Team Manager - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom - Akton Recruitment Ltd

Akton Recruitment Ltd

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Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Stoke on Trent City Council
Akton recruitment has an exciting opportunity for a Team Leader to join the team at Stoke on Trent.
Job Role - Team Manager
Job Purpose
To achieve the best possible positive outcomes for children and young people across the service.
To ensure that Practice Standards, Performance Indicators and statutory duties and regulations are complied with.

To support and direct the work of the Team and the priorities therein through a reflective and systemic approach to all work with children, young people and families.

To lead on the development and raising of quality in practice, setting standards and the conditions required for successful social work by supervising and managing staff, and promoting effective working relationships and communication across the service andpartner agencies.

To take responsibility and be accountable for the practice of social workers.
Key Duties / Responsibilities
Strategic Management

To ensure that a systemic approach is deployed both in terms of practitioners working together on case work and direct work with children and families.

To undertake the prioritisation and allocation of work within the Team, ensuring focused and purposeful social work interventions with explicit aims and objectives about desired outcomes.

Be accountable to the Principal Manager for all elements of practice within the Team workload in accordance with policy and procedures and for staff care and development of Team members in accordance with policy and procedures.

Support the Principal Manager in the best use of resources and contribute to the planning and development of services.

To support the Strategic Manager and Principal Manager in the production and implementation of a Business Plan as required and in accordance with directorate and corporate policy.

To deputise on behalf of the Principal Manager as required.
Important Information
4 Month Contract
£27.56 ph (Umbrella Rate)