Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Department of Children’s Services, Children’s Social Care

TEAM MANAGER –

PO5:  £39,961 – £42,806 pa    

1 x 37 hours

Established Post

Based at Sir Henry Mitchell House, Bradford.

1 x 37 hours

1 x18.5 hour

Based at Town Hall, Keighley

The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers, Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying for customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English.

The criteria under special knowledge and experience on the job profile which is shown in this advert, outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate.  Therefore, it is essential that you provide examples in your application.

Here at Bradford Council, we understand the importance of having great leaders in our service. This not only allows us to provide the highest possible service but also helps us to develop our people to become the very best professionals. As a part of our journey to excellence, we have re-organised the Social Work Service into locality based social work teams.

As a Team Manager you will work with Social Workers and Practice Supervisors to develop excellent casework practice, you will directly supervise a team of frontline Social Workers and be able to make a significant impact to the frontline practice by championing Signs of Safety practice framework. You will know what excellent social work practice looks like for children and families, be passionate to nurture this with our social workers and promote relationship based practice. This is a great opportunity for an existing employee who wishes to progress in their career or for someone who is keen to join Bradford who is either a Team Manager or an excellent practitioner, who wishes to progress into a leadership role.

                            
We have placed ourselves on the forefront of innovation in social work, rethinking our approach and processes in order to maximise the impact of the social work practice we provide. We are one of the authorities that have secured funding from the DfE to be part of the England Innovations Programme, to be in Phase 2 for the pilot of the National Assessment and Accreditation of Social Workers (NAAS) and to set up a Teaching Partnership along with our colleagues from Adults and the Higher Education Institutions within Bradford.  We are very proud of the fact that our bid to the DfE was successful due to the uniqueness of Bradford; we are now the only stand alone Teaching Partnership nationally meaning that our Teaching Partnership is “Bradford for Bradford”.

We have looked far and wide for what we believe are the best models for care for children and young people. Our intention is to provide inspirational care, tailored to the individual needs of the children and young people.

Bradford is the 4^th largest Local Authority with a population of 530,000 of which 150,000 are children and young people, making us one of the key cities with a young age group population. To ensure we achieve even better outcomes for children and young people we put children are at the heart of everything we do.

Bradford is a dynamic and forward thinking council which is constantly reviewing how it delivers our services to our customers in order to improve educational outcomes, protect vulnerable children and young people in the district, and reduce the effects of childhood poverty.

We have high expectations from our teams and it is therefore essential that they feel that they have the proper support in place, making them confident in their actions and the decisions they make.

Our Team Managers will:

• Be Passionate about excellent social work practice.
• Hold a DipSW or equivalent qualification and are registered with the HCPC as a qualified social worker.
• Have at least 4 Years Social Work experience.
• Know what excellence looks like and champion best practice.
• Have a good working knowledge of Signs of Safety approach.
• Ability to support, develop and inspire others.
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to make good decisions based on the information available, ensuring effective relationships with other professionals.

What do we offer as a Council?  We provide numerous Employee opportunities and benefits including:

• A structured and practical based induction programme.
• CPD opportunities, including opportunities to take part in our leadership development programme.
•  Regular supervision and annual appraisal of practice, ensuring clarity of purpose and providing an opportunity to take stock, raise ideas and obtain valuable and constructive feedback.
• Excellent training and learning opportunities, including opportunities to develop practice based on interests and passions, through our practitioner led forums.
• A culturally diverse workforce reflecting our communities.    

Visit our website for more information: https://www.bradford.gov.uk/jobs/childrens-services/make-bradford-your-next-step-in-social-care/

As a Local Authority we also offer a variety of competitive employee benefits including generous leave entitlement, career average pension scheme with excellent benefits, access to a range of salary sacrifice schemes and discounts.  

Relocation Package: A relocation package may be available for successful candidates who meet the criteria.

An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.

For further information please contact: Traci Taylor, Principal Social Worker on 01274 435936 or Traci.taylor@bradford.gov.uk

Closing date:  30th July 2018

Please find attached the Job Profile:    Team Manager - JP.doc