Assistant Team Manager - Care leavers

Our client Wokingham Borough Council is looking for an Assistant Team Manager to join their Care leavers team.

Main Accountabilities:

• Lead and manage a Children's Services social work/ personal advisor team, ensuring high-quality, child-centred social work /practice aligned with statutory requirements, systemic theory, and the Family First agenda.
• Drive continuous improvement in safeguarding, care planning, and service delivery through effective leadership, supervision, and partnership working.
• Provide professional supervision and guidance to personal advisors & social workers, ensuring effective case management and decision-making.
• Monitor and assure quality of practice, ensuring compliance with legislation, policies, and procedures.
• Manage team performance, workload allocation, and staff development through coaching and training.
• Ensure robust safeguarding practices, timely interventions, and risk assessments to protect children and young people.
• Collaborate with multi-agency partners to deliver integrated services and positive outcomes for children we care for, children seeking safety via asylum and Care Leavers.
• Contribute to service development initiatives, audits, and quality improvement plans.
• Promote an aspirational and ambitious service, which promotes the corporate parenting ethos for our children & young people.
• Also working in partnership with the Family First Pods to offer input and support for our 16+ children and young people supported elsewhere in the service.
• Ensure a focused service for our children seeking safety via asylum adhering to relevant legislation and statutory duties.

Experience:

Essential - Substantial post-qualification experience in children's social work/safeguarding & Experience managing team performance

Desirable - CPD qualification in Leadership & Management pathway & Experience managing budgets

Skills/Knowledge

Essential - In-depth knowledge of legislation, safeguarding practice, and relationship based social care.

Desirable - Experience of leading on social work improvement & Strategic planning and resource management

Behaviours/Attributes

Commitment to safeguarding, equality, diversity & inclusion, and Corporate Parenting principles.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to 250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.