Assistant Team Manager, Cared for Team
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
21/11/2024
Advert End Date:
11/12/2024 23:59
Salary:
Grade 9 £46,731 - £50,788 pa Additional payments of: £1239 per annum Essential Car User Allowance paid monthly; 2% Recruitment and retention allowance paid monthly
Job Category:
Social Work - Children Service
Employment Location:
Sandhill Centre Sunderland
Further Information
Assistant Team Manager, Cared for Team
Grade 9 £46,731 - £50,788 pa
Additional payments of: £1239 per annum Essential Car User Allowance paid monthly; 2% Recruitment and retention allowance paid monthly;
Closing date: 11 December 2024
Interviews:20 December 2024
Together for Children works on behalf of Sunderland City Council to deliver children’s services in the city, which means that local authority continuous service terms and conditions apply.
Together for Children are looking to recruit a suitably experienced and skilled Assistant Team Manager who has the passion and drive to ensure that children and young people in Sunderland achieve the best outcomes and receive high quality services. The post primarily focuses on supporting the Team Manager with the quality assurance, allocation and oversight of work within the team and provides an excellent opportunity to develop management skills and focus on service development.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our established Cared for Team. You will have an established track record in safeguarding and multi-agency working whilst also having knowledge and understanding of legislation which underpins social work practice.
You will have the skills and expertise to motivate and support Social Workers, setting high standards and enabling excellent practice. Together for Children prides itself on a visible senior management team who promote a nurturing, learning environment with high support and high challenge.
Together for Children have adopted the Signs of Safety model of practice. Signs of Safety is embedded in all areas of practice across the service. Applications are welcomed from those with and without any knowledge and experience of Signs of Safety, as we have the benefit of an extensive training and support offer via our dedicated Practice Development Team.
Together for Children firmly believe in investing in our workforce development and recognise the benefits of training our social work staff to equip them with the skills and knowledge to deliver good quality social work. Additional specialist training programmes currently offered to staff include Trauma Informed Practice and Safe & Together training. This training compliments initiatives within Together for Children such as our edge of care team ‘WEAR Together’ and specialist support services for children and young people who have experienced neglect and abuse.
As well as an extremely attractive and competitive salary, other benefits of working for Together for Children include flexible working arrangements and an agile working policy. You will benefit from a hybrid model of working between an office space and home working; this model has proved invaluable and popular with staff as it ensures they receive a high level of face to face support and supervision.
We have free onsite parking, provide a Local Government Pension Scheme and flexi scheme. A good health and wellbeing programme is also provided to all employees.
Should you be interested in the exciting opportunities available at Together for Children, and would like to have an informal discussion, please do not hesitate to contact Stanton Gibson, Team Manager at stanton.gibson@togetherforchildren.org.uk
This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore will be subject to a DBS check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Visa sponsorship: We welcome applications from all nationalities; however, successful candidates must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK”.
Together for Children is committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse local communities that we support across Sunderland. We’re striving to build an inclusive workplace culture where all employees feel valued and diversity is celebrated by everyone.
As part of this commitment, we work collaboratively with our established employee networks:
Accessibility Network
LGBTQ+ Network
Racial Equality Network
Armed Forces Network
We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race, and background.
If you have a disability please do reach out to our Accessibility Network Chair to hear how we can support you during the recruitment process and if you are successful, in the workplace peoplesupport@togetherforchildren.org.uk
For further information on Together for Children, please take a look at our website:
https://www.togetherforchildren.org.uk Nearly 40 per cent of foster carers combine fostering with other work. Those who do say that a supportive employer can make all the difference, enabling them to balance employment with caring for children.
Together for Children have a fostering friendly People policy for all foster carers in their employment (regardless of their fostering service). This includes offering foster carers flexible working and paid time off for training and settling a new child into their home.
As a Fostering Friendly employer, Together for Children also help promote Foster Care Fortnight™, our annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and encourage people to consider becoming foster carers and offer children the care they need - Foster with North East - Foster with North East