Children’s Team Manager - Family Support and Protection

About you

• Have a good knowledge and understanding of child protection practices
• Provide direct line management and supervision to practitioners including ASYEs who work with children and young people under statutory obligations
• Manage and lead staff to achieve high performance and effective operational delivery, including developing and improving staff capability
• Be responsible for and report upon the teams budgetary position, ensuring affective use of resources
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with key partner agencies in order to develop and support children and families who are in need
• Support children to achieve permanency when children become looked after
• Commitment to your own personal development and professional growth

 Requirements

• Working knowledge of the legislative framework within which Social Care operates, inclusive of regulation, national guidance and procedures specific to this post.
• Thorough understanding of quality assurance an ability to integrate this understanding into practice
• A nationally recognised or other social work England recognised social work qualification
• social work experience and experience of supervising/mentoring others
• A commitment to working transparently; in partnership with children, young people, families, and partner agencies

Tower Hamlets offers the best of London in one borough.

We believe the best place for children is to be raised within their own families, immediate or wider, wherever it is safe and appropriate to do so.​ Social Workers are at the core of our work with children and families. Our approach is about enabling social workers to build relationships and strengthen families by working with people in a compassionate and understanding way. ​

We are determined to continue our journey of improvement and deliver outstanding services for children and families of Tower Hamlets, and our offer to staff includes:

• The opportunity to work in a richly diverse, challenging and supportive inner London Borough

• Competitive remuneration package

• Investing in the workforce with end-to-end career support

• A manageable and diverse caseload and good quality reflective supervision

• Steps to Success, coaching, and bespoke learning and development support from the Learning Academy to develop your practice, with a clear framework for career development and progression into leadership.

• Travel card/season ticket loan, Cycle to Work scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme

• Opportunities for agile/flexible working 

• Discounted gym membership, access to free eye test, rent deposit scheme and & You at Work discounts as well as many other benefits

• Generous annual leave package and wellbeing service

• Smarter Working with new modern technology

If you have any questions about applying for this role, please contact Saima Tahsin, Project Officer at Saima.Tahsin@towerhamlets.gov.uk. For an informal discussion about working in Supporting Families at Tower Hamlets please contact Sam Nair, our Principal Social Worker at Sam.Nair@towerhamets.gov.uk