Assistant Team Manager

Rate £40 per hour Be accountable for the day to day management of a team of Social Workers and other professionals in the delivery of statutory and legislative duties and requirements. Manage the team to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable children and young people in Sefton whilst effectively managing risk. Ensure the key performance targets as they apply to the team, the service and the Council are met. Carry out this role in a collaborative manner that promotes equality of opportunity and joint working with other teams across the Council and partners, while challenging and supporting the team to ensure timely and suitable outcomes for child, young people and their families and embedding the Council’s values into the work of the team and peers. Take a leading role in promoting, delivering and embracing Sefton’s child care policies and help deliver our vision of making our children safe, secure and successful. Use all multi-disciplinary resources available to ensure that the quality of practice with children, young people and families is of a consistently high quality, is cost effective and that quality service standards are met. ��� . Support the day to day management of the team, appropriate support and challenge to ensure the delivery of high quality services that safeguard the welfare of children and young people. Make effective day to day use of all available professional resources and use a range of theoretical, evidence based and practical approaches to develop and implement effective interventions and support for children and families both within and outside of the family home. Manage the distribution of caseloads to ensure that needs are met appropriately. Support and challenge the team to meet the requirements around thresholds for cases, managing the preparation of high quality reports for court or other purposes, providing expert advice to guide the team through legal and organisational processes as required. Support and challenge the team in the completion of assessments, plans, toolkits based on identified need and achieving KPI’s, ensuring at each point of risk is evaluated, decisions and management oversight are recorded on the case file and any issues or concerns are escalated to the Team Manager . Using Performance data and findings from audits and feedback from families and other professionals including complaints and compliments to continuously improve practice (add in TM too ) Chair meetings to a high standard, supporting social workers as required. Co-work complex cases with team members as required Supervise social workers and non-qualified staff as per Sefton’s supervision policy, supporting and supervising social work students, acting as a mentor to support them through their professional training.  Lead group supervision to a high standard ensuring that all team members are aware of progress on cases. Provide day to day supervision on case work to a high standard. Understand what performance information, and audit outcomes are saying to positively impact on individual cases and support staff development. Promote direct work with children and young people, supporting all members of the team to actively seek the views of children and families to inform practice in assessment and planning in individual cases. Participate in quality assurance activities to support professional development of staff and improve the consistency of practice. Support the Team Manager to tackle under-performance, sickness absence and conduct both informally and formally and within Sefton’s policy frameworks. Contribute to Sefton’s development, provide consultation, coaching and mentoring within the Team, and across the service as required. Develop and maintain own professional links and leads with partner agencies and the voluntary sector and support those of the Team Manager. Maintain own professional development through training and other suitable mechanisms and keep up to date with changes in national, regional and local policy initiatives that will impact on the delivery of services and respond accordingly. Represent the Council’s values, leading by example in the delivery of these and setting a positive culture within your team, service and the Council; challenge behaviour when it is not aligned with our values and take appropriate action; support a professional in a respectful and child-focussed environment which supports the Council’s vision.  Ensure all interventions are conducted within an anti-discriminatory framework, and take into account issues such as race, gender, sexuality, disability etc, and deliver appropriate services to the diverse communities of Sefton. Deputise for the Team Manager, undertake projects and other additional duties as required. Undertake work outside office hours as necessary.