Team Manager - Children looked after

Our client Southend-on-Sea city council is looking for a Team Manager to join their Children looked after team.Job PurposeTo ensure the Council provides a first class professional service within the social work team by being responsible for the efficient and cost effective provision of a needs-led services to children, young people and their families.Managing a team of Advanced Practitioners, Social Workers and Family Support Workers.Key responsibilitiesTo manage the social work team, to be responsible for the provision of services to children and young people, ensuring that child protection enquiries, assessments and support services are consistently completed to a high standard.To ensure consistent interpretation of eligibility criteria and risk thresholds within the serviceTo implement service strategy and performance management processes and ensure the teams contribution to the overall departmental and Council objectives.To provide formal, professional supervision to staff, ensuring that appraisals are undertaken, identifying skills gaps or training needs, and endeavouring to provide for theseMonitor and report on the teams performance, standards and quality of work to ensure that the Council complies with policy, procedures and professional standards. Constantly reviewing the performance of the team to ensure that that the team embeds a culture of continuous improvement.Support staff to formulate, agree and monitor care plans for children and young people in need, ..... full job details .....