12 Oct
Bury Council
Bury
Job description
Family Safeguarding
Become a Children’s Team Manager for Bury and help with our Let’s Do it for Children’ vision.
About the role
We are on the start of a journey in Bury and doing things differently. Team Managers are such an important part of our journey, and we promise to develop your skills and support your learning.
We want the best talent in Bury and need practitioners who help influence the services we are developing. We want to help you to grow, deliver confident practice with protected caseloads and be the best you can be.
We are one of the first Authorities in the North-west to be pioneering the Hertfordshire Family Safeguarding model of working with families and training will be provided to learn new skills such as motivational interviewing.
You will be working alongside Adult practitioners, giving you more time and scope to work with children.
Working collectively, we prioritise support, training and development to serve within a child centred practice. If you are enthusiastic about children, young people and their families and want to work and develop your practice, then we want to hear from you!
Within Family Safeguarding we use motivational interviewing and a multi-agency approach under the Family Safeguarding model, where Social Workers, Family Support Workers, Domestic Abuse Practitioners, Recovery Workers, Mental Health Practitioners, and Psychologists collaborate closely to address family issues efficiently, reducing the need for referrals to other agencies.
We want to invest in you, and we have a clear vision around succession planning for our most talented workers. At the heart of everything we do are the children and young people of Bury.
We want staff who can form relationships,
seeing the strengths in families and building on those assets, always looking for solutions to support families to live together safely and for children and young people to thrive
As the Team Manager you will lead a team comprising of an Advanced Social Work practitioner and 5 Social Workers. The team is also made up of a business support officer, domestic abuse officer, domestic abuse practitioner, mental health practitioner, drug and alcohol worker, family support worker and a clinical psychologist.
You will have oversight of children and young people who are subject child in need and child protection planning, who are subject to pre-proceedings and in care and private law proceedings.
You will have the opportunity to build trusting relationships with children and families.
We know this supports positive and effective engagement which achieves better outcomes for children and prevents their needs from escalating.
Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit Bury - Home greater.jobs
We also offer the re-imbursement of Social Work England Registration fees and Free parking where you work - worth £860 a year for qualified Social Workers who work from town centre locations where there is no ready access to free parking, plus car mileage.
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills,
abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community.
Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children / care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Appointment is subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application / CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment.
Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Next steps
Come and join Team Bury!
If you feel you can use your experience to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you! For an informal discussion about the role please contact Halley Griffin, Service Manager, on 0161 253 5023 / 07356107379or [email protected].
We’ve improved our interview process too - Shortlisting and interviews will be carried out on a weekly basis,
so you’ll get a quick response to your application, and we have regular interview days.
Please be aware that we are not carrying out international recruitment at present and are currently unable to support sponsorship visas.
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