Remedy Recruitment Group are currently seeking an experienced Team Manager to work within Bury Councils Family Safeguarding Team.

Job Purpose

• The leadership, direction and supervision of a social work team.
• Provision of a child protection investigative and intervention service.
• Provision of a duty service to deal with new referrals to Children's fieldwork services.
• Support of field social workers through the process of supervision and by attending conferences, reviews, joint interviews, initial core groups and other meetings where appropriate.
• Taking responsibility for key decisions in respect of individual children and young people, in accordance with departmental and statutory guidelines.
• Allocation of the workload in accordance with priorities agreed with Senior Managers, and ensuring fair distribution within the team.
• Ensuring child protection conferences, reviews, core groups etc are convened efficiently and taking the chair of such meetings in accordance with Departmental procedures.
• Ensuring agreed childcare plans are implemented in order to promote and safeguard the interests of individual children and young people.
• Participation in the development and management of integrated local services to children in need and their families through joint working and partnerships with significant agencies, organisations and groups in the area.
• Monitoring the level and quality of social work practice, so that high standards of service to the public are promoted.

You will need to be:

• SWE registered
• Eligible to work in the UK

Why Choose Remedy?

• Competitive pay rates
• Access to exclusive roles that aren't available from other agencies
• 1st tier agency
• Up to £250 for each social work professional you refer to us who we place*

If you are interested and would like to find out more please apply to this advert with a copy of your updated CV. Alternatively, please send your CV directly