Team Manager - Out of Hours Service

Role Responsibility

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Front Door Service, and we are seeking to recruit to our highly motivated, friendly and supportive Out of Hours Service.

The Out of Hours Service provides essential Social Work cover for children and adults across Kent and  Medway children’s services. The role provides a unique opportunity to broaden Social Work knowledge and skills, as well as offering an alternative to standard day time working hours.

The successful candidate will manage a small team of qualified and unqualified staff and will contribute to the management and support of the wider OOH service.

Contracted hours equivalent to 37 hrs per week will be worked across a rota period.

We are therefore looking for a Team Manager who;

• Is able to work evenings, nights, Weekends and Bank Holidays.

• Is committed to maintaining high standards.

• Is resilient, flexible, adaptable, forward thinking and positive about improving services outside normal working hours.

• Is able to work at speed and under pressure, whilst maintaining excellent triage and risk assessment skills.

• Has excellent and proven leadership skills, communication skills and is competent in and committed to the use of Information Technology.

• Has experience of or is interested in broadening their knowledge and skill base to incorporate working with Adults, including Adult Protection.

• Is looking for a change from the 9–5 routine and new professional challenges.

• Is able to cope with shift working.

Applicants are required to hold a Degree in Social Work, CQSW/DipSW or equivalent, and must be registered with Social Work England.

KCC offer an attractive benefits package. This includes an unsociable hours enhancement, which will be replaced by a fixed market premium payment from January 2021 (pro rata where applicable), alongside retention allowances where eligible.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

For further information, please contact:

Lesley Gould, Service Manager, 03000 412744

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.