People and Place
Ref: G10/OL-87617
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £48,474 - £51,515 per annum (Grade 10)
Car User: Occasional
Hours: 36.66 per week
Based: Barn Street Police Station
Closing Date: Sunday 14th April 2024
Interview Dates: TBC
Informal Enquiries: Head of Service, Natassja Gollcher
Email: Natassja.gollcher@oldham.gov.uk
Job Description & Person Specification.doc
There's never been a better time to join Children’s Social Care at Oldham:
In Oldham we have the highest aspirations to achieve the best outcomes for our children and families and to sustain them in their communities. We put their needs at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to providing our staff with the resources needed to work effectively with children and families, including reducing caseloads.
This has resulted in investment in more teams across a range of service areas and we’re now looking for motivated and ambitious individuals who share our aspirations to join us.
What do our Team Managers like most about working for us:
- Competitive pay with a £2,000 retention payment.
- Free town centre parking
- Essential car user allowance of £500* and mileage expenses at 45p per mile.
- Reimbursement of Social Work England professional registration fees, currently £90 per year
- Generous relocation package of up to £8,000
Other generous benefits including:
- 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase additional days, and which increases after 5- and 10-years’ service.
- Attractive defined benefit pension scheme with a market leading AVC option for additional retirement savings
- Discounted gym membership
- Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
- Salary sacrifice scheme, including Cycle to Work
- Wellbeing support, including an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
- Hybrid working
- Staff recognition and celebration events
- A supportive and enabling workplace with quality supervision from your manager.
- A comprehensive learning and development programme as part of your ongoing Continuing Professional Development
- Clear progression pathways
What’s different about being a Team Manager in Oldham:
We work with one of the most diverse communities of any local authority in the country and this is reflected within our workforce which is one of our greatest strengths. The life experiences and challenges facing our children and families are incredibly varied and require an inclusive response which recognises their unique strengths and engages with them to achieve solutions.
Here in Oldham, we are committed to systemic practice, with a focus on building relationships with children and families, understanding context and family dynamics, and reflectively learning together, always improving how we work.
Role Overview:
Interested in working with children at risk of exploitation in our Complex Safeguarding Team?
We are looking for a team manager to join our multi agency Complex Safeguarding Hub. This is an exciting opportunity to join a service that plays a key role in safeguarding and working with young people at risk of exploitation across the borough of Oldham, including carrying out assessments and delivering bespoke interventions to reduce harm, raise aspirations and achieve great outcomes.
The Complex Safeguarding Hub works with young people who are at risk from child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation, gangs and serious youth violence and we have a strong focus on building trusted relationships and a trauma informed approach with young people alongside the disruption of perpetrators. You will work closely with colleagues from Greater Manchester Police and Health and other partner agencies to deliver the best possible response to those at risk of exploitation.
A key part of the role is to work closely with colleagues in social work teams across the borough, alongside partner agencies to support and advise on exploitation issues and to develop and sustain strong working relationships with a range of partners.
We are looking for an individual with a passion for working with children and young people, who has excellent communication skills and a sound understanding of social work and exploitation and who can be creative and innovative in their work.
As the Team Manager of the Complex Safeguarding Hub, you will manage a busy team of social workers to deliver effective services within the multi-agency Complex Safeguarding Hub. You will be responsible for the management, supervision, and professional development of the members of your team and ensuring that children and young people’s needs are met through quality interventions.
In Oldham we are committed to systemic practice, with a focus on building relationships with children and families and reflective learning, both within families and as a Service. We will support you with training in this model.
If you join us, we will develop and reward you for your expertise. As a member of our wider management team, we will make sure you have access to support and professional development opportunities to continually improve your practice and advance in your career.
What we need from you:
To apply for any of these positions we need you to be a qualified, experienced social worker and registered with Social Work England.
About Us:
For more information about the Oldham Council, please visit:
Oldham - A great place to live
Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS and Requires Registration to the DBS Update Service. If successful, you will be required to register to the DBS Update Service to enable the Council to undertake rechecks throughout your employment. The cost to register is £13 and can be claimed back upon commencement to the role but will not be refunded if you do not accept the offer of employment.
NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).
Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, those who are aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, those that are carers, and those whose last long term substantive employer was the Armed Forces.
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