Team Manager - Family Safeguarding and Adolescent Safeguarding
- Employer
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Location
- Dudley
- Salary
- £52,430.00 to £56,168.00 per annum
- Closing date
- 8 Sep 2024
- Reference
- DUDLEY/TP/697/1569
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Social work; Children - Qualified
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Working Pattern
- Standard
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Dudley Children’s Social Care launched the Family Safeguarding Model in the summer of 2023.
Social work teams are integrated with a range of partner agencies such as Probation; Black Country Women’s Aid; “Change, Grow, Live”, Here4Youth); CAB and CAMHS and voluntary organisation partners such as Barnardo’s and Phase Trust.
The integrated multi-disciplinary and multi-agency model of service delivery is making positive difference to children and their families.
We are looking for two experienced team managers to join our dynamic and ambitious management team.
There is a team manager vacancy in the Family Safeguarding Service, which supports children from birth to 12 years old.
There is also a team manager vacancy in the Adolescent Safeguarding Service, which supports children from 13 to 17 years old.
We are Restorative in our practice and we work with children and their families, co-producing the care plan that meet the needs of children who are at risk within the family home as well as harm outside of home.
We always encourage and support innovative practice to ensure the most appropriate, robust and holistic support is offered to meet each child’s needs. A key part of this role will be your ability to positively impact the lives of children and young people.
Hours: 37 per week
Location: Corbyn Road, Dudley [we are moving to Cable Plaza, which is a purpose-built and modern office, by early January 2025].
You will:-
- Be responsible for the leadership and management of a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency integrated social work team, ensuring that children receive the right services that safeguard and promote their welfare;
- Provide operational management and leadership and build effective partnerships with a range of partner agencies;
- Actively promote and lead permanence planning for children and are knowledgeable about court work;
- Work effectively with two other team managers and contribute to the implementation of the Service Plan by promoting a supportive, professional, learning culture, empowering others and setting and maintaining high and measurable standards of practice;
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children; therefore the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check
If this sounds like you, we look forward to receiving your application!
For further information on Dudley Children's Social Care please go to http://www.childrenservicesjobs-dudley.org.uk/
We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to their advertised date if we receive a large number of applications.
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About Dudley Council
It’s an incredibly exciting time to work in Dudley Council as we embark on numerous multi-million pound regeneration schemes which will be real game-changers for the borough. In addition to the exciting schemes such as the Midland Metro we also have the ongoing and very serious challenges of ensuring vulnerable people across the borough receive the services they deserve.
At Dudley Council we have a ‘one council’ ethos that builds an effective and dynamic organisation which grows the economy and creates jobs, creating a cleaner and greener place and supports stronger and safer communities.
We are rightly proud to be the historic capital of the Black Country and, working with our partners, Dudley Council is also committed to looking forward and helping to deliver our borough vision of ‘Forge a Future for all’ www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk
We ensure communities influence council decisions and are committed to delivering services in partnership with communities. We provide flexible and responsive service in partnership and help communities help themselves.
In joining a local authority that serves 320,000 residents you will become an integral part of a council that:
• is ready to embrace change, providing an environment in which you will be encouraged to make your mark
• is aware of its key challenges and the need for a new energy to innovate the council, in order to find cost effective ways of delivering services
• has aligned its political and managerial leadership structures and is committed to protecting, securing and transforming the lives of children, families, the vulnerable and older people
• wants borough residents to have their say through our community forums
• dedicates time to meaningful consultation and listen to the views of our residents
• is working with the community to encourage active involvement of our residents
We want to leave a legacy of a better future for the borough that reflects Dudley borough’s potential and harnesses the ambitions of the people we serve. For more information see our Council Plan www.dudley.gov.uk/council-community/plan-policies-and-strategies/council-plan, Dudley Borough Vision for 2030, Forging a Future for All www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk and key information about the borough and its communities at All about Dudley Borough www.allaboutdudley.info
- Website
- http://www.dudley.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01384 811300
- Location
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Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Council House
Priory Road
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 1HF
United Kingdom
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