Team Manager – Ramsgate Social Work Teams

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Full time
Location: Ramsgate
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Job offered by: Kent County Council
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Role Responsibility

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of Team Manager in one of the three Ramsgate Children’s Social Work teams. You will be working alongside other Team Managers to cover Ramsgate, Broadstairs and a number of outlying villages. As a Team Manager, you will be leading a team of social workers and a social work assistant, supported by a business support team. You will play a key role within the management team, providing a high standard of social work to our children and young people. You will be able to evidence extensive knowledge of child in care processes, child protection, legal processes, including Public Law Outline and court proceedings. You will be required to provide a good level of supervision, evidencing management oversight for the children open to your team, be competent in quality assuring the work of your team along with creating and maintaining a good team atmosphere and morale. You will be responsible for chairing strategy discussions, permanency planning meetings and other professional meetings to continue towards key decision making for children. You will be able to evidence good leadership skills and a proven track record for delivering good outcomes for children and young people. In addition to your practice, you will need to lead, manage and motivate a team to embed a positive performance culture. Above all, you’ll be focused on helping children and families to change their lives for the better. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England. This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification. For further information regarding this role, please contact Sarah Spencer on 03000410923. About the Company

Work that works for you and us - let’s talk flexibility! KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work. Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.

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