Team Manager | Leaving Care | Lambeth

Team Manager | Leaving Care | London Borough of Lambeth* Team Manager required to lead and manage a statutory Leaving Care Service Hybrid working Office base: London Borough of Waltham Forest* You must have a social work qualification and full SWE registration as well as relevant experience to be considered London Pledge Rates Apply - £44.50Manage a team of up to 6 SW. who will need to complete Needs Assessments and Pathway Plans for Children and Young People in the Leaving Care Service. Meet all the key performance indicators such as visits, pathway plan, CLA reviews, Case Summaries, Chronologies, SDQs, Review Health and Dental Assessment for children looked after. This is an great opportunity to work with an established team and with our community to provide a service to children in care. We want to offer an outstanding level of support to our children in care and leaving care. Responsibilities: Provide the 121 supervision of staff, Be responsible for a manageable caseload, working with a dedicated team to improve the lives of the children requiring specialist services. Managing the KPIs for children looked after and providing a high quality service. Ensuring that children's care and development needs are met within placements by undertaking necessary placement management, planning and intervention. To be considered, it is essential that you have a recognised Social Work qualification (Social Work Degree or Diploma in Social Work) and full Social Work England registration as well as recent or significant relevant experience in a similar role. If you are interested in discussing this position in more detail please call Gemma Bridgman on (phone number removed) or email *Please note this vacancy is subject to the London Agency Worker Pledge Agreement which stipulates:- Permanently employed Social Workers are restricted from undertaking an agency role with a London Pledge Borough for a 6-month period following departure (if leaving perm role with London Authority, they cannot move to an agency role with another London Authority for 6 months) 3 weeks' notice period may be required (at discretion of manager/council) Agency workers must have complete 2 years post AYSE (3 years PQ total), before they can be considered for agency roles within LondonCaritas Recruitment are a specialist recruitment agency for Qualified Social Workers at all levels. We supply Qualified Social Work staff to over 150 local authorities, UK wide, on a permanent and temporary (locum/contract) basis.If you know of someone who might be interested in this vacancy please ask them to get in touch; we offer a £300 referral bonus scheme for each friend/colleague you refer plus an additional £500 on your fifth referral! Reasons to register with Caritas:- Honest & Supportive Career Consultant Additional Dedicated Payroll Consultant Holistic Support Package for Mental and Physical Wellbeing Access to the broadest range of temporary and permanent vacancies nationwide Access to Exclusive Projects Subsidised training Free DBS check CV writing service Interview technique coachingCaritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy