Team Manager Children - Abingdon, United Kingdom - Day Webster

Day Webster
Day Webster
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Abingdon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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To provide operational management as the Team Manager in the established Children we Care for Team (South).

Key Duties include:

  • Supervision and line management of Social workers and other staff as allocated.
  • To 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.
  • To play a key leadership role in providing safe and effective services for Children in Care in Oxfordshire, and for promoting positive outcomes
  • To 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
Responsibility for ensuring effective delivery and improvement of services to children, young people and their families within the discipline, to the highest standard, within the County Council's standing orders and scheme of delegation, on time and withinbudget
Leadership and management of a team, ensuring team members work effectively with children, young people and their families, all internal and partner agency staff, and carry out their statutory duties as set out principally in relevant childcare legislation
To ensure that services are planned and delivered in a way that maximises participation and reflects children's rights in relation to services being provided
This post holder is responsible for ensuring that all County Child Protection Policies are adhered to and concerns are raised in accordance with these policies
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