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Team Manager and Senior Practitioners

Employer
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
£33,543 to £43,887 per annum
Closing date
1 Aug 2021

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The Role

Passionate about helping children and families meet their full potential?

Are you committed to improving practice in Early Help?

Can you Lead, Inspire and Encourage practitioners to make a lasting difference for children and families?

If yes, we have the perfect role for you!

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic Team Manager, and Senior Practitioners who are passionate about developing best practice for children and families. To further develop the strong leadership for our targeted family support team.

We are seeking an experienced manager, and experienced senior practitioners who can place children at the heart of their practice, who believe that the relationship with children and their families is crucial to their overall improved outcomes.

Our Goals and Vision

We are all about improving outcomes for children and families. Our approach is ‘Think Family, Think Community’ supporting children and their families within their community to reduce their needs escalating to statutory interventions. Working with the family’s strengths, building their resilience to help them face their challenges.

The Team

You will join an already highly skilled and experienced team of practitioners who are committed to ensuring that children and families reach their full potential. Working closely with colleagues in social care and our community partners to offer the best service to support vulnerable children and families.

The Role

The team manager will  be responsible for leading  the operational management of the Targeted Family Support team within the community, working closely with Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub(MASH),Referral and Assessment (RAS), and Children in Need(CIN) to ensure that we have the best service that keeps children and families supported in their community.

The Senior practitioners will support practice of frontline workers, make effective links with or partners in schools and the community.

We have four vacancies:

  • 1x Fulltime Team manager (Permanent)
  • 1x Fulltime Senior Practitioner (Permanent)
  • 2x Fulltime Senior Practitioners (Fixed term contract until nd March 2023

If you feel you have the experience, skills and passion to be a leader in our service, we would love to hear from you. For an informal discussion, please contact Jennifer Stapleton on 07919301693

Benefits

We do everything we can to accommodate flexible working including, working from home, job shares and other arrangements. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore.

We also offer a generous holiday allowance of 39 paid days (pro rata) including bank holidays and a wide range of learning and development opportunities. In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of staff benefits such as membership of the Local Government pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts with many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.

Indicative Recruitment Timeline: 

  • Closing Date: 11:59pm on Sunday 1st August 2021
  • Shortlisting Date: Week commencing 2nd August 2021
  • Interview Date: Week commencing 9th August 2021 – (Successful applicants will be invited to a short test followed by an interview)

Useful Information: The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Please note that the advertised dates for interviews may change due to the current Covid-19 situation. If they do, we will let you know as soon as possible. Your health and wellbeing is our top priority. Should you become unwell due to Covid-19 during the recruitment process we would very much appreciate receiving an update from you as soon as possible.

Equality Statement

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Important Information

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

How to apply?

To be considered for interview your application must highlight your knowledge, skills and experience listed in attached Job Profile located at the bottom of the advert.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils

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