Team Manager - Assessment

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Job Reference Ref/1660/9545

Apply for this job Number of Positions: 2 Contract Type: Full Time Contract Details: Permanent Salary Range : £52,515 - £56,054 Working Hours: 37 Location: Wisbech or Ely or Huntingdon Job Category: Social Worker - Children Organisation: Cambridgeshire County Council

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

About the role

Are you an experienced Team Manager? Do you have the passion and commitment to manage, develop and motivate a team, to achieve the best possible outcomes for children? Then now is the perfect time to join us as a Team Manager in our Assessment Team!

You will manage one of the five locality Assessment Teams in Cambridgeshire and will work with the Head of Service for the Integrated Front Door, Service Managers in Assessment and MASH, and the Team Managers from the other four district teams.  You will be responsible for a team of 7 social workers, including a senior practitioner, plus a Child Information and Advice Officer (CIAO). 

The Assessment Team cover the cases of children aged 0-17 that are judged to require level 3 and 4 interventions under the Cambridgeshire Level of Need Document. We cover S17 Assessments, strategy discussions and S47 investigations; respond to court ordered reports such as S37 and S7 reports; complete SWET for court, and care plans where this is necessary and proportionate.

We work closely with Targeted Support to ensure that cases are stepped down into targeted intervention to improve relationships and parenting to prevent escalating of need following a completed C&F Assessment. You will oversee the improvement of the team by ensuring that KPI’s are achieved.

Our Assessment Team is lively and fast-paced. We’re a team who have a passion for ensuring that children, young people and families in our community receive a positive and timely service. The work is rich, varied and allows for a high level of multi-agency working, often to tight timelines. The nature of our work means that you see positive outcomes quickly.

Cambridgeshire County Council fully supports the principles of the Families First programme and is currently working on implementing the model in a considered and planned way to ensure that the changes made best meet the needs of our local communities and workforce.

As the programme develops, detailed delivery arrangements and implementation timescales are continuing to be refined, tested and agreed. Consequently, this role is expected to evolve into a Family Help Team Manager position in the future as the Families First transformation programme progresses.

There are two positions available, one based in Wisbech and one in Ely. The role is hybrid with a mix of home and office working. 

If this sounds like an environment where you would thrive, we would love to hear from you so apply today! If you are after more information or have a query, email [email removed] to arrange a time for a call with Service Manager, Debbie Weissang or Head of Service Samantha Howlett.

This is a rolling campaign and we check applications daily. We will close the advert once the positions are filled so don’t wait to apply!

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