Team Manager - Corporate Parenting - Ref 5257
- Multiple Locations
- Full Time
- £46,549 - £50,603 per annum (Pending 2023/24 pay award)
Care Experienced Team Manager (Exeter)
JOIN OUR SERVICE AND MAKE YOUR MARK
We’re seeking highly motivated and passionate individuals to support our children and young people in Devon Children Services.
Our Team Managers make a vital contribution to the delivery of high-quality social care services. This is a great opportunity to grow your social work career with an ambitious authority at a time of exciting change. We’ve embedded our restorative practice approach across our teams and have invested in training our all practitioners and managers to build and maintain positive relationships with our children and families.
About the role
Our Care Experienced teams are responsible for managing care experienced children and young people and ensuring permanency and stability from the outset. The casework is varied, and you will be working creatively to promote positive long-term change.
As a Team Manager, you will embed a high-performance consistent culture by helping your team to continually develop their skills so they can achieve the best outcomes for our children, young people, and their families. Through reflective supervision meetings with your team, you’ll champion their personal and professional growth. Alongside your role as a people manager, you will provide oversight on all children and young people, ensuring quality standards are maintained and championing restorative practice, working with children and young people to reduce risks, build on strengths and achieve positive outcomes together.
Here’s what one of our Team Managers says:
‘I joined DCC in 2016 as an overseas social worker having worked in Zimbabwe and South Africa. I was in the children and families team based at Taw View and this was the perfect start for my career in the UK as I was fully supported by my manager, the Academy and my supportive colleagues.
I worked with a very experienced team and a team manager who I describe as an “expert” in developing practitioners that by the end of 2020 I felt prepared and confident to step up to become an advanced social worker. The support from team manager further emboldened me to apply and become a member of the National Advisory Forum with Social work England.
The step into management from social work practice was both a personal and professional challenge and I decided to become a Team Manager in March 2022.
A team manager knows each member of their team and their strengths, weaknesses and career aspirations and supports them to become best versions of themselves. The manager creates an environment where individual abilities are harnessed to support team objectives to improve the safety and well-being of children and families in Devon.
The role of a team manager is hugely rewarding responsibility; supporting social workers to achieve positive outcomes for people with lived experience, reflecting on practice in supervision, encouraging staff as they develop and grow as practitioners, and building positive teams where good social work practice can flourish.’
Leonard A.
About us
We are on an exciting and ambitious journey of cultural change in continuing to embed restorative and relational ways of working. Together, we've worked hard to get to know individual children better understanding who they are and their needs, so we can implement appropriate interventions.
We’re really proud of our workforce, and what has been achieved for children and families in Devon. Our social work teams are committed to providing the best service possible and are supported by our ambitious culture.
About you
You will have a strong understanding of Corporate Parenting with significant post-qualifying experience gained within statutory social work. You will have the following skills:
- a social work qualification and registered with Social Work England
- experience of supervising and mentoring social workers and students
- experience of leading and managing change within teams, which is founded on engagement and co-design with families, partners and your team
- a good understanding of children’s legislation and process
- demonstrable experience of promoting good practice that improves outcomes for children, and an understanding of offering high support and high challenge to get the best out of your team.
What we can offer you
In recognition of the vital contribution you make, we offer an attractive package of benefits including:
- Up to £2,000 retention payment per year, paid in two 6 monthly instalments for those who have been working for a period of 6 months (pro rata for part time employees).
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities through our Social Work Academy with dedicated support from our Restorative Practice Leads, as well as Research in Practice membership and full access to Devon Children and Families Safeguarding training programme.
- Dedicated support with regular supervision from line management so you can critically reflect on your practice on a regular basis. Group supervisions are also offered, allowing you to learn from your colleagues and grow the strength of your social work practice together.
- 26 days paid annual leave per year, rising to 31 days with 5 years’ continuous service, plus bank holidays.
- Access to our confidential Devon Wellbeing Hub and Employee Assistance Programme to support you to balance the demands of everyday life – available 24/7.
- Flexible working opportunities, including flexitime and a degree of remote working (subject to the needs of the role - please discuss at interview).
- Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Links to staff networks and forums such as our LGBTQ+, BAME and Staff Diversity support networks.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Devon Discounts Scheme which offers a variety of great savings.
- Free onsite parking available
If you’re looking to move to Devon, subject to qualifying conditions, we offer a generous relocation allowance. There’s never been a better time to make the move!
Click HERE to find out more about our benefits.
Presence in the office is vital to embed positive relationships from the outset. This is complimented by our hybrid working model, whilst still delivering the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Click HERE to hear from our workforce about working for us and why you should join our Children’s Services. Click HERE to find out what our children and young people want to see from our workforce. #TogetherWeCan
To arrange an informal discussion, please email childsc.recruitmentchildrenssocialwork-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
Please be aware that interviews will take place throughout this period, therefore we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment as we may close the advert early.
Join us and make a difference in the lives of our children - click apply now!
- DCC embraces the positive benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to providing an environment that is inclusive and safe. We welcome applications from people who share our commitment to stop discrimination, challenge inequality and promote diversity across Devon. The Council offers flexible working arrangements in terms of when and where people work e.g. hybrid working, part-time, condensed hours etc. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity webpages.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
- Personal data we collect from you will be processed in accordance with the Applicant privacy notice.
- Happy to Talk Flexible Working.
- For more information about Working for Devon please visit our Working for Devon page.
- This role requires a DBS disclosure.
Job Details
- OrganisationDevon County Council
- Work LocationExeterDevon
- Work Postcode
Devon
- Reference
REQ005257
- Occupational GroupSocial Care & HealthManagement & Senior Management
- Salary Details
£46,549 - £50,603 per annum (Pending 2023/24 pay award)
- Job TermPermanent
- Appointment TypeFull Time
- Hours
37 Hours Per Week
- Closing Date
30/09/2023
- DBS Check Required
Yes