Children & Family Team Manager - Locality team

Our client Wakefield Hiring is looking for a Children & Family Team Manager to join their Locality team.

Purpose of the Post:

• To effectively manage a Team, including all responsibilities.
• To play a key role in delivering high quality services and meeting performance targets for field work.
• To ensure that services are delivered in compliance with relevant legislation, local and national policy and guidance.
• To contribute to the management of Fieldwork Services.

Key Activities:

• Provide leadership, effective management and support to staff.
• Manage the workload and performance of the team, support staff to deliver integrated, high quality services that meet service objectives and priorities and targets.
• The allocation of work to staff (according to priorities) and responsibility for the management of work that is not allocated.
• Implementing safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Quality control and quality assurance.
• Complaints investigation and resolution.
• Recruitment and retention of staff.
• Staff induction, development, supervision and appraisal in line with agreed policies.
• Assessment and development of practice.
• To make the most effective use of resources (human, financial and others) so that services provide value for money.
• To effectively manage staff absence in accordance with agreed procedures.
• To take appropriate action under discipline and grievance, capability and other procedures.
• Manage and monitor devolved budgets.
• To ensure that staff operate within statutory requirements, council and directorate policies and procedures.
• To ensure that services offer equal opportunities to all service users and employees and that diversity within the service is encouraged and promoted.
• Implement Health and Safety policy and procedures and ensure employees are aware of and observe statutory and council requirements to achieve a safe working environment.
• Communication with employees, colleagues and senior managers and responsible for the dissemination of information to staff and for informing Service Managers and the Service Director of relevant issues affecting the team and service.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to -250* per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

*Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.