Team Manager (Slough Children First)

• Salary: £58,227 - £60,285 (including local weighting and market supplement)
• Hours: Full time 37 hours per week
• Contract: Permanent

Are you capable of making clear decisions around threshold for cases and leading the team by providing support and challenge to ensure delivery of high quality services? Then we have a Team Manager role available for you in the Safeguarding and Family Support service.

We're in a stronger position than ever, with stable teams and a stable management group working together with a focus on ‘getting to good’. Each team has a dedicated Team Administrator who works closely with them to support the day-to-day work and planning for children and families. And the service has a dedicated Clinician offering consultation and delivering direct work to families. Slough Children First’s (SCF's) Practice Framework means we take a relationship-based and strengths-focused approach to our work with children and families, with each other and with our partner agencies.

As a Team Manager you will:

• Lead, manage and be accountable for a team of Assistant Team Managers, Senior Social Workers, Social Workers and other professionals in the delivery of statutory and legislative duties and requirements.
• Lead the team to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable children and young people in Slough whilst effectively managing risk.
• Ensure the key performance targets as they apply to the team, the service and Slough Children First are met.
• Carry out this role in a collaborative manner that promotes equality of opportunity and joint working with other teams across Slough Children First and partners, while challenging and supporting the team to ensure timely and suitable outcomes for child, young people and their families.
• Take a leading role in promoting, delivering and embracing Slough Children First’s values– Child focussed, Honest and respectful, Improving constantly, Looking ahead and Delivering together – to your team and peers to help deliver our vision of making our children safe, secure and successful.
• Ensure that all multi disciplinary resources are available to ensure that the quality of practice with children, young people and families is of a consistently high quality, is cost effective and quality service standards are met, taking remedial action where this is not the case.

If you’re looking for a new challenge and want to be part of an exciting journey to turn children’s services around in Slough then come and join us. In return, we can offer you:

• Training and development opportunities
• Agile working supported by technology
• Flexible working policies
• Friendly working environment and great colleagues.

Slough is one of the most diverse places in the country outside of London and a great place to live or work. In fact it's the best place to live or work according to a survey by Glassdoor. Pleasant environments, above average salaries and a lower cost of living, mean an increased quality of life for employees. We're also one of the most accessible places to be, nestled on the corner of the M25, M4 and M40, and less than 20 minutes by train to Central London.

Apply online

If you would like to apply for this post, please use the online application form to submit your CV and apply online at Careers | Slough Childrens First.

The deadline for submitted applications is 19 May 2023.

Good luck!