Team Manager, Family Safeguarding

Team Manager, Family Safeguarding
Somerset
Rate: up to £44 per hour
 
We are recruiting for motivated qualified social workers to join our busy team. This role is with one of the UK’s highest performing local authorities, serving as one of the best places to live and work in.
 
This is a qualified role requiring you to be SWE registered and have relevant experience in children’s services.
 
This role is initially agreed up until December 31st 2024, however is likely to be extended into the new year of 2025.
 
You will be joining a permanent management team, to cover temporary absence and joining a team where it is all about relationship-based and strengths-based management, and where TM’s work together across the service to provide an excellent service to families. You will be encouraged to be an autonomous manager, but supported all the way by your colleagues and line manager.
 
You’ll be leading a Family Safeguarding team which is fully staffed, with a balance of experienced and newly qualified workers. You will work with skilled adult-focused practitioners and enjoy positive relationships with managers in the agencies who are part of our Family Safeguarding model.
 
Workers in our Family Safeguarding teams received positive feedback during our last Ofsted inspection and team diagnostics, for their proactive and thoughtful support to children and their families and the quality of their care planning.
 
What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?
 

• You will be someone with supervisory and management experience.
• You will be passionate about relationship-based social work, proud of your profession, and able to reflect and think creatively about how to support your team and contribute to the organisation as a whole.
• You will need to be a qualified social worker registered with Social Work England and have substantial experience working with children and families in social work and previous managerial experience.

 
We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.
 
**Must be able to be based in Yeovil office (based at Brympton Way) for a minimum of 3 days per week on a flexible basis**
 
This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:
 

• An easy registration process (all done online)
• Referral schemes and incentives
• Ongoing compliance managed for you
• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more

 
Please contact Joe Thomas-Samuels on 07860876427 or joe.thomas-samuels@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information.