Social Work Team Manager - Family Safeguarding Team in Weybridge, Surrey

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We are seeking an inspiring and dynamic Team Manager to join our Family Safeguarding Team located in the beautiful county of Surrey, UK. This exciting full-time position offers a salary between £45,734 and £51,735 per annum. Our organisation is committed to making a difference by keeping children safe and enabling families to thrive. We embrace a supportive work environment that encourages innovation and personal growth. If you are motivated to lead, manage, and develop a team dedicated to safeguarding children and adolescents, this is the opportunity for you.

Perks and benefits:

• We are pleased to offer a compelling financial package for new permanent, qualified frontline case-holding social workers, team managers, and Independent Chairs.
• This package includes a welcome payment of £1,000 upon joining, a £2,000 retention payment after six months, and a final £3,000 payment after 18 months.
• Please note these benefits are subject to tax and National Insurance deductions and are paid on a pro-rata basis for part-time roles.
• Additionally, you will enjoy flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities to enhance your skills, and access to a comprehensive wellbeing programme designed to support your overall health and happiness.
• We also offer a defined benefits pension scheme to plan for your future.

What you will do:

• Manage and develop a geographically based social work family/adolescent safeguarding team, working to keep children safely within their family structures.
• Drive strengths-based motivational practices and harness the expertise of multi-disciplinary teams to tackle parental mental health, substance misuse, and domestic abuse.
• Deliver effective and timely safeguarding services on budget, ensuring compliance with statutory guidelines, policies, and standards.
• Assess, prioritise, and allocate workloads to ensure safe management of all cases, stepping in directly in exceptional cases to ensure resolution.
• Ensure meticulous upkeep of social work case records, assessments, and documentation in line with practice standards and organisational policies.
• Cultivate strong relationships with legal services and family courts to manage Legal Planning Meetings and court proceedings efficiently.
• Lead purposeful, reflective supervision of social work practice, following parenting and group work programmes to enhance outcomes for children and families.
• Champion effective communication of organisational issues within the team and foster collaboration across various social work teams and partner organisations.
• Uphold the Quality Assurance Framework, using performance processes to promote effective service delivery and continual improvement.
• Engage children, young people, and their families in developing care plans inspired by their views, feelings, and wishes.

The role requires a professional social work qualification and registration, extensive knowledge of relevant policies and legislation, brilliant communication and leadership skills, and an ability to build partnerships with various partners and organisations. Ideally, you will have prior experience working in a UK statutory setting assessing and directing work with children and young people.

Contact: This Social Worker job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from any experienced Social Work candidate with experience as a Newly Qualified, Social Worker, Practitioner, Assistant Team Manager, Team Manager, Head of Service or Director.Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work applicants who meet these requirements for this Permanent Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.

Living and working in Surrey provides a rich tapestry of rolling countryside, thriving cultural hubs, and excellent transport links to London and beyond. Join us in making a real difference where your work not only impacts lives but also complements a wonderfully balanced lifestyle in Surrey.

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