Social Worker Team Manager - Fostering Team

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Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a T eam Manager within the Fostering Team to work full time for Fostering Innovations, based in Uxbridge, Hillingdon.

The salary for this permanent Team Manager job is up to £52,000 per annum.

Main duties:

* To manage a team of Assistant Team Managers, Practice Managers and Supervision Social Workers.
* To manage high quality Fostering Service ensuring that comprehensive support services and robust supervision is provided to all foster carers.
* To supervise and manage a staff team, including social workers and other social work staff, providing support, supervision and advice.
* To maintain the agency's high standards, in order or promote positive outcomes for children and young people, and ensure that social work and foster care practice continues to achieve 'Outstanding' or 'Good' in Ofsted inspections.
* To work closely with Fostering Manager and Directors in the assessment of prospective foster carers, adhering to timescales and Foster Panel activity.
* To work closely with Directors to establish and maintain relationships with local authorities, and contribute to planning and developing the service in line with customer's changing needs.
* To commit to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and protecting them from risk of harm. The Agency recognises its responsibility to ensure safe working with children and young people.
* Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, which may include occasional evenings and weekends.
* To actively promote equality of opportunity and an anti-discriminatory service.

Requirements of this Team Manager job:

* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Continual professional development.
* Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Team Manager job is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning 'Best Candidate Care' at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.