Children’s Social Work Team Manager (1 post) Locality Service – Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Children and Young People’s Services 

Salary details: Up to £ 49,590 & excellent benefits 

Now is the time to come and work for Rotherham Council Children and Young People’s Service. For more information about Rotherham Social Care jobs, please visit our CYPS Microsite: https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/childrens-social-work-jobs

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY 

To take us forward, we seek to appoint a dynamic, talented forward-thinking Team Manager for our Locality Service in the North of the Borough to help us achieve our ambitions and be part of the next stage of our journey. We are committed[JB1]  to making sure that every child makes the best start in life and we are striving to become a child-centered borough. We are seeking inspirational professionals who can:

• Achieve the best outcomes for our children

• Lead a group of Social Worker’s to reach outstanding outcomes for children in service

• Remain child focused in their practice

• Promote a strengths-based approach to build family resilience

• Develop meaningful relationships with children and young people

• Add value and make the most of available resources with children in mind

You will be responsible for the effective and efficient operational delivery of a statutory social work team. You will be a ‘critical friend’ to your team bringing high challenge and high support to promote reflective practice and a continual learning environment.

Reporting to the Service Manager, you will be responsible for a team of Social Workers and be at the forefront of the delivery of our safeguarding practice. You will play a vital role in building on our learning, quality assurance and performance culture - providing leadership, direction and support that is rewarding in every sense, for every individual.

Key benefits of working at Rotherham Council’s Children and Young People’s service are:

• You will be joining an authority Ofsted rate as Good

• Manageable caseloads

• Strong management support and oversight with approachable and supportive senior managers

• Regular reflective supervision

• Excellent professional learning & development opportunities – guaranteed 15 days per year, underpinned by the Rotherham Family Approach which incorporates ‘Signs of Safety’, ‘Restorative Approaches’, and ‘Social Pedagogy’ as our methodological approach and framework

• Bespoke Learning Academy to support practitioners

• Excellent social work case management and reporting systems making your job easier

• An accredited social work career pathway to Level 2, 3 and Advanced Practitioner positions and a proven record of ‘growing our own’ at all levels.

• A positive learning environment to enhance your social work career.

• Opportunity to talk to current staff via a virtual drop in to gain a greater insight

• Able to offer fixed term contracts to cover maternity leave should that suit your personal circumstances

• Early Help provision is strong, which is now reducing the demand for social care and supporting professionals with creative options for service users

• Developed ‘edge of care’ services including ‘Family Group Conferencing’ and ‘Engage’ who provide a crisis response to children at risk of entering our care.

• Investment has been secured to ensure our most challenging young people have access to high quality therapeutic support

• Looked After Children are prioritised for CAMHS assessment and intervention

• Career Pathway

• The opportunity to make a real difference to the children and families in need of care

We will listen. We will act. We will do the right things for the right reasons. Will you?

Our vision is for the children and families of Rotherham to routinely experience and describe the services they receive from us, as outstanding. And we intend to do that by putting the child first in everything we do.  

Change is happening at Rotherham’s Children and Young People’s Services. We offer a 'total reward' package which means our social workers and managers are 'well paid, well managed and well developed'. We have secured vital funding for the significant expansion of our workforce, with a strong focus on child protection. We are also in the process of upgrading our administrative capability with much-improved IT systems.

We have restructured to enable us to deploy much smaller teams. This means a greater degree of supervision and a more appropriate caseload level – enabling our practitioners to focus on fewer customers, ensuring those who need us most get the attention they need.

We have invested in training programmes and set out a clear career development pathway. From continuing your professional development with ongoing, practical training, to reaching senior management levels, at Rotherham there is a definite ladder to be climbed for those with talent and ambition. In return we are looking for a real commitment to making a difference to the children and families in need of our care. This is a fantastic opportunity for experienced, flexible and dedicated social workers in a managerial role, to really make a difference to children in need of our protection. 

Closing date: 23^rd July 2023

Shortlisting: 24^th July 2023

Interview: 1^st August 2023

If you have any questions regarding these opportunities please email them to childrenssocialcarejobs@rotherham.gov.uk

Or contact our Head of Service:

Carlene Devereux, Locality Social Work – carlene.devereux@rotherham.gov.uk

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