Team Manager (Maya Angelou)

Job description

Contract Terms

Grade: PO7
Salary: £56,172 – £59,328 per annum (Pro Rata)
Contract Type: Part Time, Permanent
Closing Date: Sunday 15th September 2024
Interview Date: End of September 2024

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced team manager, providing leadership and support to a team of social workers. The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring that the team delivers a high-quality social work service to children and families, working in partnership with other statutory and third sector organizations.
The manager will be responsible for providing excellent team management and ensuring that staff members receive regular supervision, appraisal, and personal development opportunities. By supporting staff members to develop their skills and expertise, the manager will help to ensure that the team is effective in delivering the social work service to children and families.
In addition to their role in managing the team, the manager will also contribute to the development of practice and policy initiatives across children’s services. They will stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the field of social work and work collaboratively with other organizations to identify ways to improve the service provided. By contributing to the development of policies and practices that benefit children’s services, the manager will help to drive positive change across the sector.
Overall, this is an excellent opportunity for a compassionate and skilled social work professional who is passionate about making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families. If you have experience in providing leadership and support to a team, and are committed to delivering high-quality services, this could be the perfect role for you.

About You

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the work allocated to your team, ensuring that this is completed to the highest standards and with the child’s welfare central to decision making, and as a Team Manager, you will be a strong leader who demonstrates good quality management oversight. You should:

• It is essential that you have a relevant social work qualification and registered with SWE.
• Have a minimum of 5 years post qualification experience, preferably in a similar setting.
• Previous Social Worker management experience is desirable.
• Demonstrate strong management and communication skills.
• Have the ability to take responsibility for managing an individual caseload, having regard to the relative needs of all service users whilst ensuring an effective us of time and resources.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.
Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.
Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk