Social Work Team Manager – Early Help Team

• Hourly Salary: Enjoy flexibility and the chance to maximise your earnings with our competitive hourly rate.
• Professional Growth: Broaden your skills with opportunities to learn from a multi-agency approach and participate in strategic planning.
• Varied Work Environment: Experience a role filled with diverse tasks where no two days are the same.
• Work-life Balance: With both full-time and part-time positions available, you can tailor your schedule to suit your lifestyle.

• Manage and supervise a team of Early Help practitioners, including family support workers, early help workers, and coordinators, ensuring high standards of casework and service delivery.
• Oversee the effective allocation, tracking, and management of Early Help cases to ensure interventions are timely and proportionate.
• Lead regular case audits, supervision sessions, and quality assurance activities, maintaining service standards.
• Champion and embed the use of the Early Help Assessment (EHA) and Team Around the Family (TAF) approach.
• Work collaboratively with statutory and non-statutory agencies to provide coordinated support and prevent escalation to statutory social care.
• Support the delivery of parenting programmes and targeted interventions as part of the local Early Help offer.
• Analyse data to identify trends and areas for improvement in service delivery.
• Contribute to the strategic planning and development of Early Help services, including the local Early Help Strategy.
• Represent the service at panels, forums, and partnership meetings.
• Ensure compliance with safeguarding policies and legal responsibilities at all times.
• Lead by example, modelling professional behaviours and leadership values at all times.

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