Team Manager - Long Term Team
Ref: G10/OL-31138
Contract: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover)
Salary: £42,683 - £45,591 (Grade 10 - Essential Car user allowance provided)
Hours: 36.66 per week
Based: Unit 7-10 Whitney Court, Southlink Business Park, Oldham, OL41 DB
Closing Date: Sunday 8th September 2019
Shortlisting & Interview Dates: ASAP
Job Description and Person Specification.doc
Oldham Right to Work in UK
Role Overview:
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dedicated team manager (duty and longer-term), responsible for a small team of social workers. You should have the ability to motivate and influence staff, leading a high performing team who produce good quality work, improving outcomes for children, young people and their families.
Essential to this role will be experience in recruitment, induction and staff development as well as in supervising and supporting staff. In addition, you should have a range of performance management and quality assurance skills and have the ability to lead the team to meet the highest professional standards.
If you believe you have the skills and knowledge to join us, we would encourage you to make an application to join our exciting service in Oldham.
Key Responsibilities:
- To ensure that children and families referred to the services receive appropriate assessments and services relevant to their needs
- Ensuring that you follow the policies and guidance of the Council and regulators and Ensuring health and safety requirements are met
- Improving quality and the service provided to young people in care
Key Requirements:
- Educated to DIPSW or degree level social work;
- HCPC registration;
- Evidence of professional development;
- Must have the ability to use IT;
- Substantial post qualification experience in statutory child-care services;
- Working as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills
- Willingness to improve practice
- An enhanced DBS is required
About Us:
Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough. Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough, and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.
We put the needs of children and young people in Oldham at the heart of everything we do and that takes amazing professionals who share our determination to make a real difference to their lives.
We want the best professionals and you will be rewarded for your expertise – at a time where the council is making significant investment.
The Council has a clear set of Values and Behaviors, our Values outline how we do business and we share these boroughs wide with our residents, partners and businesses. Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviors which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view the Values and Behaviors on our Greater. Jobs pages
Oldham is a great place to live, just a short distance from Manchester city centre and the beautiful countryside of Saddleworth. We are an employer with a clear and strong set of values and behaviours who can offer you an extensive package of staff benefits, as well as one of the finest social worker support offers in the country.
To find out more about who we are, what we do and why you should join us please visit our dedicated careers pages where you will also find useful guidance on how best to complete the application form: http://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/200270/working_at_the_council
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