Gloucestershire County Council
Location
Gloucestershire | United Kingdom
Job description
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
Gloucestershire is excited to share that we are investing in our Disabled Children and Young Persons Service. We are expanding our team and are looking for an experienced and driven Team Manager to come and lead a thriving and child focused team.
Reward and support
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
Our vision
Right child, right support, right time, every time
Working together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help.
For those looking for a future in public service and Children’s Social Care in particular, Gloucestershire offers a myriad of opportunities to start or develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce. Our Children’s Services are improving. Our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2022) identified that:
‘Significant progress has been made in many areas of Gloucestershire’s children’s services… significant financial investment and the backing of political leaders, has led to improved services that are now more effective in meeting the needs of children and families’.
We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider this role with GCC.
About Us
The Disabled Children and Young Persons Social Work Team supports children and young people who are aged 0 - 18 years old with significant needs arising from their disability. The team aims to ensure that disabled children and their families have access to a needs-led service that promotes resilience, co-production and improves children’s life chances. To do this the team will work with partners to make sure that every child has an accurate assessment of need, with a plan that sets out how support will be delivered, with the aim to improve outcomes. This is an exciting time to join us as we head into a transformation and expansion of the teams.
About you
As a Social Work Team Manager within the Disabled Children’s Service, we’ll ask you to lead and support a team of social workers to deliver services of the highest quality. Ensuring statutory duties and best practice is followed, you’ll develop a team plan in line with Children’s Services strategic objectives and provide management oversight on all children. You need to be able to have a clear understanding of risk for vulnerable children. Your role will focus on managing the team’s workflow and quality assuring work through observations, reflective supervision and GCC’s quality/ practice assurance framework, as well as contributing towards the development of the framework itself. In this role you will be working alongside the Early Help team within Disabled Children ensuring a smooth transition for children between services. You will be expected to build positive relationships with colleagues within both the service and partner agencies, you will ensure we are able to provide support and protection for vulnerable children and young people across the county
As well as your experience managing a team, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:
How to apply
For an informal chat about this role, please email [email protected] or [email protected] if you have any further questions.
Alternatively apply here and we will get in touch with you after the closing date.
*Please note that our welcome payments and retention payments are subject to tax and national insurance deductions
Additional Information
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This position is subject to a DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
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Salary
£49.5k - £51.52k per annum
