CSW Team Manager (Pledge)
Southwark Council
Role
Who You Are
We are looking for enthusiastic, passionate and motivated social work qualified leaders who can adopt a strength-based, person-centred approach to their work while balancing challenging demands and continuously growing and developing in their practice. You will be an experienced supervisor, capable of quality assuring assessments, managing risk astutely, driving permanency solutions and demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of safeguarding issues. You will also lead and oversee effective performance management.
What the Job Involves
To provide exemplary leadership, management, and professional guidance to a team of social workers, and where required other practitioners, both directly and within their team. To ensure the delivery of a high quality, comprehensive, integrated, systemically-informed social work service within Southwark’s Practice Framework. To promote and govern excellent social work practice, including assessing need, planning and working purposefully with families, support networks and other professionals to safeguard children and promote positive outcomes. To ensure the delivery of a social work service which is both relationship-based and responsive to the needs of children and their families in a timely manner and within statutory guidelines. To promote, lead and manage the development of excellent and confident practitioners.
Skills
- Current registration with Social Work England
- Recognised social work qualification
- Experience in quality assuring assessments
- Ability to manage risk and drive permanency solutions
- Comprehensive understanding of safeguarding issues
- Leadership and management skills
- Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills