MASH Team Manager

Seven Resourcing are currently seeking a Team Manager to work within the MASH team for Nottingham City Council. This is a full time hybrid position, and we are paying £38.85 per hour for this role. 

MUST HAVE MASH EXPERIENCE 

The role:

To be responsible for managing and supervising a team of locality based qualified and unqualified Social Care staff delivering a range of services to safeguard vulnerable children and promote good outcomes for children in need, and children looked after, working within the legislative and statutory planning frameworks, Government Guidance, the City Council’s core values and strategic aims, and the Service’s policies and procedure.

Key Responsibilities:

• To manage the staff team and the associated financial and physical resources efficiently and effectively, ensuring a high standard of professional practice within the team and making positive use of the Service’s information systems.
• To demonstrate leadership and motivational skills, ensuring good communication within the Division, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement and service user focus that delivers good outcomes for children and adults.
• To ensure that referrals are dealt with promptly, work allocated appropriately, assessments completed to timescales and case plans progressed speedily to produce positive outcomes for service users and the maximum possible consistency and continuity for children and their families.
• To take lead responsibility for facilitating, co-ordinating and recording interagency strategy discussions and for initiating child protection investigations where indicated.
• To manage a team of social work practitioners engaged in safeguarding and assessment work, family support workers facilitating contact and parenting assessments and team administration staff providing key data for performance .
• To manage staff working at times in  isolation and on home visits,  ensuring that adequate measures are in place to support staff investigating safeguarding concerns
• To represent the Authority at Court, acting as a witness and managing Care Proceeding in consultation with the Service Manager.
• Under the guidance of the Service Manager, to take appropriate action to manage the team’s human resource processes such as recruitment, staff development, managing poor performance when appropriate, sickness absence, discipline, harassment and grievance, upholding the Council’s equal opportunities policies and practices throughout.
• To provide Management cover for other teams across the Service where required.
• To take reasonable care for own health and safety and that of other people, ensuring the implementation of appropriate procedures and practice.

Applicant Requirements:

• Qualifications: GCSEs A-C or equivalent including at least English and Maths.

  Educated to A Level standard or equivalent experience

• Experience: 2+ years working within a similar role. 
• Compliance: Current Standard DBS check. 
• Travel: Clean UK driving license with the ability to commute to and from work independently.
• Hours: 37 hours p/w.

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