Team Manager - Abingdon, United Kingdom - Tripod Allied Health

Tripod Allied Health

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Abingdon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Purpose 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 andwithin budget_
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_

Responsibilities:

Responsibility for planning and delivering services that improve outcomes for children and young people, as set out in the relevant legislation and associated guidance, ensuring that services are

sensitive to the needs of children, young people and families, and of the highest professional standards

Accountable for effective case allocation, using supervision and analysis of management reports to ensure optimum case management and resolution, to monitor and evaluate outcomes of services against agreed standards, and reporting to Children's ServicesManagement Team as appropriate
Responsibility for implementation of policy and procedure, and effective decisionmaking within delegated authority level, ensuring staff adherence to all directorate policy, procedures and standards
Responsible and accountable for the effective analysis and management of risk for all children held within their team, and ensuring compliance by team members with the requirements of relevant legislation, guidance and procedures
Responsible and accountable for provision of safe child in need, child protection and LAC care plans for children and young people, assuring timeliness and quality of assessment, planning, implementation and review, and working in partnership with children,young people and families, and partner agencies
Responsible and accountable for effective team budget management, compliance with financial rules, identifying pressures and savings and bringing in a balanced budget
Responsibility for professional and managerial staff supervision, in accordance with directorate supervision policy; for staff practice improvement and development, management of staff performance and ensuring underperformance is dealt with robustly
Responsible for ensuring compliance with and quality of record keeping and report writing in the team, in accordance with requirements of the Integrated Children's System and directorate policy and procedure
Responsible for effective service delivery through an adequately resourced team, using recruitment, induction, training and workforce planning methods to support the team's development and performance
To act as the Designated Complaints Officer and deal with stage one complaints in accordance with directorate and Children Act criteria, and to work with staff and partners to resolve service problems and identify ways to improve services
To provide cover for other Team Managers in their absence, and assisting in resolving issues within and between teams as appropriate
To ensure children, young people and their families are appropriately consulted about services and that their views inform service delivery and development
To ensure the team's commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity, inclusive and collaborative working practices
To contribute to service planning processes, identifying future objectives and service developments, participate in directorate research and developmental activity, undertake project work in a specific area, consistent with the post holder's skills andworkload