Team Manager – Oxfordshire – Children We Care For
Liquid Personnel are currently recruiting for an experienced Social Work Team Manager to join the Children We Care For Team based in Oxfordshire.
As a successful candidate, you will provide operational management as the Team Manager in the established Children We Care For Team.
Duties as a Children We Care For Team Manager:
- Supervision and line management of Social workers and other staff as allocated
- Chair key meetings involving high risk and/or vulnerable children and young people
- Support the team to achieve permanency for children and young people in a timely way and ensure all decisions and actions taken are in the best interests of the child
- Play a key leadership role in providing safe and effective services for Children in Care in Oxfordshire, and for promoting positive outcomes
- Link with key colleagues in OCC and to promote partnership working with key agencies to support LAC pathways
- Support Permanency Planning for children we care for and promote transition planning for adulthood
- Support performance management within the team and deliver on key performance targets
- Update and brief Senior Managers on a Need to Know basis
- Ensure the complaints to the service are dealt with in line with the complaints procedure and take an active role when required
- Ensure that services are delivered in compliance with legislative, contractual, regulatory and best practice frameworks
- Ensure appropriate budget management in compliance with OCC financial management protocols
Requirements as a Children We Care For Team Manager:
- Social Work England registration
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Hold a full UK licence
- Post-qualified experience
- Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
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Team Manager – Oxfordshire – Children We Care For
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