Northamptonshire County Council
Children's Services
MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub)
Team Manager 18.5 hours (Monday - Tues all day and Wed am)
Criminal Justice Centre - Brackmills
£50,573 to £55,519- Permanent

Team Manager - MASH

We have a fantastic career opportunity for a Team Manager position to join our team here at Northamptonshire Children's Trust. This is an exciting time to be joining us, as we are still in a period of significant transformation, now delivering services as a Trust for two unitary authorities across the county.

The Children's Trust allows for a single focus on improving the outcomes of children and young people in Northamptonshire and will aim to develop a working culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish, aiming to deliver at the cutting edge of innovation.

We have a range of amazing career opportunities in Northamptonshire for experienced social workers who will contribute creatively to the development of this evolving service.

Our service and your role

There is a service improvement plan to ensure that children get the right service at the right time through an integrated approach from early help and social care MASH. Signs of safety strengths-based approaches led by our principal social worker supports excellent social work practice and is further supported by our Signs of Safety Champions and business support.

This is a very fast paced and busy role which will require you to have commitment and drive to be successful in this position within a service that strives to deliver positive outcomes for our children and families in collaboration with our external partners.

We value our colleagues and are working to stabilise our permanent workforce and to improve practice.

We are seeking a Team Manager, with current Social Work England registration, and previous leadership experience in a similar role. You will provide leadership to your team, which will consist of Senior Social Workers and MASH Officers. You will be responsible for allocating and prioritising workloads effectively to ensure the care of the child is paramount, whilst also ensuring you develop your team to provide an effective and efficient service. The right candidate will have responsibility for the team plan to meet objectives and ensure performance targets are achieved.

The Person

The right candidate should be a qualified Social Worker, with current Social Work England registration, and ideally with a Level 5 NVQ Management qualification, or equivalent relevant experience. You will have the ability to manage a team and ensure development and performance issues are addressed though support and coaching. You will have previous budgetary control experience, ICT skills and the ability to represent the service at a more senior level if required.

What We Offer

* Highly competitive salaries
* Competitive welcome bonus
* Social Work England registration costs
* Flexible working practices, including home working, flexi time and job share
* The opportunity to personally contribute to improving the service
* Monthly high-quality supervision
* Up to 27 day's annual leave plus bank holidays (with service rises to 32 days plus bank holidays)
* Opportunity to buy back up to 5 weeks of additional holiday each year
* Subsidised local authority Pension Scheme
* Additional 12 weeks of maternity leave at 50%
* Employee discount schemes
* Up to £8,000 relocation allowance
* Signs of Safety training
* An onsite academy delivering a variety of learning & development opportunities
* Heavily subsidised city centre parking
* Regular engagement opportunities with the CEO