Social Work Team Leader - Disabled Children's Team

Achieving for Children

  • Richmond, Greater London Chessington, Greater London
  • £53,136 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about usSocial Work Team Leader - Disabled Children's TeamWe are offering a £3000 annual market supplement for this role!We are currently recruiting for a Social Work Team Leader within our Children with Disabilities Team, who will be responsible for managing Senior Practitioners, Social Workers and Family support workers.The Disabled Children’s Family Support Team sits within Children's Social Care’s Identification and Assessment division. The team is based in Moor Lane, Chessington and covers the boroughs of Richmond and Kingston. The team work with children and young people up to the age of 18 years old who are significantly and profoundly disabled and focus their work on a number of different areas including:
  • Care planning and short break planning for children and young people with additional needs, including reviews
  • Long term family support services
Operational areaKingston and RichmondPrimary place of workMoor Lane, KT9Appointment typePermanentBusiness areaChildren's Social CareFull time/Part timeFull-timeSalary from£53,136 (SCP42)Salary to£56,172 (SCP45)Hours36Estimated Interview date/s29 June 2024Closing Date28/05/2024Ref No1583Documents(PDF, 318.76kb)About the roleAs a Social Work Team Leader within the Disabled Children's team, you will provide the operational management and leadership support across the service and support the Head of Service. The post holder will ensure that high levels of quality interventions, effective case management oversight, decision making and overall performance is undertaken in the best interests of children, young people and their families by using AfC’s social work practice model, Signs of Safety, agreed quality standards and operating procedures. Their role will include representing the service at operational, strategic, multi agency, and others meetings as appropriate.The Team Leader will support the team's professional development and have a strong understanding of how to maximise productivity, performance and achieve the best outcomes for children, young people and their families alongside the workforce’s development. They will be expected to develop and lead a culture of partnership and innovation, so that services are child focussed, flexible and adaptable. The whole organisation should learn from mistakes, share knowledge and challenge existing practice.For further information about this role, please contact the Head of service for Disabled Children’s team, Mark Hill by email for an informal discussion.About youThe successful applicant for the team Leader role will have:
  • Experience of working with children and young people who have disabilities, including an understanding of various communication methods that may be used in engaging with children and young people who may have different ways of communicating.
  • An understanding of what Short Breaks legislation entails and how this could be provided to best support children, young people and their families.
  • Significant social work practice and experience of working on safeguarding cases, some of which are complex.
  • Experience of managing case workers who deliver social work with children, young people and their parents/families with safeguarding issues.
  • Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with.
  • Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing accurate reports, presentations, written updates to a range of stakeholders (which may include families, children or young people).
  • Strong awareness of risk management and safeguarding in the context of social care including legislation, policy and procedures related to responsibilities.
  • Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with colleagues/service users and taking action to solve them.
About our benefitsWe are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:
  • 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month
  • Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
  • Hybrid and mobile working (between home and work)
  • Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
  • Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
  • A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
  • A range of staff benefits and discounts
  • An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway
To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children . For our social work offer .Important InformationStart dates: Achieving for Children have meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the for right to work guidance.Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).For more information about AfC: Drop in and meet Regina on the first Wednesday of every month at Civic Centre, Twickenham.We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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