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Team Manager HCC614987

Job Details:

Salary Range: £46,140 - £51,445 per annum (plus a £9,350 Market Supplement per annum)
Work Location: Countywide 
Hours per Week: 37 
Contract Type: Permanent 
Closing Date: 16 May 2024

Are you a qualified social worker with experience at Team Manager level?

 

Are you passionate about giving children and young people the opportunity to reach their full potential? 

 

If so, we have exciting opportunities for Team Manager and Peripatetic Team Managers across Hampshire. You will be joining an established management team in our Outstanding Children’s Service.  

 

Your passion and determination to give children the best possible opportunities, combined with your management and leadership skills, will be highly valued here in Hampshire. We can offer you a genuinely varied and responsible position and the chance to play a supporting role in helping the County’s most vulnerable children. 

  

Do you have the skills, vision, enthusiasm and drive we are looking for to manage a successful team? If so, Hampshire County Council may have the role you have been waiting for. 


We are transitioning to a Family Help model of delivery as outline in The Independent Review of Children's Social Care which reported in May 2022 and the government's response paper 'Stable Homes, Built on Love'.  You will be recruited to the District Cast Team who will be in transition to move in a Family Help model of delivery.

 

What are we looking for? 

  

Exceptional professionals to manage one of our new Family Help Teams. This will include: 

  • Managing a team of social workers, family support workers and ensuring that high standards are met in delivering a social work service to children and their families;  
  • Highly skilled, experienced and motivated social workers with at least two years’ experience as an Assistant Team Manager in children’s social care; 
  • Experience of working with children and young people will be an advantage but is not essential; 
  • Excellent interpersonal skills as well as the ability to motivate staff and communicate your passion for achieving the best possible outcomes for children;  
  • Budget management experience is desirable but not essential. 

What we can offer you!

  • We regard our staff as our greatest asset. You will receive regular supervision, have access to excellent training opportunities and will be supported to develop your professional skills and interests
  • A comprehensive range of training opportunities and professional development through professional supervision and mentoring
  • Access to a training programme to grow and enhance your skills
  • A period of induction
  • Generous annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays (28 to 33 days per annum)
  • A range of flexible working options
  • Access to a generous pension scheme
  • Generous relocation package (up to £8,000)
  • PA support for managers and social workers

  

Please see our website for further details: Our Benefits Package 
  

Hampshire is a beautiful place to live, with vibrant cities, miles of coastline and two National Parks. If you enjoy outdoor activities, you’ll find world class walking, cycling, sailing and much more. For more information, please go to: Living and Working in Hampshire 

Additional Information:

Vetting Requirements:

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Sarah Marston, Area Director at sarah.marston@hants.gov.uk

 

Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

 

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.

 

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

 

 


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