension scheme

About the role, you will be

• Working with The Operational Lead to establish and maintain operations for the area.
• Responsible for a team of Senior practitioners, Advanced Social Workers and Social Workers.
• You’ll be integral in the services provided to children and families.
• Supporting the Operational Lead in financial management, maintain budgets.
• Managing staff including recruitment, selection, introduction, probation, work allocation and approvals.
• Providing supervision to staff in their performance, managing the performance of staff.
• Ensure all up records and cases are up to date using main information systems.
• Making working relationships with partner agencies.
• Effective business planning and strategic plans with senior team.

About you

As an experienced Team Manager you will be able to demonstrate:

• Skilled in managing a team and provide leadership.
• Be a strategic thinker
• Managing a busy team in children and families
• Able to lead complex meetings and have good listing, negotiating and influencing skills.
• You will be organised and manage your own work as well as others.
• You will be SWE registered, have a FULL UK Driver’s License and have the right to work in the UK.

If this sounds like the right role for you then give me a call on 020 3949 8689 and we can discuss this further or drop me an email at Georgia.wilson@liquidpersonnel.com

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