Team Manager - Children With Disabilities - Harlow

Team Manager - Children With Disabilities - Harlow

Location: Harlow , Essex Salary: 35500 - 47500 per annum Date posted: 02/05/2012 18:02 Job type:Permanent Company: Working for Essex Contact: Leanne Johnson Ref: Totaljobs/WE-EC11712 Job ID: 53456568

Team Manager - Children with Disabilities

Full Time, Harlow

Salary 35,500 - 47,500

Social Work is changing. Never before has such an ambitious programme of transition and development taken place across the UK. Essex County Council is committed to playing a leading role in this significant schedule of change; and fundamental to ensuring the very best possible outcomes for our children and young people is the skill and dedication of our managers.

We are looking for a Team Manager who will take the responsibility for managing our Children with Disabilities Team dedicated to providing services to children and young people within Essex. You will work from our attractive office in Harlow, which is easily accessible by both car and rail and offers parking.

In addition to your excellent social work credentials, the essential requirements of the role are the ability to lead and motivate a team of skilled social care professionals as well as a proactive and resilient approach to the development of your team and your own self-development. To be successful in this role, you will need to be flexible in your approach, have the ability to give your staff the support they need and manage the performance requirements of the team.

It could be that you're an experienced Team Manager, or looking for your first role in Social Care Management; either way, you will have previous experience of supervising staff. If you are a motivated to making a positive change to the lives of children and young people in need, in addition to the development of the service, we're very keen to hear from you.

Working with us, you will be involved with some real innovations and we will provide you with a supportive environment, and one which promotes excellence.

The successful candidate with be offered an excellent salary and benefits including:
continuous support for your practice through our new and dynamic Learning and Development Team;

Essential criteria for this position include CQSW/DipSW/CSS Consolidation Award or equivalent and full registration with the General Social Care Council. Successful candidates must obtain a satisfactory Enhanced Criminal Records Disclosure Certificate.

The duties of this job require the postholder to travel throughout an operational area, therefore a valid driving licence and use of car is required.
For applicants with a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act the scope for reasonable adjustments will be explored with them as part of the selection process.

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

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