1 x Family Connect Safeguarding Team Manager Social Worker

PO16 £53,512 - £56,624 per annum*

37 hours per week

Permanent

*Pay includes market factor allowance of £3,000.

Additionally, there is free on-site parking and you will receive full reimbursement of your annual Social Work England registration fee.

Do you aspire to work for an ‘Outstanding’ Local Authority?

Here at Telford and Wrekin Council, we have been judged to be outstanding overall in terms of effectiveness (the only Authority in the West Midlands with this judgement).

Here’s just some of the great things Ofsted had to say when they visited us recently:

• Children are cared for and cared about
• Social Workers and other staff who support children are very committed and they are exceptionally well trained
• Children are listened to and their experiences are well understood
• Senior Leaders aspire to a service for every child that they would welcome for their own
• Children benefit from a stable workforce which is highly committed and experienced
• taff experience a wide range of development opportunities

We are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home – our approach is to promote greater level of flexible working around personal and family commitments.

We have a great opportunity for a full time Family Connect Safeguarding Team Manager . This busy team is very experienced, highly supportive, friendly and enthusiastic about what they do.

Established Family Connect, is a multiagency partnership approach to safeguarding children and young people.

Family Connect operates a single point of contact for services accessed by the public and professionals to ensure that the right service is delivered at the right time, in the right place by the right people.

Family Connect is a multi agency partnership approach to safeguarding children and young people that support early help and safeguarding decisions. The partnership working provides the platform for timely informed decision making and offers triage support for the purpose of safeguarding children or offering early help and prevention solutions supported by integrated working practices.

The Family Connect Safeguarding Team Manager is responsible for Leadership, management, supervision, accountability and quality assurance for a group of social work and other staff within a specific service area to ensure that the service provided is of a consistently high standard and meets the needs of Telford & Wrekin’s communities and supports the Council’s visions and priorities.

Positively engaging in, actively promoting and lead the systemic approach to work being done with children, young people and families.

To undertake duties expected of social work managers in line with the Professional Capabilities Framework at advanced level.

There’s never been a more exciting time to join our service: alongside making a difference to the lives of individuals and families, we’re adopting exciting new strengths-based approaches and are passionate about delivering continuous service improvement. And our people are at the heart of this progress: that’s why from tailored in-house training to the West Midlands Teaching Partnership, we make sure they have access to the best development opportunities. If you share our passion for making a difference, we would be delighted if you joined us.

Telford & Wrekin Council values social work careers and believes in providing good quality experiences to social workers. We are committed to both you and to developing the future social work workforce. We have a robust supervision policy which is geared towards achieving positive outcomes for you as a worker and for the children and families we work with. You will have regular, quality supervision with your line manager.

Telford and Wrekin Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children and young people entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.

This post is covered by the Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice.

Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check. It is an offence to apply for a role that involves engaging in regulated activity with children and adults in vulnerable circumstances if you are barred from working with one or both of these groups.

NJC Pay Award: Subject to approval

A pay award offer has been made to Trade Unions for consideration with regards to employees on NJC conditions of service. If agreed this would mean an increase of £1,925 per annum (pro rata for part-time employees) for employees on NJC pay points 2-43. The offer for employees paid above point 43 is 3.88%. The pay award, if agreed, would be effective from 1 April 2023 or the employee’s start date if joining after 1^st April 2023.

A CV template is attached if required

Please note employees who are at risk will be considered first for this position. Only if an appointment is not made will other candidates be considered.

We are committed to equality and diversity. Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check.

For more information about working for Telford & Wrekin Children's Social Care, please view our recruitment page: https://www.telford.gov.uk/cscr

Please contact (Emma Martin Service Delivery Manager) emma.martin@telford.gov.uk or 01952 385385 If you have any queries.

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