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Service Manager - Care Management

Employer
Sandwell Children's Trust
Location
Oldbury
Salary
£51,945 - £55,199 plus £2,500 market supplement and up to £6,500 relocation package
Closing date
8 Mar 2021
Reference
SAND000005065

Job Details


At Sandwell Children’s Trust we are committed to improving the lives and experience's of our children in Sandwell. We recognise these are unprecedented times which are challenging. We are invested in creating capacity and supporting staff through this period, to enable better outcomes for children and families. As we move forward on our continual journey of improvement, there couldn’t be a better time to join us. We are looking for an experienced and dedicated Service Manager to join our Organisation and to be committed to delivering positive changes to the children and families of Sandwell. Our Care Management Service led by the Head of Service is made up of 13 teams, 2 of which specialise in working with children subject to care proceedings and 1 being our specialist children with disabilities team. The remaining 10 teams work with children who have been made subject to child in need or child protection plans to meet the aims and objectives of their plans and to ensure their safe care. Each team is managed by a Team Manager and 3 Service Manager's to support and oversee the day to day operational demands. We are passionate about relational social work and believe the key to achieving sustained positive change for families lies in the relationship's we form with children, families, each other and our partner's. Alongside this, we promote a strength based approach to the work undertaken and continually strive to improve and develop practice across the service.

 

There are many benefits for working at Sandwell Children's Trust:

  • Access to our Learning & Development portal offering virtual training programmes
  • Learning & development info bursts, learning events and much more
  • The latest technology enabling more effective and streamlined working
  • Detailed and effective appraisals to strengthen your practice
  • Great career progression opportunities
  • Access to a range of family friendly policies and flexible working arrangements

Benefits & Rewards

  • £2,500 market supplement
  • Up to £6,500 re-location package
  • Generous annual leave of 30 days (rising to 35 days after 5 years’ service), an additional 9 public holidays and access to our salary sacrifice scheme to buy up to 10 days additional leave
  • Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, this is a nationwide career average scheme and is a valuable part of the reward package for employees
  • 24/7 access to free and confidential employee counselling service
  • Access to Occupational Health services: 24/7 confidential employee counselling, healthy heart, stress awareness, yoga sessions, physiotherapy self-referral, healthy eating advice and more
  • Access to a range of discounts on products and services
  • Refer a friend scheme that pays £1,500
  • Wellbeing initiatives and forums
  • Car lease scheme
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Eye care vouchers
  • Reimbursement of Social Work England registration

 

 

As a Service Manager you will:

  • Provide supervision to Team Managers in the service
  • Work with the service to achieve performance and practice standards consistently
  • Be an integral part of the leadership team
  • Respond to challenges with innovation and creativity whilst taking a strategic and systemic approach
  • Be responsible for engaging with partner agencies at a strategic level and forming and building strong collaborative working relationships
  • Drive the implementation and embedding of the practice framework to promote the highest levels of practice in the service
  • Ensure that written work be that child’s contacts, assessments and plans are robust, holistic and child centred
  • Be able to demonstrate excellent organisational skills, a head for complexity, and know how to improve services
  • Ensure all referrals are signposted and managed with the agreed guidelines for casework; provide scrutiny, professional guidance and direction to your service

At the Trust, we are passionate about relational social work and believe the key to achieving sustained positive change for families lies in the relationships we form with children, families, each other and our partners. Alongside this, we promote a strengths-based approach to the work undertaken and continually strive to improve and develop practice across the service.

The right candidate will be:

  • Of course, you’ll be expected to be a qualified Social Worker, Social Work England registered and willing to undertake an enhanced DBS.
  • You will need to be a confident and inspirational leader with experience in management gained within Children’s Services.
  • You should be able to draw on your experience to demonstrate excellent organisational skills, a head for complexity, and know how to improve services.
  • You will be expected to know your service, seek solutions to gaps which may be identified, make effective service plans and be able to talk knowledgeably about the services for which you oversee.
  • We would expect you to be able to utilise your significant knowledge of working with vulnerable children in need of statutory safeguarding intervention in a range of settings and from a variety of backgrounds.
  • Have a proven track record of supporting continuous improvement in service delivery.
  • Be invested in providing services at the earliest opportunity for children and families.
  • Have excellent communication skills

How to apply

We believe in making life easier here at Sandwell Children’s Trust so there are no lengthy applications forms to complete, application is by way of CV and a 500-word supporting statement covering the following: -

  • Experience
  • Key achievements
  • Specialist Knowledge
  • Overview of what you can bring to the role

Please email to Recruitment_childrenstrust@sandwell.gov.uk

Closing date -  midnight on Sunday 7th March 2021

If you would like to discuss this role further, please email Allison Sollom,  Head of Service – Allison_sollom@sandwellchildrenstrust.org

Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

 

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Person Specification
Job Description
Benefits & Rewards

Company

At Sandwell Children’s Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children.  To achieve this, we know how important it is to retain and attract high performing, forward thinking and innovative people and provide them with all the support they need.

With a culture of collaboration, partnership working and the child at the heart of everything we do, it really is an exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust.

Working for us

There are lots of great reasons to work with us in Sandwell Children’s Trust.  From a generous rewards package to a culture of learning and development.  Our 12 reasons to work for Sandwell Children’s Trust sets us apart as the place to grow your career and feel part of a great team.  Please visit the Sandwell Deal and our 12 reasons via this hyperlink:  https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/

There are many benefits for working for us too:

  • Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
  • Access to our Learning & Development portal offering virtual training programmes, learning & development info bursts, learning events and much more.
  • The latest technology enabling more effective and streamlined working.
  • Detailed and effective appraisals to strengthen your practice.
  • Access to a range of family friendly policies.

Benefits & Rewards

  • Up to £6,500 re-location package
  • Generous annual leave entitlement, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition. 
  • The opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme.
  • Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 bank holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
  • Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, this is a nationwide career average scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
  • We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
  • Reimbursement of Social Work England registration
  • 24/7 access to free and confidential employee counselling service
  • Access to a range of discounts on products and services
  • Salary sacrifice schemes for cars, bikes and technology.
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Wellbeing initiatives and forums
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Eye care vouchers
     

About Sandwell    

Sandwell sits in the heart of the West Midlands and has a diverse population of 341,729 people.  While Sandwell is the 12th most deprived local authority in England, it is a community where our families have high aspirations and where we pride ourselves on equality of opportunity and our adaptability and resilience.

We have excellent and affordable transport links, quality housing at affordable prices and an abundance of entertainment, arts, culture and history right on the doorstep.

For all recruitment enquiries please email recruitment_childrenstrust@sandwell.gov.uk and one of our friendly team will call you to discuss opportunities with the Trust.


 

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0121 569 2200
Location
Sandwell Children's Trust
The Wellman Building
Dudley Road
Oldbury
West Midlands
B69 3DL
United Kingdom

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