Job Introduction
We’re recruiting a Team Manager to join our 16-25 team within Children’s Services.
You’ll be part of a well organised, values led service that plays a key role in supporting the children we care for and helping care-experienced young people transition to adulthood.
As a Team Manager, you’ll lead a committed team of social care colleagues, supporting high quality practice and ensuring our young people with care experience feel supported and safe in their journey to adulthood.
You’ll also contribute to our wider aims, which include reducing inequalities, keeping communities safe and working in partnership across the city.
In Children’s Services we work closely with councillors, local partners and the local community to deliver more than two hundred services. We’re guided by our core values: being dedicated, respectful and collaborative.
An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check with barred lists (child and adult) is required for this role.
This is a site-based role
Interviews for this role will be held on 23 April
Milton Keynes City Council is a modern and friendly place to work. Find out more about working with us here: www.mkcounciljobs.org.uk
Main Responsibility
- Lead, supervise and support social workers and practitioners to deliver high quality casework.
- Make timely, informed decisions in complex and sometimes challenging situations to safeguard children.
- Ensure assessments, pathway planning and reviews meet legislation, national standards and performance targets.
- Work closely with partners, such as health, education, police and Adult Social Care, to achieve positive outcomes.
- Manage workflow, allocate cases promptly and ensure effective case management across your team.
- Oversee budgets within your area to ensure resources are used responsibly for the benefit of children and families.
The Ideal Candidate
- A qualified social worker with Social Work England registration and at least four years’ post qualification experience.
- Advanced knowledge of childcare legislation, safeguarding practice and relevant research.
- A clear communicator, confident in analysing complex information and recording it accurately.
- Skilled in coordinating a team’s workload, setting standards and driving high quality practice.
- Self-motivated, organised and solution focused with strong interpersonal skills.
- Committed to our values: dedicated in your practice, respectful to children, families and colleagues, and collaborative in how you work.
To be successful in this role, you’ll need a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle. If you’re offered the position, we’ll ask for proof of your licence and vehicle insurance, including business use cover. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to confirm your appointment without these documents.
If you’re offered the role, we’ll arrange an Enhanced DBS check as part of our pre-employment process (unless you’re already registered with the DBS Update Service).
Package Description
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of benefits including:
- Great holiday benefits - most roles include 28 days annual leave every year on top of public (bank) holidays, increasing to 32 days after five years. In addition, there is a holiday purchase scheme allowing staff to purchase up to 5 additional days of leave each year.
- Excellent pension – everyone who works for us can join the national Local Government Pension Scheme, widely regarded as one of the best available.
- A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity support and a childcare subsidy.
- Access to an award-winning employee benefits programme that includes a health cash plan, a low-cost bike purchase scheme as well as high street discounts and money off entertainment and travel.
- Salary sacrifice car scheme – low-cost leasing of electric and low emission vehicles.
- Blue Light Card - employees working within social care can qualify for an additional range of discounts from national retailers and local businesses.
Why join us? Along with more on our Benefits, discover why Working at the City Council could be the right move for you here Working at the Council | Milton Keynes
Our roles are either designated ‘site based’ or ‘home based’. ‘Site based’ roles can include up to two days a week working from home whilst ‘home based’ roles are based at home four days a week. Of course, managers designate which category roles are in based on the needs of the service and the circumstances.
About The Organisation
Milton Keynes City Council is a large, modern and financially stable employer with around 2,500 people working across our eight areas. Together we provide local residents and businesses with a wide range of important round-the-clock services and aim to make our city a better place to live.
We work hard because of the demands placed on us, like protecting children from harm or preventing homelessness. However, working for the city is always rewarding and everyone has the opportunity to make a real difference.
We’re very proud of our diversity and are committed to having a workforce that reflects the community we serve. Whatever your background, you will be welcome here if you share our values of being dedicated, respectful and collaborative.
We offer great training and support and because of the size and scale of the organisation there are always new opportunities to explore when it’s time for a new role.
If you’d like to know more about how we do things and what matters to us, take a look at our short booklet What makes us Milton Keynes City Council.
