Team Manager

Job title

Team Manager

Job Category

Social Care Qualified

Location

One Avenue Road, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 4DU,Birmingham Children's Trust

Hours per week

26.50

Salary

£30.41 per hour

Social Work England Registration and DBS Required

at least 2 days in the office

We are Birmingham Children’s Trust.

‘Working Together to make Birmingham the greatest city to grow up in.’

The sole purpose of Birmingham Children’s Trust is to make a positive difference for children, young

people and families in the city, by driving up the quality of practice and partnerships across the city and its

services.

Every employee from Family Support and Social Workers to Finance and Legal, work together to make a

positive difference to children, young people and families. We are one team, and each have an important

role to play in achieving the Trusts objectives.

Birmingham Children’s Trust Leadership team comprises of six Executive Directors who are responsible for

leading and managing the Trust to be an autonomous and high performing organisation.

Our Vision

Our vision is to build a Trust that provides excellent social work and family support for and with the city’s

most vulnerable children, young people and families.

We will do this

 with compassion and with care.

 through positive relationships, building on strengths.

 in collaboration with children, young people, families and partners.

 by listening, involving and including.

 in ways that are efficient and deliver value for money.

Success will mean significant progress towards these outcomes

 healthy, happy, resilient children living in families.

 families able to make positive changes.

 children able to attend, learn and achieve at school.

 young people ready for and contributing to adult life.

 children and young people safe from harm.

Our Values

ONE TEAM ACCOUNTABILITY

AND RESPONSIBILITY

QUALITY AND INNOVATION RELATIONSHIPS

HIGH SUPPORT HIGH CHALLENGE

Key Responsibilities

 To lead a team of social workers delivering professional services that meet established legislative

requirements and adhere to the Social Work England (SWE) Code of Practice for Social Care

Workers.

 To provide operational leadership, vision and direction by delivering service improvement within a

social care service or disabled children’s or fostering and adoption service

 The Team Manager will be responsible for a team of staff consisting of 7; formed of social

workers, senior social workers, senior practitioners and social work support staff.

Children Adults Children

and

Adults

Basic

Enhanced x

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

Method of Assessment (M.O.

A)

AF = Application Form; E = Work Based Exercise; I = Interview;

P = Presentation; Q = Qualifications

CRITERIA Method of Assessment (M.O.A) ESSENTIAL

Qualifications AF/Q DipSW or equivalent Social Work

qualification

Qualifications AF/Q Registration with Social Work

England (SWE)

Experience AF Demonstrates significant

professional social work

confidence, underpinned by

practice experience and learning

Experience AF Proven track record of

successfully managing change

and service/practice

improvement

Experience AF Experience of delivering services

through a regulatory inspection

process

Experience AF Experience of providing

supervision to students or social

workers; creating a positive

team environment; supporting

performance

Experience AF Experience of building and

maintaining effective

relationships with colleagues,

external agencies, children and

their families

Experience I An understanding of the

importance of robust financial

management

Skills I Pro-actively seeks to safeguard

children drawing on a wealth of

knowledge and sound

judgement to protect children

from harm and ensuring

appropriate and timely action is

taken when necessary

Skills I Works collaboratively with

colleagues and other agencies to

achieve this aim.

Skills I Demonstrates effective risk

management skill and decision

making.

Skills I Sets clear direction, objectives

and responsibilities, assumes

accountability and inspires

others by acting with integrity.

Skills I Builds and motivates teams,

creating a positive environment

which encourages open

discussion and innovation,

supports high performance and

builds capability

Skills I Communicates effectively across

a range of contexts including the

ability to create and deliver

concise, engaging and accurate

information to a range of

audiences, adapting style and

content to the needs of the

audience and checking

understanding

Skills I Ability to understand and

interpret complex written

reports and policy documents,

including the ability to evaluate

arguments.

Skills I An ability to fulfil all spoken

aspects of the role with

confidence using the English

Language as required by Part 7

of the Immigration Act 2016

Skills I Shows respect for diversity and

values individual differences

Skills I Treats all people fairly and

appropriately regardless of race,

religion, belief, gender, age,

disability, sexual orientation,

appearance or position.

Skills I Demonstrates an understanding

of disadvantages and social

deprivation

Skills AF/I Must be required to have a clear

understanding and commitment

to equality, diversity and

inclusion matters and to

promote anti-discriminatory

practices and behaviours.

Skills I Focuses on results, taking

personal responsibility for

delivering on performance

objectives and delivers a high

quality service.

Skills I Promotes change, considering

options and taking forward new

initiatives.

Skills I Displays resilience and control in

difficult situations, managing

pressure well and encouraging

others to be adaptable.

Skills I Implements change projects and

operational activities.

Skills I Successfully builds and

maintains effective relationships

with colleagues and external

agencies, children and their

families – demonstrating

effective interpersonal skills in

dealing with people at all levels

and from a range of

backgrounds.

At Birmingham Children’s Trust, we are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children

and young people. We expect our staff to create an environment and culture that promotes equality,

diversity, and inclusion and advocate for anti-discriminatory practices and behaviours.D