SW Locums are looking for a Qualified Social Worker to fill an exciting opportunity as an Assistant Team Manager (ATM) which has developed within the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub in Swindon Borough Council.

The managerial role is non case holding and is in a dynamic environment where you'll be working alongside other partner agencies to help to identify risk, protective factors and inform decision making. You must have Post qualification experience and evidence of practice in a front-line Social Work setting.

This is a fast paced team which requires an assistant team manager who is able to work to strict deadlines and make safe and robust decisions under pressure.

The pay rate is £41 per hour, plus £100 per week to use towards either mileage or accommodation if candidate lives 50 miles or more from Swindon.

Key Accountabilities:
• You will lead and manage a team of professional, skilled staff to provide a high quality, high performing outcomes driven service to ensure effective safeguarding practice is paramount and that children are supported to reach their full potential.
• You will recruit, develop and motivate staff groups capable of fulfilling the changing demands of the service, through day to day support and providing high quality decision making with regards to children who are allocated to your staff group and within the service.
• You will allocate resources and workload across your team to ensure effective delivery of services within allocated agreed budgetary limits. You will support the team managers in delivering the teams’ staffing budget and support the delivery of the team and service efficiency agenda and targets, as agreed by the Team Manager.
• You will ensure that team members record all case work, undertake assessments, analysis, decisions, care planning and actions on the necessary ICS systems – signing off all decisions made and discussing any issues that require clarification or further scrutiny with the relevant member of staff.
• You will ensure the team understands and adheres to the Quality Assurance Framework, including ensuring the regular case file audits are undertaken by yourself when required and that continuous improvement is evidence based and includes learning from national and regional practice..
• You will ensure performance measures are adhered to and use this to drive a high performing team where statutory timescales are met
• You will ensure effective assessment; risk management and child protection and care planning protect the most vulnerable,
• You are responsible for shaping and influencing the practice system to ensure confident analysis anddecision-making is in place.
• You will ensure supervision is frequent, reflective, challenging and explorative to enable informed.
decision making on cases that occur to safeguard children and vulnerable adults, and is based on the best evidence from research to inform complex judgments, promoting professional curiosity and solution focused approaches to problem solving routinely within informal and formal supervision.
• Develop effective and meaningful partnership working that is positive and constructive and respectful of differing roles and responsibilities and the value they can bring to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults. Support team members both internally and externally with partners as part of sharing information and developing safety and care plans.
• Demonstrate effective use of power and authority by being confident in child care practice and family law and understand and ensure your staff also do what they need to do to ensure safeguard practice is in place for children and Young People.
• Ensure your team members recognise and address behaviours or actions that are resistant to change in Families, prioritising and acting where immediate action is required and taking necessary proportionate action to safeguard children.
• You will ensure that there is an effective supervision structure in the team, that delivers high quality reflective supervision and bi annual performance appraisals for all, to enable you to effectively manage poor performance and celebrate and share best practice.
• You will support the Team Manager in ensuring effective prioritisation processes are in place and actively managed to minimise and mitigate risks when demand is high.
• You will ensure that processes are in place to ensure effective communication and engagement with the team (team meetings/forums).
• You will offer robust oversight, guidance, supervision and support to practitioners to enable them to take actions to prevent family breakdown or escalation of issues / risk, accurately recording the advice and guidance given.
• Ensure that diversity is respected and takes account of the different needs of children and their carers, and that the decisions made and service delivery is sensitive to and addresses discriminatory issues of language, gender, ethnicity, religion, ability, sexuality and social background.
• Promote corporate working across teams, and wider across the organisation, ensuring that every opportunity is taken to develop a wider understanding of the child or young person’s journey and the impact that other areas of the Council have on this.
• Encourage and model behaviours that promote inclusion and value diversity of the team as well as the people that access care and support.
• Promote the development and maintenance of high standards within the team in accordance with the Council’s and the Service’s values and behaviours.
• You will work in accordance with the provisions of the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974) and subsequent enactments, take responsible care for the health and safety of him/herself and of other
persons who may be affected by his/her acts or omissions at work. Co-operate with the Council so far as is necessary to enable the Council to perform and comply with its duties under any statutory health and safety provisions.
• Undertake any other duties and responsibilities as may be required by the Team Manager commensurate with the grade of the post.
• Swindon Borough Council have teams in various locations across the town. You could be asked to work from a different team if the business requires you to do so.

SW Locums will provide you with:

• Constant support with your own, vastly experienced and knowledgeable consultant.
• No “waffle” straight talking, conscientious and informed advice.
• Fastest and accurate payments available.
• Contact available 24/7.
• Access to exclusive vacancies nationwide.
• Free DBS and compliance service.
• Access to on-going training opportunities.
• Industry leading “Refer a Friend” recommendation scheme offering up to £300 for successfully placed referrals.
• Excellent “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

* Terms and conditions apply to our bonus scheme.