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MASH Team Manager - 9864

Gloucester

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            MASH Team Manager
• Job Location:                     Shire Hall, Block 4, 4th Floor 
• Salary:                               £49,498- £51,515 per annum 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent 
• Closing Date:                     10/11/2024 
• Job Requisition Number:   9864 
• This post is open to job share 

We are currently recruiting a Team Manager to join our Front Door Services which includes our Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH). The Front Door Service receive all new contacts when there is a concern that a child could be at risk. 

The team will work with partners to determine the level of risk to the child and how we should respond to that risk.  

 About us 

For all your hard work. You will receive the following; 

• Between £49,498- £51,515 per annum subject to experience 

• Annual retention payment of £2,000* 

• welcome payment of £5,000*

• Up to £8,000 relocation package 

• Flexible and agile working opportunities 

• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service 

• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro-rata for part-time staff) 

• Family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family 

• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision 

• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) 

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone. 

• An in-house Occupational Health service 

• Employee discount scheme 

• Cycle to Work scheme 

• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network 

• Career development and qualification opportunities 

• Access to our Social Work Academy 

• Paid SWE registration renewal* 

  

Our vision 

  

Right child, right support, right time, every time 

  

Working together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help. 

  

We have ambitious improvement and transformation plans to create the optimum conditions within which our staff can make a real difference and improve outcomes for children. 

  

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC. 

  

Our team structures within MASH is currently one Service Manager, 2 Team Managers, 4 Deputy Team Managers, and 13.5 Social Workers.  We need resilient, driven individuals who will play their part in making our vision for Children’s Services a success. You will be joining an authority with a strong set of values that underpin the work we do: Accountability, Empowerment, Excellence, Integrity and Respect.  

  

About you 

As a Team Manager, we’ll ask you to lead and support a team of social workers to deliver services of the highest quality. Ensuring statutory duties and best practice is followed, you’ll develop a team plan in line with Children’s Services strategic objectives and provide management oversight on all cases with a clear understanding of risk. Your role will focus on managing the team’s workflow and quality assuring work through observations, reflective supervision and GCC’s quality assurance framework, as well as contributing towards the development of the framework itself. Through building positive relationships with colleagues within both the service and partner agencies, you will ensure we are able to provide support and protection for vulnerable children and young people across the County. 
  

As well as your experience as a frontline social worker, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post: 

• Social Work England registration 

• A recognised qualification in Social Work 

• To have completed your ASYE year (if you qualified after 2012) 

• A full driving licence and willingness to drive 

• DBS clearance 
    

How to apply 

For an informal chat about this role, please email Claire.Connolly@gloucestershire.gov.uk  

We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable amount of applications.

If you would like to find out more about our Children's Service please take a look here: Children's Social Care Careers | Gloucestershire County Council

*Retention and Welcome payments are subject to tax and national insurance deductions

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Team Manager Role Profile

This Position is subject to a DBS check. 

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

For more information about the job, view links, download attachments and apply please click on the Apply Now button. 

Closing date for applications: 2024-11-10

Salary: £49,498- £51,515 per annum

Hours Per Week: 37.00

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