Team Manager – Young Croydon – Children Services
Salary: Grade 16 £60,573-£62,766
Permanent – 36 hours per week
Hybrid working (3 days office, 2 days at home)

Job Purpose

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Young Croydon. Were looking for a dynamic individual with sound knowledge of child protection with a good understanding and ability to respond to young people experiencing risk outside of the home. As the manager you will lead a team of children’s services professionals and practitioners to ensure young people have the right interventions at the right time. You will be responsible for ensuring children, young people, carers and families receive a good service in a timely way which supports our children and young people to be safe in the community. You will have sound knowledge of the data and have the ability to work multi agency to ensure we have one approach to keeping children and young people safe across the borough.

About You

Qualified Social Workers who are Social Work England registered
Working knowledge of national policy, strategy and developments regarding children’s social care, and areas that impact on children’s social care.
Able to lead improvement in social work practice at an operational level through effective performance management
Evidence of leading and managing operational change effectively
Able to lead and manage in an operational area dealing with high risk and high complexity in a way that delivers good safeguarding and well-being outcomes for children and families.
Experience of managing and/or supervising childcare social workers in an area relevant to this particular service area with evidenced results of continuing practice and good outcomes for children and young people.

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