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Team Manager

Employer
Coventry City Council
Location
City Wide
Salary
£42,683 - £48,126 per annum
Closing date
2 Jul 2019
Reference
COVCC000481

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Job Details

In Coventry we’re on a journey to do better for Coventry’s Children and we’re committed to doing things differently. We’re looking for an experienced and highly motivated individuals ready to be part of that journey in putting children, young people and families at the heart of everything we do.

Team Manager – Looked After Childrens and Permanence Team, Full time 37 hours

We are a vibrant and diverse team covering the city, ensuring the smooth running of a highly efficient social work team carrying out assessments, as part of court proceedings and proactively planning with children and young people who are looked after. Working within a highly regarded, efficient and caring service you will take on the management of one of four social work teams consisting of a senior practitioner, a children and family worker and a mixture of experienced and newly qualified social workers.

You will nurture and create a supportive network for you and your team to be able to practice creative social work using the Signs of Safety Methodology, whilst working to achieve excellent outcomes for our children, young people and their families.

About You

You will need to have a recognised professional Social Work qualification (MA/BA/BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work or CQSW) and HCPC registration with experience in the following areas

  • Providing leadership and management to the team that under takes court work and a statutory responsibility for care planning and children and young people in care.
  • Significant experience in working with children and families in a statutory social Care setting with demonstrable experience of decision making in regards to children’s cases.
  • Proven skills in being able to lead, manage, and motivate staff
  • Proven skills in partnership working
  • Experience of working across organisational and management boundaries to achieve improved outcomes for children, young people and their families
  • Effective communication skills.
  • Experience of working under pressure whilst meeting deadlines.
  • Experience of using performance data to monitor and shape service  improvements

How to Apply?

Please review the Job Description & Person Specification and then please upload your CV with supporting statement online. Throughout the supporting statement could you please give an insight & examples into; your leadership skills as leader/ manager, how you have previously developed a team, and examples of innovative practice and the impact it has had. Please highlight how you meet each requirement, be sure to include any relevant skills, experience, knowledge and other attributes that you can bring to the role, please restrict your response to 2 sides of A4.  

Learn more about Coventry and our aims for the future here: 

www.coventry.gov.uk/socialworkjobs 

Working Hours:  

Interview Date:  09/07/2019

Benefits

In return, we can offer you an excellent pension scheme, 'MyCar' scheme, flexible working, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts at a number of city centre restaurants, shops and other establishments.

Coventry City Council is committed to delivering the best possible services and improving the quality of life for Coventry people. In order to do this effectively we aim to have a workforce that represents the diverse communities we serve, embracing and utilising the broad range of skills, experiences and perspectives this brings.

We are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for all. This includes making adjustments or changes for people who have a disability or long-term health condition.

Key Requirements

This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is covered by the Code of Practice on the English language fluency for public sector workers.

Please note we will communicate any interview arrangements with you via email, so please check your email and WMJobs account on a regular basis after submitting your application.

This vacancy and advert will be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible.

When recruiting, we review candidates against our Behaviour Framework . To find out more information about the Behaviour Framework please click here.

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).

Need help with your application?

If you would like support in completing your application, then help is available at the Job Shop. 

Coventry City Council’s Job Shop is a free service for all Coventry residents. Come in and see one of our dedicated advisers and receive 1 to 1 support.

We are open Monday-Friday 9.15-4.30pm (Thursday 10.30)

Address: 1 Bull Yard, Coventry, CV1 1LH

Phone: 024 7678 5740

Email: jobshop@coventry.gov.uk  

Website: http://www.coventry.gov.uk/jobshop

Supporting documents
Job Description and Person Specification.pdf

Company

About Coventry City Council

Coventry

At Coventry City Council we never want to hear the words – ‘but that’s the way we’ve always done it!” We are a Council that’s looking for new ways of working to tackle new – and old – challenges. We have had great success already and made great strides in changing the way we deliver services and in the way we work with colleagues. We have brought in a new flexible approach to working – giving staff the power, skills and tools to work from the best place at the best time to get the job done. We have a new Customer Service Centre, more online services for residents, a new Council office building, and a city that is changing to meet a new age of driverless cars and superfast broadband. There’s never been a more exciting time to be a part of Coventry.

The City

Coventry

Coventry is a city that is changing fast – and we are looking for candidates with the right skills and personality to join our team and help take us into a bright new future. We are a city that is going places - with an inspiring, world-famous history and exciting times ahead. We are UK City of Culture 2021; home to award-winning universities, top level sport and concerts and famous brands such as Jaguar Land Rover and Severn Trent. We are a part of the ‘Midlands-Engine’, the home of the UK motor industry and a proud multicultural city. Major developments are taking shape around the city, including a new-look shopping centre, a water park, new business quarter, restaurants and a modernised rail station. More and more firms and families are relocating to our city as they see what we have to offer. Coventry is a great place to live and work, and it’s getting even better!

The Council

Coventry

Our city is changing – and the Council is changing too. Headed by Chief Executive, Martin Reeves – who has assisted in bringing in the new WMCA - the Council is committed to improving the quality of life for residents – and its workforce. The Council is bringing in new, streamlined ways of working and making more use of technology to deliver services in new ways – helping residents to do more for themselves online and to do business with us when and how they want.

Coventry City Council is a modern council for a new age, embracing technology and flexible working to continue to rise to new challenges. It’s a council that’s not afraid to try something new!

Company info
Website
Telephone
02476 97 5500
Location
One Friargate, Coventry
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 2GN
United Kingdom

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