Team Manager for 18+ Care Leavers Service

Role Responsibility

Would you like to be part of an Outstanding Service, leading a team of passionate and dedicated Personal Advisors?

Do you have what it takes to build positive and beneficial relationships with young individuals?

Would you like to improve the outcomes for care experienced young people?

Would you like to support young people to build bright and stable futures for themselves?

Would you like to spend every day at work knowing that you have made a difference in the lives of young people?

If yes, we have the perfect role for you!

The 18+ Care Leavers Service has a vacancy for Team Manager to join the service operating from the Dover Civic Centre office location. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a dynamic, forward thinking Service in its’ delivery of services to care experienced 18+ Care Leavers.

The post provides an opportunity to lead and manage a team of dedicated Personal Advisers (approximately 7) supported by an experienced Senior Personal Adviser in the delivery of leaving care service. The post will also be supported by two Service Managers and two Heads of Service. The successful candidate will provide support, direction, good management oversight and regular supervision, you will play a key role in delivering and improving the services to our Care Leavers, championing our commitment to the principles of corporate parenting.

As part of our management team, you’ll be a vital link between Personal Advisers and those who make strategic decisions about Children’s Services, and your input will ensure that resources are utilised effectively. 

In return, you’ll enjoy an attractive benefits package, a competitive salary and tailored professional development opportunities and regular supervision with nurturing leadership.

Leading a close-knit team, you’ll be instrumental in promoting the principles of corporate parenting, delivering and improving services for children and young people. Allocating resources and workload, and managing the team budget, you’ll ensure the provision of cost-effective services. Your day-to-day support and high-quality caseload supervision will ensure your team can meet the complex and changing demands of the service, in its mission to help care experienced young adults in their transitions to help them develop into successful and resilient young adults.

About You

With your social work degree (CQSW, DipSW or equivalent) you must have a professional registration with Social Work England and have extensive post-qualification experience. This experience should include supervision, budget management, and joint working with partners in the statutory, private and voluntary sectors. You should be confident in your ability to lead and develop a team. And, with an in-depth understanding of safeguarding procedures, legislative frameworks and social work theories relating to child services, you’ll have the expertise needed to contribute to practice and policy development.

About Us

At the 18+ Care Leavers Service, we want the best for the young adults of Kent, and this can only be delivered as a team effort with everyone playing their part. The service has continued to expand taking a multi-disciplinary approach to support Personal Advisors to meet the needs of young adults. 

The service is currently split over two bases, one at Worrall House, West Malling and one at Dover Civic Centre in Dover. With a strong commitment to the ideas of corporate parenting the service is looking for like-minded creative Teams Manager to join the service and help us to consistently improve the outcomes and opportunities for our care leavers agreed 18 to 25 years old. 

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 role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

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

If you have any questions or would like to talk about this opportunity, please contact Vikki Newman at victoria.newman@kent.gov.uk or phone on 03000 414505 / 07815483917 

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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 soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.